SLS 16RS-290 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 355
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
SCHOOLS. Requires contracts to comply with local public school board policy. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:81(A)(7), relative to the powers of local public school boards; to provide
3 for local school board policies and procedures; to provide relative to contracting
4 authority; to require contracts to comply with local public school board policy; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:81(A)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง81. General powers of local public school boards
9 A.
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11 (7) Any person purporting to enter into any contract on behalf of the
12 school district or schools under the board's jurisdiction, including but not
13 limited to contracts with vendors or contracts of membership in any private or
14 quasi-public entity, shall do so in compliance with policies and procedures
15 adopted by the local public school board.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 16RS-290 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 355 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Cortez
Present law (R.S. 17:81) provides for the general powers of local public school boards.
Proposed law requires that any person purporting to enter into any contract on behalf of the
school district or schools under the board's jurisdiction, including but not limited to contracts
with vendors or contracts of membership in any private or quasi-public entity, comply with
policies and procedures adopted by the local public school board.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 17:81(A)(7))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.