§ 17:3351 — General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education management

Louisiana § 17:3351

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education management
boards
A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically enumerated in
Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as otherwise provided by law,
each postsecondary system management board as a body corporate shall have authority to
exercise power necessary to supervise and manage the day-to-day operations of institutions
of postsecondary education under its control, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Sue and be sued, including the right to recover all debts owing to the board or any
university or college under its management, and to retain legal counsel therefor.
(2) Actively seek and accept donations, bequests, or other forms of financial
assistance for educational purposes from any public or private person or agency and to
comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government or any other
person or agency which are not in contravention of the constitution and laws.
(3)(a) Receive and expend or allocate for expenditure to the institutions under its
jurisdiction all monies appropriated or otherwise made available for purposes of the board
or the institutions under its jurisdiction according to the master plan for postsecondary
education, the funding formula adopted by the Board of Regents, and, except as otherwise
provided in the general or a supplemental appropriations bill, the Board of Regents' budget
recommendations.
(b)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, each
board may redirect an amount not to exceed five percent of the allocation specified by the
formula for each institution under its control to address specific issues that might arise during
the budget allocation process.
(ii) An amount greater than five percent of the allocation specified by the formula
for each institution may be redirected in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency
situation, as certified by the Board of Regents and approved by the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget.
(4) Borrow money and issue notes, bonds or certificates of indebtedness for the same
and pledge fees, rents and revenues to guarantee payment thereof, in accordance with law and
with approval of the State Bond Commission.
(5)(a)(i) In accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph,
determine the tuition and mandatory fees which shall be paid by students and adjust the
amount of tuition and fees as provided in this Subparagraph.
(ii) Payments to cover or a waiver of any mandatory fee imposed in accordance with
this Title except for tuition shall be included in the compensation package of each graduate
student serving as a teaching assistant, research assistant, or curatorial assistant. Each public
postsecondary education management board shall adopt a policy relative to implementing
the provisions of this Item.
(iii) Each management board may establish differential tuition for any graduate,
professional, or specialized program. Each management board may establish differential
tuition for any undergraduate program, including but not limited to programs granting
certificates, degrees, diplomas, or other credentials of value, that has been identified as a
high-cost program by the Board of Regents.
(iv) Each management board may establish mandatory fee amounts for all programs
at each of the institutions under its supervision and control and consolidate separate fees.
(v) Each management board may increase differential tuition amounts and mandatory
fee amounts by no more than ten percent over any two-year period. Each management board
may lower tuition and fee amounts with no limitation. The authority to establish tuition and
fee amounts as provided in this Subparagraph includes the authority to establish tuition and
fee amounts proportional to the amounts for part-time students and for students enrolled in
summer and intersession terms.
(vi) Each management board shall establish a process for providing adequate notice
to students of tuition and fee amounts. Prior to imposing any increase in tuition or fee
amounts pursuant to this Subparagraph, each management board shall establish criteria for
waivers in cases of financial hardship. Information about such waivers shall be made
available to all prospective students affected by the increase in a timely manner, so they are
aware of the increase and the availability of waivers prior to having to make any final
decision concerning attendance.
(vii) Awards of scholarships or waivers of tuition or fees shall be included in the
information package of any student awarded such scholarship or waiver and the
compensation package of each graduate student serving as a teaching assistant, research
assistant, or curatorial assistant.
(viii) Each management board shall submit a written report to the Board of Regents,
the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the House
Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance not later than February
fifteenth annually regarding how the tuition and mandatory fees authorized by this
Subparagraph are being implemented at each institution under its supervision and
management.
(b)(i) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana,
each management board also shall have authority to establish tuition and mandatory
attendance fee amounts applicable to nonresident students at an institution under its
supervision and management.
(ii) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, 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, and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, respectively,
also shall have authority to make a total increase in the tuition amount applicable to resident
students at an institution under its supervision and management such that the tuition amount
for an academic year shall not exceed the amount in effect on June 28, 2000, by more than
two hundred fifty dollars.
