Joint Rule No. 9. Approval of the Minimum Foundation Program formula
A.(1) Legislative approval of the minimum foundation program formula annually developed and adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be by means of adoption of a concurrent resolution.
(2) The concurrent resolution to effectuate legislative approval of the minimum foundation program formula shall only be adopted by the same vote and, except for gubernatorial veto, according to the same procedures and formalities required for the enactment of a bill.
B. The adopted concurrent resolution to effectuate legislative approval shall contain, verbatim, the minimum foundation program formula developed and adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as submitted to the legislature pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
C.(1) In order to be considered during a regular session convening in an even-numbered year, the concurrent resolution to effectuate legislative approval of the minimum foundation program formula developed and adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be introduced no later than six o'clock in the evening of the twenty-third calendar day of the session.
(2) In order to be introduced and considered during a regular session convening in an odd-numbered year, the concurrent resolution to effectuate legislative approval of the minimum foundation program formula developed and adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be prefiled no later than the deadline provided in Article III, Section 2(A)(2)(b).
HCR 14, 2013, eff. June 7, 2013.