SLS 20RS-436 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 197
BY SENATOR FIELDS
POSTSECONDARY ED. Provides relative to funding for postsecondary educational
institutions. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:3129.2.1, relative to public postsecondary education; to provide relative
3 to funding for postsecondary education; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 17:3129.2.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง3129.2.1. Postsecondary education; funding formula
7 No postsecondary education funding formula shall impose a penalty
8 upon a postsecondary education management board or institution for failure to
9 fully comply with admission standards adopted by the Board of Regents.
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
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SLS 20RS-436 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
SB 197 Original 2020 Regular Session Fields
Present constitution and law require the Board of Regents to adopt a formula for the
equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of postsecondary education.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that no postsecondary funding
formula shall penalize a postsecondary institution or management board for failure to fully
comply with admission standards adopted by the Board of Regents.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3129.2.1)
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.