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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 355 2021 Regular Session Turner
ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of or participating in athletic
competitions sponsored by an association that is not audited by the legislative auditor
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Adds provisions that entitle the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to
the award of attorney's fees and court costs, if the association prevails in any
litigation against the state challenging the constitutionality of proposed law.
2.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law prohibits any public school or nonpublic school approved by the State Bd. of
Elementary and Secondary Education that receives funds from the state from being a member
of or participating in any competition sponsored by any intrastate interscholastic
extracurricular athletic association or organization unless the association or organization
submits its financial records to the legislative auditor for review as provided in present law
(R.S. 24:513) for a quasi public agency.
Proposed law further provides that if the Louisiana High School Athletic Association
prevails in any litigation against the state challenging the constitutionality of proposed law,
the association shall be entitled to attorney's fees and court costs payable by the state.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(G))
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