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LA Rev Stat § 17:3365 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3365. Transfer of lease; sublease; mortgage on structure and lease

RS 3365 - Transfer of lease; sublease; mortgage on structure and lease A. With the prior written consent and approval of the board, all or any portion of the property or the improvements constructed thereon may be assigned or subleased under such terms and conditions as authorized by the board. The board may lease back all or any portion of the property or the improvements constructed thereon under such terms and conditions as authorized by the board. The term of any assignment, sublease or leaseback may equal but not exceed the term of the original lease. B. Lessees may grant mortgages on the improvements erected on the leased premises and on the lease, but all such mortgages, as well as the rights of the mortgagees, shall be subject to the rules and regulations and to all the provisions of this Part. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1985, No. 416, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3366 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3366. Assistance to college or university sponsored organizations in construction or maintenance of house

RS 3366 - Assistance to college or university sponsored organizations in construction or maintenance of house Each board may assist any college or university sponsored organization under the supervision of said college or university in the erection, construction or maintenance of facilities on the grounds of the university by unconditionally endorsing or guaranteeing any loan heretofore or hereafter made by any person for such purpose, and in such a manner, for such terms, and on such conditions as the board deems advisable. No such loan shall be so endorsed or guaranteed until the amount, terms and conditions of the loan have been approved by the State Bond Commission; however, this requirement shall not apply to loans endorsed or guaranteed prior to the effective date of this Subpart, or to renewals of such loans. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3367 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3367. Authority to execute mineral leases on college and university lands; term; use of revenues

RS 3367 - Authority to execute mineral leases on college and university lands; term; use of revenues A. Each board is authorized to execute and fix the terms and conditions of oil, gas and mineral leases upon any lands owned in whole or in part by the board or held by it for the use and benefit of any college or university under its supervision and management for the purpose of exploration, development, drilling and mining for oil, gas and other minerals in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, Sections 4 and 5 of the 1974 Constitution of the state of Louisiana. B. Each lease sought to be executed under authority of this Section shall require the prior approval of the State Mineral and Energy Board. C.(1) Revenues from oil, gas, and mineral leases executed by each board as authorized in Subsection A of this Section shall be allocated to the board which executed the lease, or its successor, and shall be used by the recipient board solely for the benefit of the college or university located on the leased properties. As to each such college or university, these revenues shall be in addition to any other revenues or funds appropriated or otherwise provided for or available to the college or university, and in no case shall any of these revenues be computed or considered by the division of administration or otherwise in determining the amounts to be appropriated to or for the college or university in the general appropriation act or any other act, and in no case shall these revenues, or any part of them, be computed or considered in determination of the allocation of funds under the Board of Regents appropriation formula for higher education. (2) The revenues received under this Subsection for a college or university shall be used for the following purposes: (a) To alleviate safety hazards and other bona fide emergency conditions. (b) To make needed major repairs to buildings, grounds, streets, and parking lots, purchase land, and upgrade utility systems of that institution. (c) For new capital construction or capital acquisitions. (d) For establishment of permanent endowment funds from which investment earnings are used for scholarships or as salaries or a supplement for salaries or for other expenses directly related to scholarly work for faculty members at the college or university. (e) For other operating expenses upon approval of the appropriate public postsecondary education management board. (3) In order to ensure that the highest priority shall be given to the projects aimed at preserving and improving existing facilities, the Board of Regents shall recommend priorities for emergencies and major repairs required on the college and university campuses. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 474, §1; Acts 1991, No. 897, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 395, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3371 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3371. Student loan funds

RS 3371 - Student loan funds A. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is the official custodian and responsible for the administration of the diamond jubilee loan fund. B. Each board is the official custodian and responsible for the administration of all funds created and held in trust for the purpose of making loans to needy students at any of the colleges and universities under its supervision and management. It shall have full power to sue for the recovery of any unpaid loans made from such funds. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3381 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3381. Transportation for college students; transportation for other students subject to restrictions; authority to establish and collect bus transportation fees

RS 3381 - Transportation for college students; transportation for other students subject to restrictions; authority to establish and collect bus transportation fees A. A city, parish, or other local public school board may enter into contracts with individuals, partnerships, or corporations domiciled in this state to furnish transportation to students attending any institution under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or may furnish such transportation themselves, and pay for the same in the manner provided for defraying other expenses. Students receiving transportation may be charged a bus transportation fee in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of providing the transportation service. A school board shall establish such fees and shall provide for their collection. B. A city or parish school board may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with this Section under which students other than qualified college students, such as exceptional or vocational-technical students, may be transported. However, the provision of transportation to such other students shall not result in the denial of transportation to an otherwise qualified college student nor result in the increase of the direct cost of buses and salaries and expenses of bus operators incurred by the school board in providing such transportation. Students receiving transportation may be charged a bus transportation fee in an amount sufficient to completely offset the actual cost of providing the transportation service. A school board shall establish such fees and shall provide for their collection. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 298, §1; Acts 1986, No. 863, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2013, No. 220, §6, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3382 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3382. Teacher certification programs in instruction of elementary school French

RS 3382 - Teacher certification programs in instruction of elementary school French A. The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College are hereby required to direct institutions under their control which presently offer teacher certification programs in the instruction of high school French, to similarly offer teacher certification programs in the instruction of elementary school French. B. The provisions of Subsection A shall not be construed to prevent an institution from offering teacher certification in elementary school French even though said institution lacks a teacher certification program in high school French. Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 2013, No. 220, §6, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3383 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3383. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 116, §2.

