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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 408
BY SENATOR MILKOVICH
SCHOOLS. Authorizes submission of certain charter school applications. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:3975, relative to public schools; to authorize a charter group to submit an
3 application to the local school board or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
4 Education to operate a charter school to replace a closed public school; to provide
5 for special circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:3975 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง3975. Schools closed by local school boards; authority to apply for local or
9 state charter; special considerations
10 A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a charter group that seeks
11 to operate a charter school as a means to replace a public school closed by the
12 local school board is hereby authorized to submit a charter application either
13 to the local school board for a Type 1 or Type 3 charter, or directly to the State
14 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for a Type 2 charter, provided
15 the charter application otherwise complies with the provisions of this Chapter.
16 B. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a charter application
17 submitted pursuant to the provisions of this Section fully complies with the
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1 provisions of this Chapter.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
SB 408 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Milkovich
Present law provides for the Charter School Demonstration Programs Law to provide for the
creation and operation of charter schools.
Notwithstanding the provisions of present law, proposed law authorizes a charter group that
seeks to operate a charter school as a means to replace a public school closed by the local
school board, to submit a charter application either to the local school board for a Type 1 or
Type 3 charter, or directly to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for
a Type 2 charter, provided the charter application otherwise complies with the provisions
of present law. Further provides that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such
application fully complies with the provisions of present law.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 17:3975)
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