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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. The report14
shall also include a list of all participating schools grouped by legislative district.15
B. Not later than April thirtieth of each year, the department shall send16
a printed copy of the report required by this Section to each member of the17 SB NO. 31
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legislature.1
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not2
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature3
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If4
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become5
effective on the day following such approval.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Brown (SB 31)
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 Student Scholarships for
Educational Excellence 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 that the report include a list of all
participating schools grouped by legislative district.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Education to send a printed copy of the report to each
member of the legislature not later than April 30
th
of each year.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:4024)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill
1. Deletes requirement for preparation of a separate report for legislators and
instead requires that the Dept. of Education report contain a list of
participating schools grouped by legislative district.
2. Requires the Dept. of Education to send a printed copy of the report to each
legislator not later than April 30
th
of each year.