RS 3383 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 116, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3384 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3384. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.

RS 3384 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3386 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3386. Surplus funds; retention; use; exceptions

RS 3386 - Surplus funds; retention; use; exceptions A. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, any public college or university or any consortium of colleges and universities which adopts a building and facility preventative maintenance program approved by the Board of Regents may retain any funds appropriated or allocated to such college, university, or consortium thereof from the state general fund which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year, provided that not less than fifty percent of such retained funds shall be maintained by the college, university, or consortium thereof in a preventative maintenance reserve fund, and the monies from such reserve fund shall be used solely for preventative maintenance purposes in accordance with the approved plan. Retained funds shall be spent only on nonrecurring projects and such expenditures are subject to approval by the appropriate postsecondary education management board, the Board of Regents, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Such expenditures shall be contained in a report submitted to the Board of Regents no later than September fifteenth. B. Before approving the building and facility preventative maintenance program of a public college, university, or consortium thereof, the Board of Regents shall determine that the college, university, or consortium thereof has a preventative maintenance reserve fund. C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any state general fund appropriation which was made for a specific purpose in the General Appropriation Act for any fiscal year and which remains unexpended or unobligated at the end of any fiscal year. Such monies shall not be retained by any institution identified in Subsection A of this Section. D. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, no public postsecondary education institution as provided in Subsection A of this Section may carry forward more than two percent of its prior fiscal year's state general fund appropriation or allocation under the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section. E. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an institution that is determined by the Board of Regents to have met the short-term targets established in the performance agreement entered into pursuant to Part II of Chapter 24 of this Title (R.S. 17:3139, et. seq.) may retain any funds appropriated or allocated to such college, university, or consortium thereof, excluding those as specified in Subsection C of this Section, which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year, in accordance with R.S. 17:3139.5(5)(a)(i) and such funds shall be used at the institution's discretion. Acts 1988, No. 912, §1; Acts 1995, No. 910, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1478, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3387 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3387. Bus transportation to and from postsecondary institutions; authority of postsecondary institutions including vocational-technical schools to contract; payment of costs

RS 3387 - Bus transportation to and from postsecondary institutions; authority of postsecondary institutions including vocational-technical schools to contract; payment of costs A. Any institution under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, or the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may enter into contracts with individuals, partnerships, or corporations domiciled in this state to furnish bus transportation to students attending the respective institution. B. Bus transportation to and from postsecondary education institutions may be provided, under this Section, for students along major transportation routes of the normal enrollment area and where routes can be economically justified. C. The direct costs of providing such transportation, including salaries and expenses of bus operators, shall be borne by the individual institutions and the costs shall be paid out of student fees assessed to those students who use such transportation. The management boards may provide for the establishment and collection of fees to cover the cost of such transportation or a portion of such cost. Acts 1987, No. 368, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2013, No. 220, §6, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3388 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3388. Fluency in the English language; faculty; evaluation; certification; penalties

RS 3388 - Fluency in the English language; faculty; evaluation; certification; penalties A.(1) After September 1, 1992, no member of the instructional faculty who has failed to demonstrate fluency in the English language shall teach any course in any public college or university. The higher education management boards shall adopt and implement procedures that are consistent with Board of Regents policy to assess and certify the English fluency of every member of the instructional faculty. (2) Certification shall be submitted to the Board of Regents in the form and manner it prescribes. Such submission, however, shall occur not later than one year following the employment of a member of the instructional faculty. B. "Instructional faculty" as used in this Section shall mean every member of an institution of higher education, other than visiting faculty but including graduate teaching assistants, who teaches one or more undergraduate credit courses. However, nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to include the requirement of English fluency instruction in any of the following courses: (a) Foreign language courses or courses designed to be taught predominately in a foreign language. (b) Student participatory and activity courses such as clinics, studios, seminars, and laboratories. (c) Special arrangement courses such as individualized instruction and independent study courses. (d) Continuing education courses. Acts 1991, No. 754, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3391 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3391. Student records; outstanding student debt; student loan default

