Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
May 17, 2012 Upon Adjournment John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 16, 2012, 4:33 pm * Revision Notes: Added SR 120 and HB 1209

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	SR120	APPEL	POSTSECONDARY ED - Requests the Board of Regents to develop a strategy to attract more students to and graduate more students in STEM disciplines.
	HCR79	BADON	COLLEGES/TECHNICAL - Requests that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges report on the status of the reconstruction and reeopening of the Sidney N. Collier Technical Division site of Delgado Community College
	HCR95	HAZEL	EDUCATION/ADULT - Requests the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education jointly to study and report on granting a La. high school diploma to successful completers of adult education programs that meet state established standards
	HB236	HODGES	CURRICULA - Provides relative to Internet and cell phone safety instruction in public schools (EN +$20,000 GF EX See Note)
	HB293	HARRISON	BUS DRIVERS - Limits applicability of laws relative to a school bus operator becoming a regular and permanent employee of the employing school board and provides relative to removal of certain operators (EGF NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
	HB411	ABRAMSON	PUBLIC PROPERTY - Provides relative to the sale of educational facilities and property in Orleans Parish
	HB436	HARRISON	CURRICULA - Requires instruction on the Founding Principles of the U.S. to be integrated into the high school American history and civics courses (EN NO IMPACT EX See Note)
	HB661	HARRISON	SCHOOLS - Requires BESE to assist school governing authorities relative to reimbursement of certain school-based health care services and to identify funding sources relative to electronic health reports for students (RE SEE FISC NOTE EX)
	HB692	A.WILLIAMS	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the membership of the board of directors of the Research Park Corporation
	HB705	HOFFMANN	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to the reporting of certain electronic communication between an employee at a public elementary or secondary school and a student enrolled at that school
	HB761	HONORE	SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS - Provides relative to the administration of nutrition programs at LSU and Southern lab schools (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB856	HONORE	COLLEGES/SOUTHERN U - Authorizes a tuition increase at Southern University Laboratory School (EN +$155,000 SG RV See Note)
	HB911	FOIL	SCHOOLS/CHOICE - Provides relative to the School Choice Pilot Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB1173	STEVE CARTER	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to the state special schools
	HB1209	RICHARD	STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE - Provides relative to alternative education programs for suspended or expelled students (RE1 INCREASE EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE