Senate Committee on Education
June 4, 2015
8:00 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 28, 2015
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HCR18
STEVE CARTER
EDUCATION/FINANCE
- Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2015-2016 fiscal year (EG +$84,762,481 GF EX See Note)
HCR64
BROADWATER
EDUCATION
- Creates the Education in Alternative Settings Study Commission to study education in juvenile justice settings and in transitions between the community and juvenile justice settings
HCR126
STEVE CARTER
TEACHERS
- Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents and public school governing authorities, study certain issues relative to educator preparation programs
HCR136
W.BISHOP
STUDENT/HOME STUDY
- Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents, study the feasibility and costs of using state funds to pay for students in approved home study programs to participate in certain dual enrollment programs
HB61
CARMODY
STUDENT/TUITION
- (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education tuition and fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee and provides relative to the authority to set tuition and fees (RR1 SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
HB62
FOIL
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
HB168
STEVE CARTER
STUDENT/TUITION
- Provides relative to tuition and fees for postbaccalaureate programs at public colleges and universities (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
HB180
BOUIE
PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Prohibits the construction of schools on former waste sites
HB245
CAMERON HENRY
STUDENTS
- Prohibits the use of state content standards, test questions, or other methods to measure certain noncognitive skills of students
HB333
W.BISHOP
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Provides exceptions in the GRAD Act relative to remedial education course offerings by certain public universities
HB334
W.BISHOP
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to membership of the board of directors for the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts
HB648
SCHRODER
EDUCATION
- Provides relative to access by parents and teachers to assessments administered to students
HB838
PRICE
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP
- Provides that students may use TOPS-Tech awards only for those degrees and programs that the Bd. of Regents and the La. Workforce Investment Council determine are aligned with state workforce priorities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB844
THIERRY
EDUCATION
- Provides relative to the implementation of the assessment and accountability system for publicly funded early childhood education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE