RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 689 (SB 297) 2022 Regular Session Barrow
Prior law required public postsecondary education institutions to provide for safe campuses
and required certain actions to ensure campuses were safe and that postsecondary education
administrators were accountable for providing the safe environment.
Prior law provided definitions, including defining an "employee". Further provided that the
definition of "employee" shall not include a student enrolled at a public postsecondary
institution, unless the student worked for the institution in a position such as a teaching
assistant or a residential advisor.
New law retains prior law and further qualifies the definition of "employee" to exclude
students whose employment is contingent upon enrollment as a student.
New law imposes implementation deadlines. Requires the Board of Regents to consult with
the Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel in developing the annual report. Requires
the annual report to also be sent to the Senate and House select committees on women and
children. Changes the panel membership to include one Title IV coordinator from each
public postsecondary system.
Effective June 18, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 17:3399.12(3) and (5)(a) and (b), 3399.13.1(F), 3399.16(A) and (E), and
3399.18(B)(17), (E), and (F))