(iii)(aa) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana,
the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges also shall have authority to
make a total increase in the tuition amount applicable to resident students at an institution
under its supervision and management such that the tuition amount for an academic year, or
comparable period of time for Louisiana Technical College, shall not exceed the amount in
effect on June 28, 2000, by more than two hundred fifty dollars nor by more than one
hundred dollars at Louisiana Technical College.
(bb) Notwithstanding the limitation provided in Subitem (aa) of this Item or any
authority provided to the board by this Subparagraph and in accordance with Article VII,
Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts
established by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and
applicable to students enrolled in L. E. Fletcher Technical-Community College and Sowela
Technical-Community College may be increased but shall not exceed the median amount of
tuition and mandatory attendance fees applicable to students enrolled in other Louisiana
public colleges and universities offering academic undergraduate degrees at the associate
degree level but not baccalaureate degrees. The Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges shall report in writing to the House and Senate Committees on Education
by not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of each regular legislative session on the
purposes for which monies received from the tuition increase authorized by this Subitem
have been expended.
(cc)(I) Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Subitem (aa) of this Item or any
authority provided to the board by this Subparagraph and in accordance with Article VII,
Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges is authorized to increase the tuition amount and the mandatory fee
amount applicable to resident students at community and at technical-community colleges
under its supervision and management provided the total combined tuition and mandatory
fee amounts for an academic year do not exceed the highest total combined tuition and
mandatory fee amounts in effect for such students on July 1, 2011. Increases in tuition and
mandatory fee amounts pursuant to this Subsubitem shall be effective beginning with the fall
semester of the 2011-2012 academic year and continuing thereafter. Additionally, the board
may provide for the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts for students
at community and at technical-community colleges under its supervision and management
on a per-credit-hour basis; however, total amounts charged on a per-credit-hour basis shall
not exceed the maximum amounts for full-time status otherwise authorized by this
Subsubitem.
(II) Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Subitem (aa) of this Item or any
authority provided to the board by this Subparagraph and in accordance with Article VII,
Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges is authorized to increase the tuition amount and the mandatory fee
amount applicable to resident students at the Louisiana Technical College provided the total
combined tuition and mandatory fee amounts do not exceed two thousand dollars for an
academic year or comparable period of time. Any increase in amounts shall be implemented
in such a manner that one-third of the increase shall be effective beginning with the fall
semester of the 2011-2012 academic year and continuing thereafter, an additional one-third
shall be effective beginning with the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year and
continuing thereafter, and the final one-third shall be effective beginning with the fall
semester of the 2013-2014 academic year and continuing thereafter. Additionally, the board
may provide for the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts for students
at the Louisiana Technical College on a per-credit-hour basis; however, total amounts
charged on a per-credit-hour basis shall not exceed the maximum amounts for full-time
status otherwise authorized by this Subsubitem.
(iv) No increase in tuition or mandatory attendance fee amounts established pursuant
to the provisions of this Subparagraph shall affect tuition for any joint apprenticeship
program.
(v) Prior to imposing any increase or increases in tuition or mandatory attendance
fee amounts, or both, established pursuant to the provisions of this Subparagraph, each
management board shall establish criteria for waivers of such increase or increases in cases
of financial hardship. Information about such waivers and the criteria and procedures for
obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all prospective students affected by the increase
or increases in a timely manner such that the prospective student can be aware of the increase
or increases and the availability of waivers thereto prior to the student having to make any
final decision concerning attendance at the college or university.
(vi) The authority granted each management board by this Subparagraph to establish
tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts shall include the authority to establish
proportional amounts applicable to part-time students and to students enrolled for summer
terms and for intersession terms.
(vii) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and
in addition to any other authority provided by this Subparagraph, each management board
may establish tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to resident students
at an institution under its supervision and management and, effective January 1, 2002, may
adjust such tuition and mandatory fee amounts not to exceed a rate of increase of three
percent annually, subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
The authority granted by the provisions of this Item shall terminate July 1, 2005.
