House Bill No. by Representative Freiberg aims to amend the funding structure for certain charter schools in Louisiana by excluding specific local revenues from the computation of per pupil funding amounts. The bill introduces new legal language to R.S. 17:3995(A)(1)(b)(v), which states that local revenues of a school board will not include any amounts granted by the state for the cost of providing transportation to nonpublic school students, as outlined in R.S. 17:158. This change is intended to clarify the sources of funding that should be considered when calculating the per pupil funding for Type 1, 2, 3, 3B, and 4 charter schools.

The proposed law retains the existing framework for charter school funding, which bases the per pupil amount on the allocation received by the school district where the student resides. By excluding state transportation grants for nonpublic school students from the local revenue calculations, the bill seeks to ensure that charter schools receive a more accurate and equitable funding amount based on their actual local revenue sources. This legislative change is part of ongoing efforts to refine the funding mechanisms for charter schools in Louisiana.