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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 89
BY SENATOR LONG
SCHOOLS. Removes unnecessary statutory provision that placed the La. School of Math,
Science, and the Arts within the Dept. of Education. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1963(C), relative to the Louisiana School of Math, Science,2
and the Arts; to remove statutory placement of the school within the Department of3
Education; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:1963(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1963. Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts; creation; location;7
governance; relationship with educational boards and state8
superintendent9
* * *10
C. The school shall be placed within the Department of Education, as11
provided in R.S. 36:801.1, and shall be independent of the control of the state12
superintendent and of all local and state education boards except its board of13
directors.14 SB NO. 89
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Present law requires that the Louisiana School of Math, Science and the Arts be placed
within the Dept. of Education. Proposed law deletes the requirement.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 17:1963(C))