(c)(i) The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System is authorized
to establish the tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to students enrolled in
the Doctor of Pharmacy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe to be consistent
with tuition amounts and other fees charged to students in Doctor of Pharmacy programs in
states comprising the Southern Regional Education Board.
(ii) The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System is authorized
to establish the tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to students enrolled in
the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe to be
consistent with tuition amounts and other fees charged to students in Doctor of Physical
Therapy programs in states comprising the Southern Regional Education Board.
(d)(i) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana,
each management board may provide for the assessment of an operational fee at each
institution under its management and supervision in an amount not to exceed four percent
of the total mandatory tuition and fee amount in effect for each institution on August 15,
2004.
(ii) The authority granted each management board by this Subparagraph to impose
an operational fee shall include the authority to establish proportional amounts applicable to
part-time students and to students enrolled for summer and intersession terms.
(iii) The fee shall not be a cost that is payable by the state on behalf of any student
who is a recipient of an award under the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.
(iv) The fee shall be in addition to any other tuition or attendance fees and charges
established by the board, and the fee shall be paid by all students. However, the boards shall
establish criteria for waiving the fee in cases of financial hardship as determined by each
board. Information relative to such waivers and the criteria and procedures for obtaining a
waiver shall be made available to all prospective students in a timely manner such that each
student is informed of the availability of a waiver prior to the student making a final decision
concerning attendance at any institution under the management and supervision of the board.
(v) At any postsecondary institution, any excess of revenue resulting from the
imposition of an operational fee as authorized in this Subparagraph over mandated costs
applicable to the institution in any fiscal year shall be used by the institution solely for the
enhancement of any instructional programs and may not be used to pay the salary of any
university or university system administrator as is provided for the use of the academic
excellence fee.
(e)(i) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana
and in addition to any other authority provided by this Paragraph, each management board
may establish tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to resident students
at an institution under its supervision and management and, effective July 1, 2008, may
adjust such tuition and mandatory fee amounts at a rate not to exceed three percent annually
if the tuition and mandatory fee amount in effect for the institution is ten percent or less
below the average or median tuition and mandatory fee amount of the institution's peers, at
a rate not to exceed four percent annually if the tuition and mandatory fee amount in effect
for the institution is more than ten percent but less than twenty percent below the average or
median tuition and mandatory fee amount of the institution's peers, or at a rate not to exceed
five percent annually if the tuition and mandatory fee amount in effect for the institution is
twenty percent or more below the average or median tuition and mandatory fee amount of
the institution's peers. The Board of Regents shall establish guidelines on the use of data
available from the Southern Regional Education Board and other national sources in
determining appropriate institution peers and peer average or median tuition and mandatory
fee rates. Such guidelines shall be adopted after consultation and coordination with the
management boards. The authority to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts granted
by the provisions of this Subparagraph shall be applicable for the 2008-2009, 2009-2010,
2010-2011, and 2011-2012 academic years only and shall terminate June 30, 2012.
Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, the authority to increase tuition and mandatory
fee amounts granted by the provisions of this Subparagraph shall be subject to the approval
of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
(ii) The authority granted each management board by this Subparagraph to establish
tuition and mandatory fee amounts shall include the authority to establish proportional
amounts applicable to part-time students and to students enrolled for summer and
intersession terms.
(iii) Prior to imposing any increase or increases in tuition or mandatory attendance
fee amounts, or both, established pursuant to the provisions of this Subparagraph, each
management board shall establish criteria for waivers of such increase or increases in cases
of financial hardship. Information about such waivers and the criteria and procedures for
obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all prospective students affected by the increase
or increases in a timely manner such that the prospective student can be aware of the increase
or increases and the availability of waivers prior to the student making any final decision
concerning attendance at the college or university.
(6) Purchase land and purchase or construct buildings necessary for the use of the
university system, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents and in accordance with
applicable laws.
(7) Purchase equipment, properly maintain and make improvements to facilities
necessary for the use of the university system, in accordance with applicable laws.
