HLS 14RS-1350 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 999
BY REPRESENTATIVE ALFRED WILLIAMS
SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Limits the percentage of its funding that a charter school may use
to pay certain management fees
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3995(A)(4)(d), relative to charter schools; to provide relative to the2
percentage of funding allocated to a charter school that the school may use to pay3
certain fees; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:3995(A)(4)(d) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง3995. Charter school funding7
A.8
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(4)10
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(d) Not more than ten percent of the funding allocated to a charter school12
pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be used to pay the management fees13
of the organization, corporation, or other legal entity with which the charter school14
has entered into a contract or other agreement for the management or operation of15
the school.16
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HB NO. 999
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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)]
Alfred Williams HB No. 999
Abstract: Limits the percentage of funding allocated to a charter school that the school may
used to pay certain management fees.
Present law provides generally relative to charter school funding. Authorizes the State Board
of Elementary and Secondary Education, a local school board, and a local charter authorizer
to annually charge each charter school it authorizes a fee in an amount equal to two percent
of the total per pupil amount as defined by present law that is received by a charter school
for administrative overhead costs incurred by the chartering authority for considering the
charter application and any amendment thereto, providing monitoring and oversight of the
school, collecting and analyzing data of the school, and for reporting on school performance.
Further authorizes charter schools to enter into contracts for the direct purchase of specific
services, in addition to those included in administrative overhead costs, including but not
limited to food services, special education services, transportation services, custodial and
maintenance services, media services, technology services, library services, health services,
and health benefits for active and retired employees.
Proposed law specifies that not more than ten percent of the funding allocated to a charter
school pursuant to present law shall be used to pay the management fees of an organization,
corporation, or other legal entity with which the charter school has entered into a contract
or other agreement for the management or operation of the school.
(Adds R.S. 17:3995(A)(4)(d))