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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 36
BY SENATOR BROWN
SCHOOLS. Requires notification to certain elected officials regarding submission and
status of certain charter school applications. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3983.1, relative to charter schools; to require a chartering group to notify2
certain legislators upon submission of an initial charter school proposal or3
application; to specify the information to be included in such notification; to require4
additional notification regarding the disposition of such submission; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:3983.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง3983.1. Initial charter school proposals and applications; notification to state9
legislators10
A.(1) At the time a chartering group submits its initial proposal or11
application to operate a charter school to the appropriate chartering authority12
pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, the chartering group shall notify13
each state senator and state representative in whose district the charter school14
is to be located, by certified mail, that such proposal or application has been15
submitted. Such notification shall also include the date the proposal or16
application was submitted, the chartering authority to which the proposal or17 SB NO. 36
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application was submitted, the type of charter school the chartering group seeks1
to operate, and the location of the proposed charter school.2
(2) The chartering group shall also notify each state senator and state3
representative in whose district the charter school is to be located, by certified4
mail, whether its proposal or application to operate a charter school was5
approved or denied.6
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to renewals of the7
charter of an existing charter school.8
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Proposed law requires a chartering group seeking to operate a charter school to notify each
state senator and state representative in whose district the proposed charter school is to be
located at the time the initial charter school proposal or application is submitted to the
appropriate chartering authority. Further provides that such notification be made by certified
mail and include the date the proposal or application was submitted, the chartering authority
to which the proposal or application was submitted, the type of charter school the chartering
group seeks to operate, and the location of the proposed charter school.
Proposed law additionally requires the chartering group to notify each state senator and state
representative in whose district the proposed charter school is to be located, by certified
mail, whether such proposal or application was accepted or denied.
Proposed law provides that proposed law does not apply to renewals of the charter of an
existing charter school.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3983.1)