Claitor (SB 633) Act No. 476
New 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 intrastate
interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for
third-party arbitration of eligibility issues.
Provides specific requirements to be met by the third party arbitration process as follows:
(1)Process provided by the entity furnishing arbitration shall comply with the spirit of
the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association.
(2)Arbitrators shall be approved by the American Arbitration Association.
(3)Arbitration shall be implemented only after all internal remedies are exhausted.
(4)Each party shall bear the entire cost of presenting their case.
(5)Except for the presentation of each party's case, the party losing the arbitration shall
bear all additional costs of the arbitration proceeding.
(6)The arbitration decision shall be final and nonappealable.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 4, 2014).
(Adds R.S. 17:176(F))