HB 303

HLS 26RS-989  ORIGINAL
 2026 Regular Session
 HOUSE BILL NO. 303
 BY REPRESENTATIVE FREIBERG
 SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Excludes certain local revenues for the purposes of computing per
  pupil funding amounts for certain charter schools
1AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:3995(A)(1)(b)(v), relative to charter school funding; to exclude certain
3local revenues for the purpose of computing per pupil funding amounts for certain
4charter schools; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. R.S. 17:3995(A)(1)(b)(v) is enacted to read as follows:
7§3995. Charter school funding
8A.(1) For the purpose of funding, a Type 1, Type 3, Type 3B not acting as
9its own local education agency, and Type 4 charter school shall be considered an
10approved public school of the local school board entering into the charter agreement.
11Type 2 charter schools and a Type 3B charter school acting as its own local
12education agency shall receive a per pupil amount each year authorized by the state
13board each year as provided in the approved minimum foundation program formula.
14The per pupil amount provided to a Type 1, 2, 3, 3B, or 4 charter school shall be
15computed annually and shall be equal to the per pupil amount provided through the
16minimum foundation program formula, determined by the allocation weights in the
17formula based upon student characteristics or needs, received by the school district
18in which the student resides from the following sources based on the district's
19membership count used in the minimum foundation program formula:
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HLS 26RS-989  ORIGINAL
  HB NO. 303
1(b)
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3(v) For the purposes of this Subparagraph, local revenues of a school board
4also shall exclude any amount granted by the state for the cost of providing
5transportation to nonpublic school students as provided in R.S. 17:158.
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 303 Original  2026 Regular Session  Freiberg
Abstract: Excludes certain local revenues for the purposes of computing per pupil funding
  amounts for certain charter schools.
Present law, relative to charter school funding, provides for the computation of the per pupil
amount for a Type 1, 2, 3, 3B, or 4 charter school to be equal to the per pupil amount
received by the school district in which the student resides from the following sources:
(1)    The state-funded per pupil allocation.
(2)    Local revenues received during the prior year by the school district from specified
  sources, with certain revenues excluded.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally excludes any amount granted by the state
for the cost of providing transportation to nonpublic school students as provided in present
law (R.S. 17:158).
(Adds R.S. 17:3995(A)(1)(b)(v))
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