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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 948
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CARTER
HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to facilities of public postsecondary education
institutions
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:3351(J), relative to education facilities at public postsecondary education
3 institutions; to require management boards to adopt policies with respect to
4 utilization of such facilities; to require reports on facility utilization; to provide
5 relative to construction of new facilities; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(J) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
9 management boards
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11 J.(1) Each board shall adopt a policy requiring each institution under its
12 supervision and management to develop plans for full utilization of existing
13 facilities, including plans for distance learning.
14 (2) Each board shall adopt a policy requiring each institution under its
15 supervision and management to annually report information on utilization of
16 classroom and laboratory facilities. The report shall be submitted to the board and
17 posted on the institution's website. Such information shall include:
18 (a) Total number of classrooms and laboratories available for instructional
19 use and the number of those undergoing renovation.
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1 (b) Total available square footage of instructional space and the amount of
2 instructional space under renovation or being used for storage.
3 (c) Average weekly hours of instructional usage of all campus classrooms
4 and laboratories available for instruction, reported by day of the week and time of
5 day, Monday through Saturday.
6 (d) Average percentage of seats or stations filled in all sections taught in
7 campus classrooms and laboratories that are available for instruction, reported by
8 day of the week and time of day, Monday through Saturday.
9 (e) The number of courses the institution currently offers online and plans
10 for future development of online courses.
11 (3) Prior to approving any use of capital outlay funds exceeding ten million
12 dollars for construction of new facilities at an institution under its supervision and
13 management, the board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed facility. The
14 hearing shall include discussions of:
15 (a) Level and manner of utilization of existing campus facilities, using the
16 metrics reported pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, for the preceding three
17 year period.
18 (b) Projected maintenance costs for the proposed building over its expected
19 lifetime.
20 (c) Funding sources for the proposed building.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 948 Original 2016 Regular Session Steve Carter
Abstract: Provides relative to facility utilization at public postsecondary education
institutions.
Proposed law requires each public postsecondary education management board to adopt a
policy requiring each institution under its supervision and management to develop plans for
full utilization of existing facilities, including plans for distance learning.
Proposed law requires each such board to adopt a policy requiring each institution under its
supervision and management to annually report information on utilization of classroom and
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laboratory facilities. The report shall be submitted to the board and posted on the
institution's website and shall include:
(1)Total number of classrooms and laboratories available for instructional use and the
number of those undergoing renovation.
(2)Total available square footage of instructional space and the amount of instructional
space under renovation or being used for storage.
(3)Average weekly hours of instructional usage of all campus classrooms and
laboratories available for instruction.
(4)Average percentage of seats or stations filled in all sections taught in campus
classrooms and laboratories that are available for instruction.
(5)The number of courses the institution currently offers online and plans for future
development of online courses.
Proposed law requires each such board, prior to approving any use of capital outlay funds
exceeding $10 million for new facilities, to hold a public hearing on the proposed facility.
The hearing shall include discussions of: utilization of existing campus buildings for the
preceding three year period; maintenance costs for the proposed building over its expected
lifetime; funding sources for the proposed building.
(Adds R.S. 17:3351(J))
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