House Committee on Education
April 23, 2025
9:30 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
BLACK
= not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
BUSINESS
HB51
YOUNG
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Provides relative to the assets of certain charter schools (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB52
WILLARD
CURRICULA
- Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
HB109
THOMPSON
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP
- Provides relative to scholarships awarded through the Geaux Teach Program (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
HB142
MENA
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
- Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HB201
ST. BLANC
STUDENTS
- Expands student eligibility for participation in the R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables) program (EG +$1,700,000 GF EX See Note)
HB213
ST. BLANC
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment
HB246
AMEDEE
SCHOOLS/LA MATH, SCIENCE
- Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
HB321
WYBLE
TEACHERS
- Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB378
WILDER
TOPS
- Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (EG +$172,184 SG EX See Note)
HB395
BRASS
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Expands eligible programs for M.J. Foster Promise Program funding to include those associated with LED projects (EG +$1,257,762 SD EX See Note)
HB466
CARLSON
TEACHERS/SALARY
- Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB558
DAVIS
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
HB589
CHARLES OWEN
EDUCATION
- Provides relative to the effectiveness of laws requiring reports to be submitted annually to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education and provides relative to certain commissions and advisory councils
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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