SLS 12RS-266 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 103
BY SENATOR NEVERS
POSTSECONDARY ED. Limits the number of hours required to earn a baccalaureate
degree. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3165(D)(2), relative to public postsecondary education; to2
provide relative to the number of credit hours required to earn a baccalaureate3
degree; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:3165(D)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง3165. Common core curriculum; general education courses; common7
prerequisites; other degree requirements8
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D.10
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(2) A baccalaureate degree program shall not require more than the number12
of credits established by the board for degree completion one hundred and twenty13
semester hours of college credit for degree completion without approval from the14
board.15
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SLS 12RS-266 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Present law provides that a baccalaureate degree program shall not require more than the
number of credits established by the Board of Regents for degree completion without
approval from the board.
Proposed law modifies present law and instead provides that a baccalaureate degree program
shall not exceed 120 credit hours without approval from the Board of Regents.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 17:3165(D)(2))