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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 authority shall notify13
each state senator and state representative in whose district the charter school14
is to be located that such proposal or application has been submitted. Such15
notification shall be limited to the date the proposal or application was16
submitted, the chartering authority to which the proposal or application was17 SB NO. 36
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submitted, the type of charter school the chartering group seeks to operate, and1
the location of the proposed charter school.2
(2) The chartering authority shall also notify each state senator and state3
representative in whose district the charter school is to be located whether the4
proposal or application to operate a charter school was approved or denied.5
(3) The notifications required by this Section shall be sent by postal mail6
and electronic mail to each legislator's district office.7
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to renewals of the8
charter of an existing charter school.9
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Brown (SB 36)
Proposed law provides that at the time a initial charter school proposal or application is
submitted, the chartering authority shall notify each legislator in whose district the proposed
charter school is to be located that the application has been submitted. Provides that the
notification shall be limited to 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 authority to notify each legislator in whose
district the proposed charter school is to be located whether such proposal or application was
accepted or denied.
Proposed law provides that such notifications shall be made by postal mail and electronic
mail to each legislator's district office.
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) SB NO. 36
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill
1. Provides that notifications to legislators regarding charter school applications
shall be given by the chartering authority instead of the group submitting the
application.
2. Provides that the notification is limited to the specified information instead
of including the information.
3. Provides that notification be sent to each legislator's district office by postal
mail and electronic mail instead of by certified mail.