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Superintendent says suit filed challenging governor’s executive order on school funding; hearing set for June 29
Summary
Superintendent Purvis told the board a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order was filed by a former superintendent, a former school board member and a former BESE member to block a governor’s executive order affecting MFP allocations; the hearing was clarified to be June 29.
Superintendent Mr. Purvis told the Livingston Parish School Board that he had placed a 44-page complaint and a summary in assembly after a lawsuit was filed challenging the governor’s executive order that would alter Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) allocations.
"A suit was filed by a former superintendent, a school board member and a former BESE member requesting a temporary restraining order to stop this until a hearing would be held," Purvis said, summarizing the plaintiffs’ argument that the executive action may exceed executive authority, implicate separation of powers and affect constitutionally protected MFP appropriations.
Purvis said the materials are available to board members and that the hearing date referenced in committee materials had been corrected to June 29. "That hearing is June 29," another participant confirmed during the exchange.
Purvis also said legislative procedures were underway — legislators were being asked to indicate support, opposition or abstention on the executive order by June 23 — and that the legal challenge and its court schedule would be monitored by the district.
What’s next: The district will follow the court timetable; board members were given the complaint and a summary and were advised the matter will proceed through the courts and related legislative processes.
