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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 728
BY REPRESENTATIVES DAVIS, BRASS, CARPENTER, CARVER, EDMONSTON,
FREIBERG, OWEN, ST. BLANC, AND TAYLOR
HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J.
Foster Promise Program
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(1) and to repeal R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(8)(b), relative
3 to the M.J. Foster Promise Program; to provide relative to eligibility requirements;
4 to lower the minimum age required for initial qualification for a program award; to
5 provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง3047.2. Initial eligibility
9 A. To be eligible for the award, an applicant shall meet the following
10 requirements:
11 (1) Be at least twenty-one seventeen years old.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(8)(b) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
14 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
18effective on the day following such approval.
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HB NO. 728
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HB 728 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Davis
Abstract: Removes certain initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise
Program.
Present law provides for the M.J. Foster Promise Program, a financial assistance program
for students attending a two-year public postsecondary education institution or proprietary
school who are enrolled in certain qualified programs.
Provides for specific initial eligibility requirements, including being at least 21 years old and
not having a conviction for any crime of violence.
Proposed law lowers minimum age for initial eligibility from 21 to 17.
Proposed law removes requirement to have not been convicted of a violent crime.
Otherwise retains present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(1); Repeals R.S. 17:3047.2(A)(8)(b))
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