SLS 22RS-378 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 126
BY SENATOR CATHEY
SCHOOLS. Provides relative to funding for university lab schools. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:350.21(A), relative to funding of laboratory schools; to
3 authorize the University of Louisiana at Monroe to receive state funding for a
4 laboratory school; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:350.21(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง350.21. University laboratory schools operated by Louisiana State University and
8 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Southern University and
9 Agricultural and Mechanical College, and University of Louisiana at
10 Lafayette certain public universities; funding formula
11 A. Any elementary or secondary school operated by Louisiana State
12 University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Southern University and
13 Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
14 or the University of Louisiana at Monroe shall be considered a public elementary
15 or secondary school and, as such, shall be annually appropriated funds as determined
16 by applying the formula as specified in Subsection B of this Section.
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SLS 22RS-378 ENGROSSED
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 126 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cathey
Present law requires the state Dept. of Education to allocate funds appropriated for certain
laboratory schools to the public postsecondary education institution operating such school.
Requires each institution to expend the funds for the operation of the school.
Present law is applicable to laboratory schools operated by Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Proposed law retains present law, and further provides for applicability to a laboratory
school at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:350.21(A))
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