Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
May 15, 2014 Upon Adjournment John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 8, 2014
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR128	TROY BROWN	STUDENTS - Requests the LHSAA to study current practices of member schools concerning the awarding of athletic letters, jackets, patches, and other indicia to student athletes who are members of a team for at least three years during high school.
		SB364	NEVERS	TEACHERS - Provides relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		SB536	ERIC LAFLEUR	SCHOOLS - Provides for K-12 student data privacy. (8/1/14) (OR +$651,000 SD EX See Note)
		SB666	CORTEZ	FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides relative to charter school funding. (7/1/14)
		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
		HB390	SHERMAN MACK	STATE SYMBOL - Provides for fox pens as part of Louisiana's folklife heritage
		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)
		HB533	SEABAUGH	TEACHERS/EVALUATION - Prohibits the inclusion of test scores of a student who has excessive absences in the value-added model or in other measures of student growth for purposes of teacher evaluations
		HB703	J.EDWARDS	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Prohibits the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from authorizing charter schools under certain circumstances (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB733	JACKSON-ANDREWS	CURRICULA - Requires instruction on child assault awareness and prevention in public schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		HB735	JAMES	SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the parent petition process for removing a school from the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District and returning such school to the local school system (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB876	SEABAUGH	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to greetings and displays associated with traditional celebrations in winter in public schools
		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
		HB1282	HODGES	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to requirements for the recruiting, employing, and training of charter school employees
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT