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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 does not provide for third-party arbitration
of eligibility issues. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:176(F), relative to school interscholastic extracurricular athletic programs;2
to prohibit certain schools from being a member of, or participating in any3
competition sponsored by, organizations that do not provide for arbitration of4
eligibility issues; and to provided for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:176(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;8
prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions9
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F. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school or11
nonpublic school that receives any public funds may be a member of, or12
participate in any competition sponsored by, any interscholastic extra-13
curricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for third-14
party arbitration of eligibility issues.15
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
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by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If1
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become2
effective on the day following such approval.3
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.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill
1. Deletes provision requiring a school receiving public funds to submit a
budget of revenue and expenses of its interscholastic extracurricular program
to the Dept. of Education annually.