§136. Board of Regents electronic notification process

            A.(1) It is the intent of the legislature that, to the maximum extent possible, the executive branch of state government shall utilize the students and faculty of the state's public and private postsecondary institutions of higher learning in the receipt, administration, and monitoring of federal funds made available to or through the state for grant programs in order to ensure that federal funds are used for their intended public purposes and to increase education opportunities for students of public and private postsecondary institutions.

            (2) For the purposes of this Section, private postsecondary institutions shall have the same meaning as provided for in R.S. 17:3048.1.

            B.(1) The Board of Regents shall establish a means of notifying institutions of available grants and coordinating efforts among institutions interested in receiving the federal funds for distribution, administration, or monitoring.

            (2) Any state agency that administers or is eligible to administer a federal grant program shall notify the Board of Regents of any federal grant programs for which the agency is responsible. The Board of Regents shall make such information available to postsecondary institutions of higher learning in the state.

            (3) Prior to the initiation of a competitive request for proposals for any contract fully funded by federal funds, a state agency shall notify the Board of Regents to determine in accordance with this Section if services called for are the type readily susceptible of being performed by persons who are employed by or students of a postsecondary institution of the state as required by R.S. 39:1623(A)(8). The Board of Regents shall develop guidelines and procedures for the notification of public and private postsecondary institutions of the state of the services called for and the coordination of the responses of such institutions to determine if the services called for are the type readily susceptible of being performed by persons who are employed or students of a postsecondary institution of the state.

            C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, this Section shall only apply to grant programs that are fully funded with federal funds.

            (2) This Section shall not apply to any of the following:

            (a) Federal block grant programs administered by the Community Development Block Grant Program.

            (b) Grants that require matching funds.

            Acts 2015, No. 395, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.