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Dear Mr. Pastorek:

The request for an Attorney General Opinion filed by the former State Superintendent of Education, Cecil J. Picard, has been forwarded to me for research and reply. Mr. Picard had requested an opinion of this office regarding the applicability of La.Const. art. VI, § 14(B) to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's ("BESE") regulations. More specifically, he asked whether La.Const. art. VI, § 14(B) prohibits BESE's regulations from applying to a city, parish or other local school system ("public school system") if their application results in an increased…