RS 17:1970.3 Louis armstrong high school for the arts; creation; location; governance; relationship with the university of southwestern louisiana

§1970.3.  Louis Armstrong High School for the Arts; creation; location; governance; relationship with the University of Southwestern Louisiana

A.  There is hereby created the Louis Armstrong High School for the Arts which shall be a residential institution located on a satellite campus of the University of Southwestern Louisiana at a location in Vermilion Parish.  The school may open and begin operation in the fall semester of 1999 only if all capital construction needs for the first ten years have been met or funding for such construction has been secured.  The school may be funded by the state from monies appropriated for this purpose.  Full-time students at the school may have the same state support, and pay the same fees and tuition, as the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches.

B.  The school shall be considered as and shall be governed as a part of the campus of the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

C.  The school shall be managed by a school board whose membership, powers, and duties shall be as provided in this Part.

Acts 1997, No. 1350, §1.