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SENATE BILL NO. 31
BY SENATORS CLAITOR, APPEL, BROOME, BUFFINGTON, CORTEZ, CROWE,
DONAHUE, ERDEY, GUILLORY, LONG, MARTINY, MILLS,
MURRAY, PETERSON, RISER, TARVER, THOMPSON AND WARD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1608, relative to public postsecondary education management boards; to2
provide relative to scholarships awarded by members of public postsecondary3
education management boards; to provide certain terms, conditions, procedures,4
prohibitions, and requirements; to provide certain reporting requirements; to provide5
for reference and citation as the Board Scholarship Reporting Act; and to provide for6
related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:1608 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง1608. Scholarship awarded by members of public postsecondary education10
management boards; report11
A. The chief executive officer of each public postsecondary education12
management board shall annually report to the legislature every scholarship13
awarded by a member of the management board for the preceding academic14
year.15
B. The report shall be submitted electronically to the president of the16
Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives no later than August17
first of each year. The report shall be a public record. The management board18
shall contemporaneously make the report available on its website for public19
inspection.20
C. The report shall provide the name of each scholarship recipient, the21
name of the board member making the award, whether such scholarship22
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consists of a waiver of tuition or a cash award, or both, and the annual dollar1
value of the scholarship. If the scholarship includes a cash award, the source of2
such funds shall be identified.3
D. The information included in the report shall be considered directory4
information as defined by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy5
Act, without further limitation by the public postsecondary institution. No other6
personally identifiable information in the student educational records of a7
scholarship recipient shall be included in the report, unless authorized by such8
federal act.9
E. The failure to submit the report required by this Section shall suspend10
the power of all members of the management board to further award any such11
scholarships until the report has been submitted as required.12
F. The provisions of this Section shall be known and may be cited as the13
Board Scholarship Reporting Act.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: