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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 191
BY REPRESENTATIVES AUSTIN BADON, MORENO, AND THIBAUT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY: Provides relative to the definition of a proprietary school
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3141.2(5)(c), relative to the definition of a proprietary school;2
to provide exceptions; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:3141.2(5)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง3141.2. Definitions7
The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the8
meaning herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates a different9
meaning:10
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(5) "Proprietary school", hereinafter referred to as "school", means any12
business enterprise operated for a profit or on a nonprofit basis which maintains a13
place of business within this state, or which sells or offers for sale any course of14
instruction in this state, either by correspondence using the mails or by any other15
means of communication, or by personal solicitation, and which offers or maintains16
a course or courses of instruction or study, or at which place of business such a17
course or courses of instruction or study is available through classroom or internet18
Internet instruction, or both, to a person or persons for the purpose of training or19
preparing such person for a field of endeavor in a business, trade, technical, or20
industrial occupation, except as hereinafter excluded. The definition of a proprietary21
school shall not include:22
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(c) A school or training program which offers instruction primarily in the1
field of recreation, health, entertainment, or personal enrichment and which does not2
purport to prepare or qualify persons for employment as determined by the3
commission, including any school or training program that prepares individuals to4
teach such pursuits;5
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2011; if vetoed by the governor7
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,8
2011, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.9
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Austin Badon HB No. 191
Abstract: Changes the definition of a proprietary school for purposes of licensing by the
Board of Regents to exclude a school or training program which prepares individuals
to teach in the field of recreation, health, entertainment, or personal enrichment.
Present law (for purposes of licensing by the Board of Regents) defines the term "proprietary
school" to mean any for profit or nonprofit business enterprise which maintains a place of
business in La., or which sells or offers for sale any course of instruction in the state, either
by correspondence using the mails or by any other means of communication, or by personal
solicitation, and which offers or maintains a course or courses of instruction or study, or at
which place of business such a course or courses of instruction or study is available through
classroom or Internet instruction, or both, to one or more persons for the purpose of training
or preparing a person for a field of endeavor in a business, trade, technical, or industrial
occupation, except as excluded by present law.
Proposed law retains present law.
One exception in present law (R.S. 17:3141.2(5)(c)) excludes a school or training program
which offers instruction primarily in the field of recreation, health, entertainment, or
personal enrichment and which does not purport to prepare or qualify persons for
employment as determined by the commission. Proposed law adds to this exception a school
or training program that prepares individuals to teach such pursuits and removes requirement
that such schools or programs not prepare or qualify persons for employment.
Effective July 1, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 17:3141.2(5)(c))