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LA HB645
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
John Wyble
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AI Summary
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Public schools and nonpublic schools receiving state funds are prohibited from joining or competing in events sponsored by intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic associations that do not meet specified governance requirements.
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Athletic associations must include three government appointees as voting members of their governing board: one person appointed by the governor, one House member appointed by the Speaker, and one Senator appointed by the Senate President.
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These appointed members must be afforded the same voting rights as all other board or committee members.
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Enacts new section R.S. 17:176(G) to Louisiana education law governing extracurricular activities and interscholastic athletics.
Legislative Description
Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee
ATHLETICS
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
3/9/2026