Title 17. Education

Chapter 26. Colleges and Universities

Part III. University Systems

17:3215      Louisiana State University system

The Louisiana State University system is composed of the institutions under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as follows: 

(1) Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, located at Baton Rouge and designated as the premier flagship university for the state. 

(2) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 419, § 2, eff. July 12, 2011. 

(3) Louisiana State University at Alexandria, located at Chambers. 

(4) Louisiana State University at Eunice. 

(5) Louisiana State University at Shreveport. 

(6) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, which shall include medical and related health schools and programs located in New Orleans including those state’s medical centers transferred to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as provided in Subpart C-2 of Part II of Chapter 4 of this Title, subject to provisions of R.S. 17:1519 et seq. 

(7) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, which shall include the medical school and related schools at Shreveport, Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport, E. A. Conway Medical Center at Monroe, and Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville. 

(8) The Center for Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, generally known as the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, which administers the agricultural extension and research programs of the board throughout the state. The center shall also be responsible for conducting river water research and agricultural youth development and education programs, including FFA and 4-H. 

(9) Any other college, university, school, institution or program now or hereafter under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. 

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, § 2, eff. July 17, 1975. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 385, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1976; Acts 1991, No. 987, § 1; Acts 1995, No. 45, § 1, eff. June 8, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 634, § 1, eff. June 20, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 3, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 802, § 1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 872, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 145, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 220, § 1, eff. July 2, 2007; Acts 2023, No. 93, § 1.