HLS 16RS-553 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 993
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
ATHLETICS: Provides that nothing shall prohibit any public or approved nonpublic school
from competing with another in interscholastic athletics
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:176(G), relative to interscholastic athletics; to provide that nothing shall
3 prohibit a public school or nonpublic school approved by the State Board of
4 Elementary and Secondary Education that receives state funds from competing in
5 interscholastic athletics with any other public or approved nonpublic school; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:176(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;
10 prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
11 * * *
12 G. Nothing shall prohibit a public school or a nonpublic school that is
13 approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and that
14 receives state funds from competing in interscholastic athletics with any other public
15 or approved nonpublic school.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-553 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 993
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 993 Original 2016 Regular Session Talbot
Proposed law provides that nothing shall prohibit a public school or a nonpublic school
approved by the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education that receives state funds
from competing in interscholastic athletics with any other public or approved nonpublic
school.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(G))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.