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SENATE BILL NO. 145
BY SENATORS CLAITOR AND THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:5065(A)(2), relative to granting of free tuition by Tulane
3 University; to provide relative to the Tulane Legislative Scholarship; to require that
4 a student's legislative scholarship be applied toward his financial obligations before
5 any award amount provided through the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:5065(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง5065. Funding
10 A.
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12 (2) Effective beginning with the 1999-2000 academic year and
13 thereafter, no state payments made on behalf of any student receiving an
14 award pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be used by an
15 institution of higher education to supplant the granting of free tuition for such
16 student pursuant to a scholarship given in accordance with the provisions of
17 Act No. 43 of the 1884 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended. For
18 a student enrolled in Tulane University who is the recipient of both a
19 Tulane Legislative Scholarship and an award pursuant to the provisions
20 of this Chapter, the university shall apply the full amount of the Tulane
21 Legislative Scholarship toward the student's financial obligations to the
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1 university before applying any award amounts provided pursuant to this
2 Chapter.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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