Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
June 11, 2009 Upon Adjournment John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	HCR33	LEGER	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Requests BESE to study charter school use of city, parish, and other local public school system-owned facilities
	HCR45	WILLMOTT	CURRICULA - Requests certain nonpublic schools to provide instruction relative to the Safe Haven Law
	HCR46	WILLMOTT	ATHLETICS - Requests the governing authority of each public and state-approved nonpublic high school to collect statistical data relative to all injuries and to incorporate certain exercises into athletic training programs as necessary
	HCR177	STIAES	SCHOOLS - Requests public school boards and superintendents to dedicate federal stimulus dollars to low performing schools
	HCR180	RICHARD	STUDENT/TUITION - Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a study of tuition charges at Louisiana's public postsecondary education institutions, particularly the feasibility of tuition for full-time students based on credit hours
	HCR192	CARMODY	MTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Requests BESE to study all issues relative to advertising on school buses
	HB179	STIAES	STUDENT/ASSESSMENT - Provides relative to requirements for pupil progression
	HB193	CHANEY	SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS - Provides relative to school nutrition programs
	HB246	MCVEA	BONDS - Relative to the issuance of bonds, provides an increase in the debt limit of certain school boards for specified purposes
	HB308	LEBAS	STUDENTS - Provides for participation in a dual enrollment program at postsecondary education institutions by certain high school students enrolled in BESE-approved nonpublic schools or BESE-approved home study programs (RE +$1,600,000 GF EX See Note)
	HB319	WILLMOTT	CURRICULA - Provides relative to instruction to certain students in public secondary schools concerning the state's safe haven relinquishments law
	HB400	P.WILLIAMS	CURRICULA - Provides relative to required physical activity for students (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB531	HENRY	STUDENT/HOME STUDY - Provides eligibility for certain home study students to participate in public school interscholastic extracurricular activities (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
	HB535	P.WILLIAMS	HEALTH CARE - Establishes a statewide council within the Health Works Commission overseeing the coordination of resources involving medical simulation training centers (EG1 NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
	HB546	PERRY	PUBLIC LANDS/SCHOOLS - Authorizes the Vermilion Parish School Board to sell certain 16th section land with the proceeds to be placed in the Daniel R. Dartez Educational Public Trust Fund (EN +$7,800 LF RV See Note)
	HB568	HUTTER	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for a comprehensive system of articulation and transfer of credits between and among public secondary and postsecondary education institutions
	HB590	BARROW	SCHOOLS/ENROLLMENT - Provides for the enrollment and placement of foster children in schools and for the enrollment and placement of children of military families in schools pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (EG INCREASE EX See Note)
	HB731	DOWNS	STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE - Provides relative to the habitual absence and tardiness of students, including penalties for violations by parents and legal guardians/custodians of such students
	HB741	BADON	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to the hiring of employees by local public school boards and the disclosure of information of certain instances of sexual misconduct, abuse, and neglect relative thereto
	HB767	P.WILLIAMS	SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Provides relative to beverages offered for sale to students in public high schools
	HB780	NOWLIN	HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Provides with respect to the purchase of immovable property relative to the development of a replacement for the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB794	TUCKER	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for a commission to review all aspects of postsecondary education in the state and report to the legislature (RE +$450,000 GF EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE