Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
June 18, 2009 9:00 am John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised June 17, 2009, 2:29 pm * Revision Notes: Add HCR 37, HCR 53, HCR 54, HCR 68, HCR99, HCR 101, HCR 131, HCR 151, HCR 164, HCR 165, HCR 168,

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	HCR37	P.SMITH	STUDENTS - Requests city, parish, and other local public school boards to include student representation on such boards in an advisory, nonvoting capacity
	HCR53	HUTTER	CURRICULA - Requests BESE to develop and implement an age-appropriate unit on hurricane awareness for students in each grade in all local public school systems
	HCR54	HUTTER	TEACHERS - Requests the state Dept. of Education to compile statistics relative to where public school teachers certified in the past 10 years received degrees and report to education committees
	HCR68	DIXON	SCHOOLS - Requests BESE to study standards it uses to approve alternative education programs as such standards relate to providing sufficient counseling services and security
	HCR99	MCVEA	CULTURE/REC/TOUR DEPT - Requests the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to study methods of raising additional revenue through state historic sites
	HCR101	SIMON	HIGHER ED/GRADUATE - Requests instruction on principles of Universal Design and Visitability in certain graduate degree programs
	HCR131	P.SMITH	SCHOOLS - Requests BESE to develop and adopt policies relative to options and strategies for schools in danger of state takeover
	HCR151	P.SMITH	BESE - Requests BESE to study the feasibility of returning certain schools transferred to the Recovery School District to the local school systems from which they were transferred under certain circumstances
	HCR164	P.SMITH	SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct an in-depth study of the financial burden on local school systems imposed by rising costs of providing retiree health care benefits and to recommend a solution
	HCR165	DIXON	EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Requests BESE to implement a policy to provide for an alternate method of assessing the overall performance of alternative schools
	HCR168	LEGER	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a task force to study issues relative to charter school funding
	HB218	HARDY	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to the inspection and operation of fire safety and prevention equipment at public elementary and secondary schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB223	ARMES	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Relative to noncomplex health procedures performed by certain school employees, changes references to "outside tracheostomy suctioning" to "tracheostomy suctioning"
	HB495	DIXON	EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Exempts a school that meets specified criteria from being transferred to the Recovery School District
	HB519	LEGER	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Removes limit on the number of charter schools and provides relative to the fee that a chartering authority may charge a school for certain administrative overhead costs incurred by the authority (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
	HB721	ROBERT JOHNSON	EDUCATION/SPECIAL - Provides relative to cost reimbursements for special education and related services provided to certain students (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB872	DOWNS	STUDENT/TUITION - Authorizes the LSU, Southern, and Univ. of La. boards of supervisors to impose specified tuition and attendance fee increases for certain students attending institutions under their management and supervision (RE +$7,100,000 SG RV See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE