Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1016 – Stipends
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1016
- Board: means the Board of Regents. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1012
- Committee: means the committee of deans, directors, and department heads of the approved schools and programs of nursing which prepare registered nurse applicants and a nonvoting representative of the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1012
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
Each person granted a stipend in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall receive seventy-five percent of his current contractual annual salary for the period of approved stipend program participation. Stipends for the fall and spring semester shall each be calculated on a four-and-one-half-month basis. Stipends granted for a quarter session shall be calculated on a three-month basis. Summer stipends may be authorized at seventy-five percent of the salary of the individual in accordance with institutional policy. Stipends shall be used exclusively for study in Louisiana graduate programs approved by the board. A stipend may, however, be granted for out-of-state study if the committee determines that the necessary course of study is not available in the approved graduate programs of this state or for such other valid reasons as may be determined by the committee.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 542, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 285, §1; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.