House Committee on Education
April 29, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HCR21
DIXON
STUDENT/TUITION
- Requests that the Board of Regents study the feasibility of implementing a college tuition program that would allow students to pay tuition after leaving college
HB178
DIXON
CURRICULA
- Provides relative to instruction on dating violence in public schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB179
DIXON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to employment contracts for school employees being promoted or employed in a position of higher salary
HB407
STEVE CARTER
STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE
- Provides relative to eligibility criteria for admission or readmission to a public school and prohibits the denial of admission or readmission based on certain characteristics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB953
LEGER
STUDENT/STANDARDS
- Provides for the collection, sharing, and use of student assessment results and information by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB993
SCHRODER
EDUCATION/SPECIAL
- Provides relative to requirements for pupil progression, graduation, and issuance of diplomas for students with exceptionalities
HB995
A.WILLIAMS
TEACHERS/EVALUATION
- Provides relative to teacher evaluations (EG +$67,144 GF EX See Note)
HB1015
SCHRODER
EDUCATION/SPECIAL
- Provides for determinations for grade level promotion of certain students with exceptionalities regarding performance on state tests and provides for calculations of school performance scores relative to such students
HB1172
W.BISHOP
TEACHERS
- Provides relative to due process rights for teachers
HB1208
PIERRE
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Requires that students attending a charter school be provided free transportation in certain parishes.
HB1243
HODGES
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Provides conditions and prohibitions relative to approval of certain charter school proposals
HB1253
N.LANDRY
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to the powers of local public school boards and superintendents with respect to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers, and school employees
OTHER BUSINESS
ANY LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 29, WHICH IS NOT DISPOSED OF BEFORE THE HOUSE CONVENES MAY BE CARRIED OVER AND HEARD UPON ADJOURNMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT