HLS 14RS-551 ORIGINAL
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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)