(1) No law requiring increased expenditures within a city, parish, or other local public school system for any purpose shall become effective within such school system only as long as the legislature appropriates funds for the purpose to the affected school system and only to the extent and amount that such funds are provided, or until a law provides for a local source of revenue within the school system for the purpose and the affected school board is authorized by ordinance or resolution to levy and collect such revenue and only to the extent and amount of such revenue. This Paragraph shall not apply to any political subdivision to which Paragraph (A) of this Section applies.
(2) This Paragraph shall not apply to:
(a) A law requested by the school board of the affected school system.
(b) A law defining a new crime or amending an existing crime.
(c) A law enacted and effective prior to the adoption of the amendment of this Section by the electors of the state in 2006.
(d) A law enacted to comply with a federal mandate.
(e) Any instrument adopted or enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legislature.
(f) A law having insignificant fiscal impact on the affected school system.
(g) The formula for the Minimum Foundation Program of education as required by Article VIII, Section 13(B) of this constitution, nor to any instrument adopted or enacted by the legislature approving such formula.
(h) Any law relative to the implementation of the state school and district accountability system.
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