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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 712
BY SENATOR NEVERS
COMMUNITY TECH SYSTEM. Authorizes the LCTCS board to create a Centers of
Excellence Program. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1875, relative to postsecondary education; to authorize the Board of2
Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to create a Centers of Excellence3
Program; to provide for Board of Regents' approval; to provide with respect to an4
advisory board; to provide relative to admissions, curriculum, tuition and fees, and5
other program parameters; to provide relative to funding and other resources to6
support the program; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:1875 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง1875. Centers of Excellence Program; creation; operation; funding10
A. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, with11
the approval of and in coordination with the Board of Regents, may establish12
a Centers of Excellence Program to provide customized educational and13
training programs to meet areas of need as identified by Louisiana business and14
industry.15
B. The board may establish an advisory board composed of not more16
than seven individuals representing private businesses with high workforce17 SB NO. 712
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training demands, which shall have the following duties:1
(1) Assist in the identification of the needs of business and industry.2
(2) Provide consultation regarding admissions, curriculum, equipment3
needs, tuition and fee models, and other aspects of the operation of a Center of4
Excellence as prescribed by the board.5
C.(1) A Center of Excellence may be established only with private sector6
support, including funding or the donation of land or equipment, and shall be7
operated on a business model conducive to real-time market responsiveness8
which provides for flexibility in pricing, service delivery, and administration.9
(2) The board may establish a tuition and fee structure for a Center of10
Excellence that differs from that established for other courses or programs11
offered by institutions within the Louisiana Community and Technical College12
System.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Proposed law authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges,
with the approval of and in coordination with the Board of Regents, to establish a Centers
of Excellence Program to provide customized educational and training programs to meet
areas of need as identified by Louisiana business and industry.
Authorizes the board to establish an advisory board composed of not more than seven
representatives of private businesses with high workforce training demands. Provides that
the advisory board shall assist in the identification of the needs of business and industry and
provide consultation regarding admissions, curriculum, equipment needs, tuition and fee
models, and other aspects of the operation of a Center of Excellence as prescribed by the
board.
Provides that a Center of Excellence may be established only with private sector support,
including funding and the donation of land or equipment. Further provides that a Center of
Excellence shall be operated on a business model conducive to real-time market responsive-
ness which provides for flexibility in pricing, service delivery, and administration.
Authorizes the board to establish a tuition and fee structure for a Center of Excellence that
differs from that established for other courses and programs offered by institutions within
the LCTCS system.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 17:1875)