SLS 14RS-1692 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 633
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
SCHOOLS. Prohibits certain schools from being a member of any interscholastic extra-
curricular athletic association or organization that doesn't provide for third party arbitration
of eligibility issues and requires certain schools to submit its budget for interscholastic extra-
curricular athletics to the Department of Education. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:176(F) and (G), relative to school interscholastic extracurricular athletic2
programs; to require schools with interscholastic extracurricular athletic programs3
to prepare and submit annual budgets for such programs to the Department of4
Education; to prohibit certain schools from being a member of, or participating in5
any competition sponsored by, organizations that do not provide for arbitration of6
eligibility issues; and to provided for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:176(F) and (G) are hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;10
prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions11
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F. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school or13
nonpublic school that receives any public funds may be a member of, or14
participate in any competition sponsored by, any interscholastic extra-15
curricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for third16
party arbitration of eligibility issues.17 SB NO. 633
SLS 14RS-1692 ORIGINAL
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G. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each public school1
and nonpublic school that receives any public funds shall prepare a budget of2
revenue and expenses of its interscholastic extracurricular athletic program for3
each school year. The budget for the upcoming school year shall be submitted4
to the Department of Education on or before August first annually.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 Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Claitor (SB 633)
Proposed law provides that no public school or nonpublic school that receives any public
funds may be a member of, or participate in any competition sponsored by, any
interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for
third party arbitration of eligibility issues.
Proposed law further requires each public school and nonpublic school that receives any
public funds shall prepare a budget of revenue and expenses of its interscholastic
extracurricular athletic program for each school year. Requires that the budget be submitted
to the Department of Education on or before August first annually.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(F) and (G))