(8) Lease land or other property belonging to it or to any college or university within
its system, in accordance with law.
(9) Sell, transfer or exchange land or other property not needed for university
purposes, in accordance with law.
(10) Employ or approve the employment, fix or approve the salaries, and fix or
approve the duties and functions of personnel for the board and the university system in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any
increase in salary for an administrator of any public college or university or of any
postsecondary education management board shall comply with the administrative salary
policy guidelines adopted by the Board of Regents.
(11) Review and approve curricula, programs of study, departments of instruction,
divisions, or similar subdivisions established by the faculties of the university system and
forward such curricula, programs of study, departments of instruction, divisions, or similar
subdivisions to the Board of Regents for final approval.
(12) Adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations necessary or proper for the
business of the board and for the government of the colleges and universities comprising its
system and for promoting their purposes.
(13) Adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the government and discipline
of students.
(14) Affiliate with any institution giving any special course of instruction, upon such
terms as the board deems expedient, which terms may include the retention by such
institution of the control of property, faculty and staff.
(15) Award certificates, confer degrees and issue diplomas certifying the same.
(16) Enter into contracts and agreements with other public agencies with respect to
cooperative enterprises and undertakings relating to or associated with college or university
purposes and programs, in accordance with applicable laws.
(17) Adopt academic calendars, which shall, among other things, make provision for
an appropriate and reasonable number of days during which academic teaching personnel
may, with necessary approval of appropriate university officials, be permitted to be absent
from their duty posts; the time herein provided for shall be in lieu of annual leave granted
unclassified state employees by R.S. 42:421. Provided, however, when an academic teaching
employee covered by this Act retires, or whenever any such employee dies before retirement
and while holding membership in any retirement system to which the state contributes in
whole or in part, leaving a surviving spouse or dependent or both, who are entitled to benefits
from the retirement system, the unused days shall be added to the employee's membership
service in the same manner and to the same extent as if the employee had continued in state
service until the time such number of unused days have elapsed, dating from the date of the
employee's death.
(18) Perform such other functions as are necessary or incidental to the supervision
and management of the university system it supervises and manages.
B. In addition to the powers and duties vested by Subsection A of this Section and
any other applicable laws, each board, as soon as practicable, shall adopt:
(1) Bylaws setting forth the respective rights, duties and responsibilities of the board,
the various administrative officers, and the faculty. These bylaws shall be specific in fixing
responsibility and in describing lines of authority, without being so detailed as to encumber
the machinery of government with undue formality. These bylaws may provide appropriate
rules under which they may be amended from time to time.
(2) Rules and regulations which may provide for:
(a) A method of obtaining expression of faculty opinion when appointments are to
be made to the offices of president, or head of a college or university, chief academic officer
of a college or university, deans, directors, and heads or chairmen of departments.
(b)(i) The establishment, award, and continuance of fellowships, scholarships, and
all other forms of student aid. Such rules shall be so designed as to promote high standards
of achievement and scholarship in the respective recipients and to insure the award and
continuance of fellowships and scholarships solely upon the basis of merit, and other forms
of student aid strictly upon the basis of necessity and merit.
(ii) Such rules and regulations may include the establishment, award, and
continuance of tuition waivers to any student for purposes of gender equity who participates
in an intercollegiate athletic program and who is pursuing an undergraduate degree provided
that the student meets the academic standards and complies with the rules and regulations
of the college or university such student is attending relative to requirements for attendance
as a full-time student. The tuition waivers may be offered at any campus under the
jurisdiction of each management board; however, no management board shall issue more
than an aggregate of fifty tuition waivers per campus during an academic year and not more
than fifty percent of such tuition waivers shall be issued to out-of-state residents.
(c) The administration of the various student loan funds and the granting and
repayment of such loans. Each board shall withhold any academic and financial aid
transcripts of students in default on the repayment of an obligation to the Louisiana Student
Financial Assistance Commission or its successor, until such time as release is authorized
by the commission or its successor. Such release shall be dependent upon acceptable
repayment arrangements being made by the defaulted student borrower. The rules and
regulations adopted by each board to implement the provisions of this Subparagraph relative
to the withholding of academic and financial aid transcripts shall include a due process
procedure permitting a student, if the student desires, to appear before the board prior to any
action withholding such student's transcript.
