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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 726
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
BESE. Provides relative to legislative approval of the minimum foundation program
formula. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact Subpart A-1 of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to2
be comprised of R.S. 17:19, relative to the minimum foundation program and3
formula; to provide relative to legislative approval of the formula; to provide relative4
to the format and content of the legislative instrument utilized for legislative5
approval of the formula; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Subpart A-1 of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes8
of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:19, is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
SUBPART A-110
MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM FORMULA11
ยง19. Minimum foundation program formula; legislative approval12
A. Legislative approval of the formula annually developed and adopted13
by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to determine the14
cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary15
and secondary schools and to equitably allocate the funds to parish and city16
school systems pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of17 SB NO. 726
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Louisiana shall be granted by means of passage of a concurrent resolution1
which may originate in either the Senate or the House of Representatives of the2
Louisiana Legislature.3
B. The concurrent resolution introduced as a means to grant legislative4
approval of the annual minimum foundation program formula adopted by the5
State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall conform to the6
following:7
(1) All introductory and closing language contained within the8
concurrent resolution shall be drafted at the direction and discretion of the9
author of the instrument.10
(2)(a) The portion of the concurrent resolution containing the minimum11
foundation program formula and which provides for the equitable allocation of12
the funds to parish and city school systems shall be incorporated into the13
concurrent resolution, verbatim, as approved by the State Board of Elementary14
and Secondary Education and submitted to the legislature in accordance with15
law.16
(b) However, the minimum foundation program formula annually17
submitted to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary18
Education shall contain no language that is not integral to the actual19
mathematical computations necessary to determine the cost of the minimum20
foundation program of education in public elementary and secondary schools21
and the equitable allocation of the funds to parish and city school systems in22
accordance with Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.23
Such formula shall not contain opinion, policy statements, or directives to the24
state Department of Education, or any other entity, that do not bear directly25
upon the actual mathematical computations and allocation of funds within the26
formula and shall not prospectively create, provide funding for, or make27
reference to any program or initiative that will not be implemented or operative28
in the fiscal year for which the formula is designated to apply.29 SB NO. 726
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C. A minimum foundation program formula submitted to the legislature1
by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that does not2
conform to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall be returned to the3
board for reconsideration and resubmission to the legislature for approval.4
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 726)
Proposed law provides with respect to the formula annually approved by BESE to determine
the cost of the minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and
secondary schools and to equitably allocate the funds to parish and city school systems
pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the La. Constitution as follows:
1. Specifies that legislative approval of the MFP formula shall be granted by means of
a concurrent resolution which may originate in either the Senate or the House of
Representatives.
2. Provides that the concurrent resolution introduced as a means to grant legislative
approval of the MFP formula must conform to the following:
(a)All introductory and closing language contained within the concurrent
resolution shall be drafted at the direction and discretion of the author.
(b)Specifies that the portion of the concurrent resolution containing the
minimum foundation program formula shall be incorporated into the
resolution, verbatim, as approved by BESE and submitted to the legislature.
(c)Provides that the MFP formula annually submitted to the legislature shall not
contain language that is not integral to the actual mathematical computations
necessary to determine the cost of the MFP and the equitable allocation of
the funds to parish and city school systems as required by the state
constitution.
(d)Provides that the MFP formula shall not contain opinion, policy statements,
or directives to DOE, or any other entity, that do not bear directly upon the
actual mathematical computations and allocation of funds within the formula
and shall not prospectively create, provide funding for, or make reference to
any program or initiative that will not be implemented or operative in the
fiscal year for which the formula is designated to apply.
(e)Provides that a MFP formula submitted by BESE to the legislature that does
not conform to the requirements of proposed law shall be returned to the
board for reconsideration and resubmission to the legislature for approval.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 17:19)