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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 31
BY SENATOR BROWN
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Requires DOE to report annually specified information
regarding the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program to state legislators.
(gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:4024, relative to the Student Scholarships for Educational2
Excellence Program; to require the Department of Education to report annually3
certain information regarding the program to state legislators; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:4024 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง4024. Reports8
A. The department annually shall report to the Senate Committee on9
Education, the House Committee on Education, and the Joint Legislative Committee10
on the Budget regarding the implementation of the program, including the number11
of eligible students receiving scholarships, a list of participating schools and the12
number of scholarship recipients each such school enrolled, and aggregate test result13
data for the scholarship recipients enrolled in each participating school.14
B. The department annually shall report to each state senator and state15
representative regarding the schools in his respective district participating in16
the program. Such report shall include a list of all participating schools located17 SB NO. 31
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in the legislator's district, the total number of students receiving scholarships1
enrolled in each participating school, aggregate test result data for the2
scholarship recipients enrolled in each participating school, and historical3
scholarship recipient enrollment and aggregate test result data for every year4
the school has participated in the program.5
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not6
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature7
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If8
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become9
effective on the day following such approval.10
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Present law requires the Department of Education (DOE) to report annually to the Senate
Committee on Education, the House Committee on Education, and the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget regarding the implementation of the program, including the
number of eligible students receiving scholarships, a list of participating schools and the
number of scholarship recipients each such school enrolled, and aggregate test result data
for the scholarship recipients enrolled in each participating school.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally requires DOE to report annually to each
state senator and state representative regarding the schools in his respective district
participating in the program. Further provides that such report shall include a list of all
participating schools located in the legislator's district, the total number of students receiving
scholarships enrolled in each participating school, aggregate test result data for the
scholarship recipients enrolled in each participating school, and historical scholarship
recipient enrollment and aggregate test result data for every year the school has participated
in the program.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:4024)