(d) It shall be the further duty of the board to employ the proceeds of all donations,
grants, subscriptions and bequests to a university, or to any school, college or division, or in
trust therefor, so as to effectuate the purposes and accord with the terms and conditions of
such donations, grants, subscriptions and bequests.
(3) Policies and rules authorizing state colleges and universities to develop and
conduct courses of study and curricula for inmates and personnel at state correctional
institutions, pursuant to authorization by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
The courses of study to be offered shall be developed by the college or university and
approved by the governing board.
C.(1) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by this Section, each
board shall adopt, by not later than January 1, 1990, a policy requiring each institution under
the supervision and management of that board to report, on at least a monthly basis, the
numbers and types of reported criminal offenses occurring on property owned or under the
control of the institution. Such report shall be made to the appropriate management board
and shall be a public record. The form and content of such reports shall be prescribed by the
management board but shall be such as to be acceptable for the purposes of compiling
uniform crime reports. The report provided for by this Subsection shall be limited to those
offenses included in Part I of the most recently published edition of the Uniform Crime
Reports for the United States as printed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
United States Department of Justice.
(2) The policy also shall require each institution to publish in its catalog basic
information about security procedures and practices maintained by the institution. Such
information, to the extent not otherwise exempt by law from disclosure, shall include but
need not be limited to the following:
(a) The enforcement authority and training requirements for campus police and other
security personnel.
(b) The number of security personnel employed by type, including full-time, part-time, and supplemental personnel.
(c) Basic procedures for responding to emergencies or criminal actions and special
services for the reporting of emergencies and criminal actions, such as the provision of an
emergency telephone number for student and employee use.
(d) The administrative office responsible for security and campus police services.
(3) The policy also shall require each institution to develop and adopt written
security rules, regulations, and procedures. Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall
include but need not be limited to the following information:
(a) Procedures for responding to emergencies or criminal actions.
(b) Procedures for securing campus buildings and residence halls.
(c) Procedures for investigating violations of criminal statutes and university
regulations.
(d) Procedures related to campus police and other security personnel activity within
student housing.
(e) Rules and regulations governing the possession and use of firearms by campus
police and other security personnel.
(f) Rules and regulations governing the possession and use of firearms on campus
by employees, students, and visitors.
(g) Security considerations used in the construction, maintenance, groundskeeping,
and lighting of campus buildings and grounds.
(h) Methods used to inform the campus community about security matters.
D. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by this Section, each board
shall adopt, by not later than January 1, 2004, a policy requiring each institution under the
board's supervision and management to include as a part of any material made available by
the institution to students and prospective students about any course offering at the institution
a list of other Louisiana public colleges and universities that will recognize a student's
successful completion of such course both for academic credit in general and for credit
toward meeting degree program requirements at the other institutions.
E.(1) In addition to any other power, duty, or function authorized by this Section,
each board shall adopt, by not later than January 1, 2012, a policy requiring each institution
under the board's supervision and management to award educational credits to a student
enrolled in the institution, who is also a veteran, for courses that are part of the student's
military training or service and that meet the standards of the American Council on
Education or equivalent standards for awarding academic credit if the award of educational
credit is based upon the institution's admission standards and its role, scope, and mission.
(2) Each board shall adopt necessary rules, regulations, and procedures to implement
the provisions of this Subsection, effective beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year and
continuing thereafter.
(3) For the purposes of this Subsection, the word "veteran" means a citizen of the
United States or a resident alien who has been released from military service under a
condition other than dishonorable and who meets at least one of the following conditions:
(a) Has engaged in active duty in the United States Armed Forces.
(b) Is a member of the national guard or is a reserve enlistee called to active duty for
purposes other than training.
(c) Was a cadet or midshipman at a United States Armed Forces service academy.
