Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:67.2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

To ensure that the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District does not have a negative impact on the minimum foundation program allocation to school systems, beginning in the fiscal year immediately following the effective date of this Act and continuing for the next four fiscal years, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall identify the districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge on which the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System causes a negative impact and determine the amount of the negative impact on the minimum foundation per pupil allocation.  The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall withhold the total of the amounts of the negative impact on all districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge from the total minimum foundation program allocation to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District and transfer those funds on a per pupil basis to such districts.

Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted.  See note below.

NOTE:  See Acts 2013, No. 295, §2, relative to enrollment options for high school students in East Baton Rouge Parish and the inclusion of such students in school system membership counts.

NOTE:  See Acts 2013, No. 295, §3, relative to the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System or other school districts.