House Committee on Education
April 8, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
BLACK
= not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
BUSINESS
HB113
PHELPS
SCHOOLS
- Provides for retroactive application of the uniform 10-point grading scale requirement to the grades of students who were enrolled in the ninth grade during the 2023-2024 school year (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB342
KNOX
EDUCATION/SPECIAL
- Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement
HB632
SPELL
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to information sharing for the purposes of Louisiana's Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST)
HB690
AMEDEE
EDUCATION
- Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
HB1003
FREEMAN
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to overcapacity of schools within certain school districts (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB1078
FREIBERG
STUDENT/TUITION
- Provides relative to tuition and fees for certain distance education courses
HB1132
CARVER
SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP
- Provides for funding any laboratory school operated by a public postsecondary education institution in the University of Louisiana System through the minimum foundation program
HB1146
WYBLE
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Early Childhood Care and Education and the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.
NOTE: Statements may be filed with the House Committee on Education via email at h-educ@legis.la.gov. Statements submitted, and the information contained therein, are public records and subject to disclosure pursuant to public records laws.
Audio/visual presentations, such as PowerPoint, shall be filed with the House Committee on Education via email at h-educ@legis.la.gov at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled start of the committee meeting. No flash or thumb drives will be accepted.