Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3100.10

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Authority: means the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3100.2
  • 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.
  • Tuition: means the expenses for tuition in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, as delineated by the authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3100.2

            The authority shall undertake operation of the program created by this Chapter upon receipt of an appropriation or an award or donation from any other source sufficient to fund the authority’s initial start-up and operational expenses. Funds appropriated, awarded, or donated to the authority for this purpose shall be carried forward from year to year and may be expended by the authority as appropriated. Appropriations to the authority from the Tuition and Savings Fund which remain at the end of each fiscal year shall not be returned to the general fund but shall be deposited in the Tuition and Savings Fund.

            Acts 2018, No. 687, §2, eff. May 30, 2018.