HLS 14RS-551 ORIGINAL Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. Regular Session, 2014 HOUSE BILL NO. 380 BY REPRESENTATIVE GEYMANN FUNDS/FUNDING: Prohibits the use of state funds for certain assessments without legislative authority AN ACT1 To enact R.S. 39:88, relative to the expenditure of state funds; to prohibit the expenditure2 of state funds for certain assessments of students; to provide an exception; and to3 provide for related matters.4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5 Section 1. R.S. 39:88 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6 ยง88. Use of state funds prohibited; assessments; exception 7 No state funds may be expended for the implementation or administration of8 any assessment proposed or developed by the Partnership for Assessment of9 Readiness for College and Careers, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium,10 or any other equivalent national group or consortium unless specifically authorized11 by law.12 DIGEST The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] Geymann HB No. 380 Proposed law prohibits the use of state funds for the implementation or administration of any assessment proposed or developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, or any other equivalent national group or consortium unless specifically authorized by law. (Adds R.S. 39:88)