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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 219
BY SENATOR MURRAY
SCHOOLS. Provides for the Recovery School District to return certain unused facilities and
programs to the original school board under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1990(B)(5), relative to the Recovery School District; to provide for reports2
for certain property and programs; to provide for return of certain property and3
programs under certain conditions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:1990(B)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง1990. Recovery School District; creation; governance; reports; return of certain7
property and programs; operation8
B.(1) * * *9
(5)(a) The superintendent of the Recovery School District shall submit10
a report on the current status of all school facilities that were transferred to the11
jurisdiction of the district pursuant to R.S. 17:10.7 to the Board of Elementary12
and Secondary Education, the parish, city, or local school board that originally13
transferred the facility to the district, and to the House Committee on14
Education and the Senate Committee on Education no later than August 1,15
2014, and annually thereafter by August first of each year.16
(b) Such report shall include a complete listing of all school programs,17 SB NO. 219
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as identified by the school's previous site code, and physical locations of1
buildings, facilities, or vacant or demolished structures, as identified by the2
school's or site's address, that were transferred to the district; and identify each3
of the following items:4
(i) The operational status of each transferred school program, as5
identified by the school's previous site code, in each year the school remained6
under the district's jurisdiction, and the assigned school operator in the case of7
conversion to a Type 5 charter school.8
(ii) The operational status of each transferred facility or building, as9
identified by the school's or site's address, in each year the school remained10
under the district's jurisdiction.11
(iii) An assessment of the current condition of each school facility, clearly12
indicating which facilities have been maintained in a useable status, and an13
estimate of the necessary maintenance and associated costs in order to bring14
other facilities into a useable status.15
(iv) The physical location and operator of each school program, based16
on prior site code, in each year the school remained under the district's17
jurisdiction.18
(v) The currently planned final status and physical location of each19
facility for each currently operational school program, according to site code,20
under the district's jurisdiction.21
(vi) The currently planned final status and assigned school operator for22
each school facility under the district's jurisdiction.23
(c) The control of all transferred school facilities that have been24
identified in this report as vacant and useable and that have no planned or25
assigned final operator, as provided for by Paragraph (B)(4) of this Section,26
shall be returned to the previous parish, city, or local school board that27
originally transferred the facility to the district no later than December 31,28
2014, and annually by December thirty-first each year thereafter.29 SB NO. 219
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(d) The control of the original facility for all transferred school programs1
that have been identified in this report as having been relocated from the2
school's initial physical location, as provided for by Paragraph (B)(4) of this3
Section, shall be returned to the previous parish, city, or local school board that4
originally transferred the program to the district no later than June 30, 2015,5
and then annually by June thirtieth each year thereafter.6
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not7
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature8
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If9
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become10
effective on the day following such approval.11
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 219)
Proposed law requires the superintendent of the Recovery School District (RSD) to submit
a report on the current status of all school facilities that were transferred to the RSD's
jurisdiction to BESE, the parish, city, or local school board that originally transferred the
facility to the RSD, and to the House and Senate committees on education no later than
August 1, 2014, and annually thereafter by August 1st of each year.
Proposed law requires such report to include a complete listing of all school programs, as
identified by the school's previous site code, and physical locations of buildings, facilities,
or vacant or demolished structures, as identified by the school's or site's address, that were
transferred to the district and identify each of the following items:
(1)The operational status of each transferred school program, as identified by the
school's previous site code, in each year the school remained under the district's
jurisdiction, and the assigned school operator in the case of conversion to a Type 5
charter school.
(2)The operational status of each transferred facility or building, as identified by the
school's or site's address, in each year the school remained under the district's
jurisdiction.
(3)An assessment of the current condition of each school facility, clearly indicating
which facilities have been maintained in a useable status, and an estimate of the
necessary maintenance and associated costs in order to bring other facilities into a
useable status.
(4)The physical location and operator of each school program, based on prior site code,
in each year the school remained under the district's jurisdiction.
(5)The currently planned final status and physical location of each facility for each SB NO. 219
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currently operational school program, according to site code, under the district's
jurisdiction.
(6)The currently planned final status and assigned school operator for each school
facility under the district's jurisdiction.
Proposed law requires that control of all transferred school facilities that have been identified
in this report as vacant and useable and that have no planned or assigned final operator be
returned to the previous parish, city, or local school board that originally transferred the
facility to the district no later than December 31, 2014, and annually by December 31 each
year thereafter.
Proposed law requires that control of the original facilities for all transferred school
programs that have identified in this report as having been relocated from the school's initial
physical location be returned to the previous parish, city, or local school board that originally
transferred the program to the district no later than June 30, 2015, and then annually by June
30 each year thereafter.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:1990(B)(5))