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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 656
BY SENATOR BUFFINGTON
FUNDS/FUNDING. To authorize public or private entities to make certain donations to
various participating schools for recipients of student scholarship programs. (7/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:4016(A) and enact R.S. 17:4017(C), relative to scholarships2
for certain students; to authorize public or private entities to make certain donations3
to various participating schools for recipients of scholarships; to provide for an4
effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:4016(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 17:4017(C)7
is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
§4016. Scholarship amounts; funding9
A. The state board shall allocate annually from the minimum foundation10
program funds appropriated or otherwise available for the program an amount11
per pupil to each participating school equal to the amount allocated per pupil as12
provided in the minimum foundation program formula to the local school system13
in which the scholarship recipient resides, considering all student characteristics.14
This amount shall be counted toward the equitable allocation of funds appropriated15
to parish and city school systems as provided in Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the16
Constitution of Louisiana. For a participating school that charges tuition, if the17 SB NO. 656
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maximum amount of tuition plus incidental or supplementary fees that are charged1
to non-scholarship students enrolled in such school and any costs incurred in2
administering the tests required pursuant to R.S. 17:4023 is less than the amount3
allocated per pupil to the local school system in which the student resides, any4
remaining funds shall be returned to the state or to the local school system in which5
the scholarship recipient attended or otherwise would be attending public school for6
that year according to the pro rata share for the per pupil amount each year as7
determined by the minimum foundation program for the local school system in8
which the scholarship recipient attended or otherwise would be attending public9
school for that year.10
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§4017. Payment of scholarships12
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C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary,14
any public or private entity, including any nonprofit organization, may make15
a directed donation to any participating school for a student who is a recipient16
of a Student Scholarship for Educational Excellence Program.17
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014; if vetoed by the governor18
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,19
2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
DIGEST
Buffington (SB 656)
Present law provides for the establishment of the Student Scholarship for Educational
Excellence Program to meet the needs of certain students.
Present law provides that the state shall annually allocate monies for the scholarship program
from the minimum foundation program.
Proposed law provides that the state will annually fund the scholarship program from funds
appropriated or otherwise available for the program at a per pupil amount as provided in the
minimum foundation formula to the school system in which the scholarship recipient resides.
Proposed law retains present law relative to Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence SB NO. 656
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Program and also provides that any public or private entity, including any nonprofit
organization, may make a directed donation to any participating school for a student who is
a recipient of a Student Scholarship for Educational Excellence Program.
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 17:4016(A); adds R.S. 17:4017(C))