F. Each public postsecondary education management board shall annually conduct
a review to identify any legislation that has been implemented and has been operational for
at least six months in the prior year that affects the board or the institutions under its control
and has a fiscal impact which has increased by the amount of one million dollars or more
over the amount of the fiscal note as the bill was enacted. The analysis should also report
the impact to the higher education institutions in terms of operations and personnel. Each
management board shall compile the report and submit the report to the Board of Regents
by September thirtieth of each year in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3130(C).
The report shall be in a manner as provided by R.S. 24:653(L)(2).
G. Each board may name buildings at institutions under its supervision and
management in honor of living persons pursuant to a policy adopted by the board applicable
to such actions. Such policy may include criteria to be used for the naming of buildings in
honor of living persons. If the policy requires a monetary donation as a condition of naming
buildings in honor of living persons, the policy shall require that such donation be made to
an alumni association or a foundation that raises private funds for the support of the
institution as provided in R.S. 17:3390.
H. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 157, §2, eff. June 6, 2019.
I. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by this Section, any board
with an appropriation in the general appropriation bill of thirty million dollars or more shall
establish an internal audit function and shall establish an office of the chief audit executive
who shall be responsible for ensuring that the internal audit function adheres to the Institute
of Internal Auditors, International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal
Auditing. The chief audit executive shall maintain organizational independence in
accordance with these standards and shall have direct and unrestricted access to the
management board. The chief audit executive shall annually certify to the management
board that the internal audit function conforms to the Institute of Internal Auditors,
International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
J. Each public postsecondary education management board and the governing
authority of each institution that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities shall ensure that a student identification card issued by a
postsecondary education institution under its jurisdiction contains each required element for
a generally recognized picture identification card specified in R.S. 18:562(A)(2)(a)(i) and
1309(D)(1)(a)(i). The identification card shall expire on the anticipated date of the student's
graduation or program completion or on the date six years subsequent to the date the card is
issued, whichever date occurs first.
K.(1) Each board shall adopt a policy requiring each institution under its supervision
and management to develop plans for full use of existing facilities, including plans for
distance learning.
(2) Each board shall adopt a policy requiring each institution under its supervision
and management to annually report information on use of classroom and laboratory facilities.
The report shall be submitted to the board and posted on the institution's website. Such
information shall include:
(a) Total number of classrooms and laboratories available for instructional use and
the number of those undergoing renovation.
(b) Total available square footage of instructional space and the amount of
instructional space under renovation or being used for storage.
(c) Average weekly hours of instructional use of all campus classrooms and
laboratories available for instruction, reported by day of the week and time of day, Monday
through Saturday.
(d) Average percentage of seats or stations filled in all sections taught in campus
classrooms and laboratories that are available for instruction, reported by day of the week and
time of day, Monday through Saturday.
(e) The number of courses the institution currently offers online and plans for future
development of online courses.
(f) The number of cooperative endeavors, partnerships, or other agreements the
institution has entered into with another institution for the shared use of a facility, the extent
to which such shared use has occurred, and any potential opportunities for shared use of
facilities between institutions.
(3) Prior to the submission of any request for capital outlay funds appropriating an
amount exceeding ten million dollars in state funds for construction of new facilities at an
institution under its supervision and management, the board shall hold a public hearing on
the proposed facility. The hearing shall include discussions of:
(a) Level and manner of use of existing campus facilities, using the metrics reported
pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, for the preceding three-year period.
(b) Projected maintenance costs for the proposed building over its expected lifetime.
(c) Funding sources for the proposed building.
(d) Any potential opportunities for shared use of facilities between institutions.
(4) When submitting a request for capital outlay funds as provided in Paragraph (3)
of this Subsection, the board shall include with the request a summary of the proceedings of
the public hearing held pursuant to such Paragraph, and the information collected pursuant
to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
L.(1) Each public postsecondary management board, in conjunction with the
commissioner of higher education and the president of each public university and community
college system, or his designee, shall adopt a policy requiring each institution under its
supervision and management to address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies among
unmarried students as part of an institution's freshman orientation activities.
