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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 665
BY SENATOR CHABERT
POSTSECONDARY ED. Provides for powers and duties of the Board of Regents with
respect to the distribution of funds to postsecondary education institutions. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3128(A) and (B)(2), relative to postsecondary education; to2
provide for the powers and duties of the Board of Regents; to provide relative to the3
distribution of funds to institutions of postsecondary education; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:3128(A) and (B)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง3128. Power to formulate master plan; mission establishment9
A. The Board of Regents shall have the power to formulate and make timely10
revision of a master plan for postsecondary education. As a minimum, the plan shall11
include a formula for equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of12
postsecondary education. Equitable for purposes of the distribution formula13
means equitable as the institutions are compared to their respective Southern14
Regional Education Board peer averages unless an institution fails to meet the15
applicable performance requirements established pursuant to R.S. 17:3139 et16
seq. The board shall submit its plan and formula for funding to the governor and the17 SB NO. 665
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(2) The Board of Regents shall make such recommendations for legislative5
or gubernatorial action necessary to support the development of each system and6
institution as provided in its mission statement. The formula for equitable7
distribution of funds shall be developed with strong consideration for8
institutional mission as an overriding factor in resource allocation, and no9
institution that is fulfilling its mission shall be penalized in such formula based10
on a comparative evaluation of missions. The management boards in11
conjunction with the Board of Regents shall develop not less than three12
performance allocation models based upon institutional type, mission, students13
served, and alignment with the performance requirements established pursuant14
to R.S. 17:3139 et seq. Specifically, by way of example but not limitation, given15
the open admissions policies of community and technical colleges, such16
institutions shall be funded for all credit enrollments without regard to the17
letter grade earned for the credit by a student. Annually, the board shall review18
and align all institutions to their appropriate Southern Regional Education19
Board classification, including official submittal to the Southern Regional20
Education Board to implement the classification changes. The board shall21
provide an annual report to the legislature and the governor on the status of higher22
education relative to the mission statements, including in such report all revisions23
since the last report and any recommendations for legislative or gubernatorial action.24
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Section 2. The management boards in conjunction with the Board of Regents shall26
develop the performance allocation models required by R.S. 17:3128(B)(2) as amended by27
this Act by not later than the beginning of the 2014 fiscal year.28 SB NO. 665
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the power of the Board of Regents to formulate and make timely
revision of a master plan for postsecondary education. As a minimum, the plan shall include
a formula for equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of postsecondary education.
The board shall submit its plan and formula for funding to the governor and the legislature.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that equitable for purposes of the distribution
formula means equitable as the institutions are compared to their respective Southern
Regional Education Board peer averages unless an institution fails to meet the applicable
performance requirements established pursuant to the present law La. Granting Resources
and Autonomy for Diplomas (GRAD) Act.
Present law requires the Board of Regents to make such recommendations for legislative or
gubernatorial action necessary to support the development of each system and institution as
provided in its mission statement. Requires the board to annually report to the legislature and
the governor on the status of higher education relative to the mission statements, including
in such report all revisions since the last report and any recommendations for legislative or
gubernatorial action.
Proposed law retains present law and provides for the formula for equitable distribution of
funds to be developed with strong consideration for institutional mission as an overriding
factor in resource allocation, and provides that no institution that is fulfilling its mission be
penalized in such formula based on a comparative evaluation of missions. Requires the
management boards in conjunction with the Board of Regents to develop not less than three
performance allocation models based upon institutional type, mission, students served, and
alignment with the performance requirements established pursuant to present law. Requires,
specifically, by way of example but not limitation, given the open admissions policies of
community and technical colleges, such institutions to be funded for all credit enrollments
without regard to the letter grade earned for the credit by a student.
Proposed law further requires the Board of Regents to annually review and align all
institutions to their appropriate Southern Regional Education Board classification, including
official submittal to the Southern Regional Education Board to implement the classification
changes.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 17:3128(A) and (B)(2))