2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:3130 — Other powers

§3130.  Other powers

A.  All powers of management over public institutions of higher education not specifically vested in the Board of Regents by Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, are reserved to 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, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, as to the institutions under the control of each.

B.(1)(a)  All constitutional responsibilities of the Board of Regents, including the development of a formula for equitable distribution of funds, shall apply to all public postsecondary institutions, including vocational-technical schools.

(b)  Not later than the convening of the 1999 Regular Session, the Board of Regents shall submit to the legislature a proposal for full funding of the funding formula for higher and postsecondary education to be completed over a five-year period beginning not later than the fall of 1999, including provisions for equitable distribution of funds included in the formula.

(2)  In the event of a mid-year budget reduction affecting postsecondary education and higher education, no such reduction shall disproportionately reduce the total budgeted funding for any postsecondary or higher education system, nor shall such a reduction result in a disproportional reduction for either division of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

(3)  The Board of Regents shall determine during the next Master Plan revision process the appropriate role of universities in offering associate degree programs in view of the creation of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges whose authority is limited to the management of institutions offering less than baccalaureate level certificates and degrees.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §1, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1997, No. 1360, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.