(2)(a) As part of freshman orientation, each institution shall, as deemed appropriate,
provide information to students that is recognized as medically accurate by the American
Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding the prevention of unplanned
pregnancy including, without limitation, abstinence education.
(b) In no instance shall any information be disseminated regarding abortion methods,
techniques, or providers, nor shall any student be directed to information or services provided
by Planned Parenthood or any abortion provider.
(3) At its discretion, a public postsecondary institution may also:
(a) Identify opportunities to raise awareness of and provide information for the
prevention of unplanned pregnancies across the entire student population.
(b) Identify opportunities for postsecondary students to serve as mentors or role
models of successful behaviors and healthy choices for high school students.
(c) Identify public and private grants available to address the prevention of
unplanned pregnancy and to promote student success, including any partnerships necessary
to successfully compete for grants.
(d) Collaborate with community healthcare providers and federally qualified health
centers to promote access to care.
(e) Identify challenges faced by students who are single parents, including child care,
transportation, and financial aid, and identify possible methods to assist such students to
successfully complete college.
(f) Identify other topics or issues related to the prevention and reduction of
unplanned pregnancies among postsecondary students.
M. Each public postsecondary education management board shall adopt such policies
as it considers necessary and prudent to address and minimize the negative impacts of the
public health emergency declared by the governor in response to the novel coronavirus,
COVID-19, upon the students, faculty, and employees of each institution under its
management and supervision. Such policies may include, but not necessarily be limited to
online and distance learning, student housing and food services, refund of tuition and fees
as appropriate, faculty and employees working remotely, cancellation or postponement of
campus events, commencement activities, and regular communication with students, faculty,
and employees.
N.(1) Each board shall require each institution that is under its control and that
receives education loan information for a student enrolled in the institution to provide
information to that student in accordance with this Subsection.
(2) The institution shall provide the following annually:
(a) The total amount of education loans taken out by the student.
(b) The percentage of the borrowing limit the student has reached at the time the
information is provided.
(c) Monthly repayment amounts that a similarly situated borrower may incur,
including principal and interest, for the amount of education loans taken out by the student
at the time the information is provided.
(3) The information provided may include a statement that the estimates and ranges
provided are not a guarantee or promise of the actual or projected amount.
(4) An institution shall not be held liable for information provided pursuant to this
Subsection.
(5) Nothing in this Subsection shall apply to private loans.
O.(1) Each board shall require each institution under its jurisdiction to display the
national motto, "In God We Trust", in each classroom on the institution's campus. At a
minimum, the national motto shall be displayed on a poster or framed document that is at
least eleven inches by fourteen inches. The motto shall be the central focus of the poster or
framed document and shall be printed in a large, easily readable font.
(2) This Subsection does not require a public postsecondary education management
board or a public postsecondary education institution to spend its funds to purchase such
displays. An institution or management board may spend its funds or donated funds to
purchase such displays and may accept donated displays.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1988, No. 791, §1; Acts 1989, No. 543, §1, eff. July 5, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 808, §1; Acts 1995, No. 258, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1360, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1997, No. 1458, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94, §2, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2000, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, eff. June 28, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 955, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1117, §1, eff. June 28, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 383, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 288, §1, eff. June 15, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 788, §1, eff. July 8, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 652, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 915, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 447, §1, eff. June 22, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 191, §1, eff. June 24, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 196, §1, eff. June 24, 2011; Acts 2013, No. 79, §1; Acts 2013, No. 96, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 220, §6, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 98, §1; Acts 2015, No. 172, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 314, §1; Acts 2016, No. 401, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; Acts 2016, No. 455, §1; Acts 2016, No. 558, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2017, No. 321, §1, eff. June 22, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 157, §2, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 245, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 19, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2021, No. 413, §1; Acts 2022, No. 664, §1, eff. August 1, 2024; Acts 2023, No. 112, §1; Acts 2023, No. 264, §1; Acts 2024, No. 790, §1.