§ 17:1756 — Local governing authority; contribution to loan fund; scholarships

A. The governing body of each parish may appropriate out of its current revenues each calendar year, as a donation to the parish school loan fund of its parish, a sum or sums which in the aggregate will not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars for each member of the House of Representatives representing that parish in the legislature of Louisiana.
B. The governing body of any parish may grant scholastic expenses or scholarships not to exceed in the aggregate total four thousand dollars per annum to assist worthy high school graduates to attend any state-endowed university or other college or institution of learning in this state, or any business school or college which meets with the approval of the Parish School Loan Fund Committee created by R.S. 17:1752.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 64, §1; Acts 1956, No. 398, §2; Acts 1983, No. 120, §1