RS 3391 - Student records; outstanding student debt; student loan default  A. For purposes of this Section:  (1) "Debt" means any money, obligation, claim, or sum, due or owing, or alleged to be due or owing, from a student.  (2) "Default" means the failure of a borrower to repay a loan according to the terms agreed to in the promissory note.  B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each public postsecondary education management board may adopt a policy to prohibit the institutions under its supervision and management from doing any of the following:  (1) Refuse to provide a transcript for a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt.  (2)(a) Condition the provision of a transcript for a current or former student on the payment of a debt other than a fee charged to provide the transcript or enrollment in a repayment plan.  (b) Any repayment plan established as a precondition of providing a transcript shall include a monthly payment amount. The monthly payment amount shall be established with consideration of the current or former student's ability to pay and shall not exceed fifteen percent of the student's monthly income.  (3) Charge a higher fee for obtaining a transcript or provide any other less favorable treatment because a student or former student owes a debt.  (4) Use transcript issuance as a debt collection tool.  (5) Withhold services from a current or former student who is in default on a federal loan. Services that shall not be withheld include but are not limited to:  (a) Providing grades.  (b) Providing a diploma.  (c) Course registration services.  (d) Issuing transcripts.  Acts 2020, No. 334, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3392 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3392. Immunity from claims or causes of action related to the COVID-19 public health emergency

RS 3392 - Immunity from claims or causes of action related to the COVID-19 public health emergency  A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, public and nonpublic postsecondary education systems, public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions, and public and nonpublic postsecondary education management boards, and the officers, employees, and agents thereof shall not be held liable for any civil damages for injury or death resulting from or related to actual or alleged exposure to COVID-19 or acts undertaken in the effort to respond or adapt to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  B. There shall be no cause of action related to a person contracting COVID-19 at a public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution, other public or nonpublic postsecondary education facility, or at a public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution sponsored event, which is based on the actions or failure to act by the institution's officers, employees, or agents in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  C. This Section shall not affect the right of any person to receive benefits provided under the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law.  D. The provisions of this Section shall be limited to claims related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  E. The public and nonpublic postsecondary education systems, public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions, and public and nonpublic postsecondary education management boards, and the officers, employees, and agents thereof may not avail themselves of the immunity provided for by this Section if the action or failure to act was in violation of a policy, rule, or regulation adopted by the public or nonpublic postsecondary education system, public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution, or public or nonpublic postsecondary education management board or was in violation of any procedure mandated by law or by rule or regulation adopted by a federal or state agency in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and such action or inaction is determined to be grossly negligent or wanton or reckless misconduct.  Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1. NOTE: Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 9, §4, provides that the Act has retroactive application to March 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3394.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3394.1. Community and technical colleges facilities improvement and enhancement; intent

RS 3394.1 - Community and technical colleges facilities improvement and enhancement; intent It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that the institutions of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System are responsive to the workforce needs of this state. This Part enumerates specific facilities within that system which have been determined to be extraordinarily vital to the state's response to the need for a competent and skilled workforce and which are in need of capital improvement or enhancement. The authorities granted to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges pursuant to this Part are intended to facilitate the finance of capital improvements and enhancements for the projects enumerated herein and to ensure their completion in an expeditious manner. Acts 2007, No. 391, §1, eff. June 30, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §7, eff. June 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3394.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3394.2. Definitions

RS 3394.2 - Definitions As used in this Part, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Annual appropriation dependency clause" shall mean a clause which shall be included in any financing arrangement which provides that if, after a diligent and good faith effort by the state to appropriate funds for the payment of sums due under a financing agreement, such funds are not appropriated, such agreement shall be terminated, and the state shall not be liable for the payment of further sums due thereunder. (2) "Board" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges. (3) "Corporation" means the nonprofit corporation which may be utilized to accomplish the purposes of this Part. (4) "Division of administration" means the division of administration created within the office of the governor by Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. (5) "Project" means the acquisition, purchase, construction, renovation, improvement, or expansion of a public facility, to be financed as authorized and provided in this Part and R.S. 17:3361, et seq., to be limited to those public facilities and purposes identified in R.S. 17:3394.3. (6) "Public facilities" means buildings, equipment, and other permanent property or immovable property of the colleges within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, as specifically identified in R.S. 17:3394.3. Acts 2007, No. 391, §1, eff. June 30, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §7, eff. June 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:3396 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§3396. Purpose

RS 3396 - Purpose The Louisiana Legislature recognizes that economic development can be fostered by the encouragement of advanced technologies and better employment opportunities and that Louisiana must promote research and economic development opportunities through the encouragement of high technology. The legislature therefor authorizes the establishment of the Research Park Corporation as a public, nonprofit corporation authorized to create, develop, construct, operate, manage, and finance a research and development park in cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the governing authority of the appropriate municipality or parish. Acts 1992, No. 882, §1; Acts 1995, No. 912, §2, eff. June 28, 1995.