Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
May 8, 2024 1:00 pm John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 7, 2024, 4:11 pm * Revision Notes: added SB 426, added HB 47

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 1, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR35	BOUIE	SCHOOLS - Creates a task force to study and make recommendations relative to the "evidence based approaches" as required by the "Charter School Demonstration Programs Law".
		SB416	BOUIE	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to a disciplinarian or other school administrator to ride on a school bus transporting students to and from school. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		SB426	JENKINS	SCHOOLS - Provides for paid parental leave for eligible employees. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
		HCR44	MELERINE	SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to explore the creation of an appeals process for certain students who do not pass state-administered, end-of-course assessments required for high school graduation
		HCR46	PHILLIP TARVER	BESE - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to prioritize mental health instruction and training in suicide prevention in its rulemaking process
		HCR68	CHARLES OWEN	HIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that the Board of Regents and public postsecondary education management boards scrutinize the practice of hiring faculty from certain foreign adversaries
		HCR72	LAFLEUR	SCHOOLS - Creates a task force and requests the State Department of Education to study and report relative to school start times
		HB5	CHARLES OWEN	PUBLIC FACILITIES - Provides relative to types of payment accepted at public events at public postsecondary education institutions (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
		HB47	EDMONSTON	VACCINES/VACCINATION - Requires that communication issued about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school
		HB340	PHELPS	SCHOOLS - Requires public school governing authorities to provide for a tracking system for parental complaints
		HB363	PHELPS	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires in-service training for school nurses on caring for students with sickle cell disease (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB390	CARRIER	LIBRARIES - Provides relative to compensation for members of the Allen Parish Libraries Board of Control
		HB456	DAVIS	EDUCATION - Provides relative to the administration of medication at school
		HB629	PHELPS	STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE - Provides relative to responsibilities of parents and schools with respect to truant children
		HB644	DICKERSON	STUDENTS - Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities
		HB728	DAVIS	HIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB881	BEAULLIEU	CULTURE/FRENCH - Provides relative to the membership of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
		HB903	NEWELL	MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM - Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum
		HB908	AMEDEE	VACCINES/VACCINATION - Prohibits discrimination against students on the basis of vaccination status
		HB917	PHELPS	EARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides that Act No. 84 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be known and may be cited as "Armani's Law"
		HB940	TURNER	BONDS - Authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance deferred maintenance projects included in the College and University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement Program (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB974	CARLSON	LIBRARIES - Provides relative to qualifications for library directors
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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