On and after July 29, 1970, no parish and/or city school board shall accept any funds or grants for any new curricular or pilot programs or for any instructional material for these programs, including library or other books, visual aids and similar materials, unless the parish and/or city school board seeking to obtain said funds or grants has received the prior approval of the State Board of Education, including the approval of the state board as to the purpose for which said funds or grants are intended to be used.  

Added by Acts 1970, No. 497, §1.