Senate Committee on Education
May 10, 2018
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 9, 2018, 11:50 am *
Revision Notes:
Added HCR 22
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SR154
ERDEY
SCHOOLS
- Requests the state Department of Education to create a committee to study and develop mechanisms and processes whereby every student is served a meal at school, regardless of ability to pay.
HCR22
LEGER
CHILDREN
- Creates the Children's Savings Accounts Task Force to study and make recommendations relative to establishing a children's savings account program in La.
HCR73
P.SMITH
EDUCATION/FINANCE
- Requests the United States Department of Education to provide additional funding in accordance with the spirit of the Every Student Succeeds Act
HCR79
AMEDEE
STUDENTS
- Requests that public school governing authorities take certain actions relative to helping students avoid injury due to the use of heavy backpacks
HB650
FOIL
STUDENT/TUITION
- Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB656
EMERSON
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to literacy screenings for students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB670
N.LANDRY
SCHOOLS/CHOICE
- Provides relative to school choice
HB793
STEVE CARTER
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Requires reporting, policies, and education on hazing
HB796
LANCE HARRIS
TEACHERS
- Provides relative to the certification and employment in schools of certain persons convicted of felony offenses and the assessment of civil fines against public school boards who hire certain persons
HB803
ARMES
SCHOOLS/BUS OPERATORS
- Requires public school boards to notify certain school bus operators of route vacancies by certified mail
HB895
NORTON
CURRICULA
- Provides for instruction on threats to school safety in public schools and public postsecondary education institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB898
BACALA
MENTAL HEALTH
- Provides relative to threats of violence or terrorism at elementary and secondary schools, including investigation and reporting thereof and required mental health evaluations (EN INCREASE EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT