Senate Committee on Education
May 25, 2017
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 24, 2017, 6:00 pm *
Revision Notes:
REMOVED: SCR 110 ADDED: SCR 111, HB 541, and HB 556
BLUE
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 18, 2017
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR111
MIZELL
SCHOOLS
- Requests school governing authorities to distribute information regarding the public health risks associated with pornography and to encourage parents to install Internet filters on home computers.
SB158
MILKOVICH
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to bullying. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
HB79
FOIL
STUDENT/DISCIPLINE
- Prohibits corporal punishment for certain students with exceptionalities
HB113
BROADWATER
STUDENT/TUITION
- Extends, with limitations, the authority of public postsecondary education management boards to establish and increase student fees (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
HB130
DEVILLIER
STUDENTS
- Provides that economically disadvantaged students shall be included as a factor for purposes of teacher evaluations and requirements for enrollment of at-risk students in charter schools
HB133
EDMONDS
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Requires each public postsecondary education management board to develop a centralization plan and a cooperative unification plan and submit them to the legislature (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB178
SIMON
SCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY
- Provides that certain educator provider programs are not proprietary schools and thus not subject to licensing by the Board of Regents
HB242
EMERSON
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and local public school boards to send certain information relative to independent evaluations of charter proposals to charter applicants
HB412
LEBAS
SCHOOLS
- Authorizes the possession and application of sunscreen at public schools
HB505
JACKSON-ANDREWS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS
- Names a building at Lincoln Elementary School in Monroe in honor of Roy Neal Shelling, Sr.
HB531
HOFFMANN
HEALTH/SMOKING
- Prohibits the use of tobacco products on school property
HB541
STEVE CARTER
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to early graduation from high school including incentives for students and savings used for certain other educational purposes (RE +$5,664,314 GF EX See Note)
HB556
PEARSON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to sick leave granted to school bus operators, teachers, and other public school employees in certain instances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB557
SEABAUGH
CHILDREN/CARE
- Provides for criminal background checks relative to early learning centers, school employees, registered family child care providers and in-home providers (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE