HLS 16RS-917 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 656
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE: Requires parents of public school students to reimburse
public school boards for certain legal costs
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:154.2, to require parents to reimburse all court and other costs incurred by
3 a city, parish, or other local public school board relative to domicile violations for
4 public school enrollment; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:154.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง154.2. Parents; legal costs; domicile violations
8 A parent or legal guardian of a public school student shall reimburse the city,
9 parish, or other local public school board for all court costs and other costs incurred
10 by the local board if the parent or legal guardian is found by a court of competent
11 jurisdiction to be in violation of the domicile requirements for the enrollment of his
12 child in public school.
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 656 Original 2016 Regular Session Ivey
Abstract: Requires parents of public school students to reimburse local school boards for
all costs incurred by the local board if the parent is found in violation of the domicile
requirements for school enrollment.
Proposed law requires a parent or legal guardian of a public school student to reimburse the
city, parish, or other local public school board for all court costs and other costs incurred by
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the local board if the parent or legal guardian is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be in violation of the domicile requirements for the enrollment of his child in public
school.
(Adds R.S. 17:154.2)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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