The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SB 65 Original 2015 Regular Session Buffington
Present law, relative to colleges and universities, provides that except as otherwise specifically
provided in law, present law applies in the same manner and to the same extent to the Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of
Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of
Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges, and any other board vested with the supervision and management of institutions
of postsecondary education hereafter created.
Present law provides that a student, faculty member, or other employee of an institution of higher
education transferred from another management board to the Board of Supervisors of Community
and Technical Colleges retains all previously earned benefits provided by law, rule, or regulation and
shall continue to earn such benefits as provided by law, rule, or regulation prior to the transfer and,
if otherwise qualified, shall be eligible for any additional benefits as may be provided for such
student, faculty member, or other employee by law, rule, or regulation.
Proposed law makes technical changes, but otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides for definitions as follows:
(1)"Board" or "boards" means the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges, or any of these boards.
(2)"Community college" means any postsecondary institution which offers an associate
academic degree as well as vocational-technical and other educational programs, but which
is not approved to offer a baccalaureate degree.
(3)"Postsecondary education system" or "system" means and refers to the programs and
institutions under the jurisdiction of the respective management boards for postsecondary
education created by or under authority of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Proposed law clarifies that the definitions includes words and phrases, but otherwise retains present
law.
Present law enumerates the institutions included in the L. S. U. system as:
(1)Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, located at Baton Rouge and designated as the premier flagship university for the state.
(2)Louisiana State University at Alexandria, located at Chambers.
(3)Louisiana State University at Eunice.
(4)Louisiana State University at Shreveport.
(5)Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, which shall include
medical and related health schools and programs located in New Orleans including those
state's medical centers transferred to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University
and Agricultural and Mechanical College as provided in Subpart C-2 of Part II of Chapter
4 of this Title, subject to provisions of R.S. 17:1519 et seq.
(6)The Center for Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development which administers the
agricultural extension and research programs of the board throughout the state. The center
shall also be responsible for conducting river water research.
(7)Any other college, university, school, institution, or program now or hereafter under the
supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College board.
Proposed law makes technical changes and removes the listing of medical centers, but otherwise
retains present law.
Present law provides that the institutions included in the L. S. U. system includes the Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, which shall include the medical school and related
schools at Shreveport, Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport, E. A. Conway Medical
Center at Monroe, and Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville.
Proposed law retains this provision but provides that the system include the Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, which shall include the medical school and related
schools at Shreveport but excludes specific reference to the Louisiana State University Hospital at
Shreveport, E. A. Conway Medical Center at Monroe, and Huey P. Long Medical Center in
Pineville.
Present law enumerates the institutions within the University of Louisiana System.
Proposed law makes technical changes, but otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides that the corporate authority, internal and otherwise, vested in the Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of
Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of
Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, to supervise and manage the systems under the
jurisdiction of each, extends to all the colleges and universities, branches, centers of learning, or extensions of such systems now existing or hereafter established.
Proposed law extends board authority to colleges and universities, branches, centers of learning, or
extensions which are transferred into the system, but otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 17:3201, 3202, 3215, 3217(intro para), and 3218)