Claitor (SB 31) Act No. 340
New law enacts the Board Scholarship Reporting Act.
Provides that the chief executive officer of each public postsecondary education management
board shall annually report to the legislature every scholarship awarded by a member of the
management board for the preceding academic year. Provides that such report shall be
submitted electronically to the Senate president and the House speaker no later than August
1st of each year. The report shall be a public record. The management board shall
contemporaneously make the report available on its website for public inspection.
Provides that the report shall provide the name of each scholarship recipient, the name of the
board member making the award, whether such scholarship consists of a waiver of tuition
or a cash award, or both, and the annual dollar value of the scholarship. If the scholarship
includes a cash award, the source of such funds shall be identified.
Provides that above information to be included in the report shall be considered directory
information as defined by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, without
further limitation by the public postsecondary institution. No other personally identifiable
information in the student educational records of a scholarship recipient shall be included in
the report, unless authorized by such federal act.
Provides that the failure to submit the report required by proposed law shall suspend the
power of all members of the management board to further award any such scholarships until
the report has been submitted as required.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 17, 2013).
(Adds R.S. 17:1608)