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Regulatory Law Keyed to Shapiro, 4th Ed.
Iberville Parish School Board v. Louisiana State Board
Citation:
248 So. 3d 299 (2018)Facts
In 2014, the Louisiana Legislature passed Act 15, which contained Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 55 (SCR 55). SCR 55 approved the 2014-2015 MFP formula adopted by BESE as required by the Louisiana Constitution. The MFP is Louisiana’s principal source for funding public elementary and secondary education, taking into consideration the number of students in each school district and their special characteristics. SCR 55 dictates that MFP funds shall be paid to New Type 2 charter schools, including both a state-funded allocation and a local-revenue allocation. The plaintiffs, Iberville Parish School Board and the Louisiana Association of Educators, challenged the constitutionality of SCR 55(II)(B), arguing it unconstitutionally diverts MFP funds that should be allocated solely to parish and city school systems. They also contended that SCR 55(II)(B) unconstitutionally diverts the local portion of the per-pupil amount mandated in the MFP, particularly local tax revenues that were approved by voters for specific purposes related to public schools within the parish.
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