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HIGHER EDUCATION

Senate Bill 2 (Act No. 151)(Enabling Legislation) - La. Community and Technical College System

A constitutional amendment to be submitted to the voters at the 1998 congressional primary election to add a new management system to Louisiana's higher education structure. The proposal will provide a system which combines the planning for and management of the state's public two-year community colleges and postsecondary vocational-technical institutions into a single unified system. If approved by the electorate, the new system will add a fourth management system under the overall coordination and policy direction of the Board of Regents. The proposed system involves transferring the management of 44 postsecondary vocational-technical institutions from BESE and the management of five existing community colleges and two proposed community colleges from the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities to a newly created Louisiana Community and Technical College System and board. The system and board will have the same basic constitutional structure and authority as is provided for the three existing higher education management boards, except that the system will be comprised of two divisions, the vocational-technical division and the community college division. The Louisiana State University system and the Southern University system will retain the two-year schools within each of their systems as academic feeder schools into the senior college programs. Baton Rouge Community College, currently managed jointly by LSU and Southern, will be transferred to the newly created system and board. If approved by the voters, the actual transfer of institutions and programs to the new Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges will be effective July 1, 1999.

Senate Bill 41 (Act No. 152) - Community and Technical Colleges Investment Fund

Creates the Community and Technical Colleges Investment Fund in the state treasury. Monies deposited into the fund shall be by legislative appropriation, grant, or donation. Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature and shall be available exclusively to the Louisiana Workforce Commission to ensure the responsiveness of state community colleges and vo-tech schools to the state's labor needs. Effective May 7, 1998

 

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