Senate Committee on Education
June 9, 2011
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June 2, 2011
PRESENTATION - COWEN INSTITUTE "2011 STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB140
APPEL
POSTSECONDARY ED
- Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Board of Regents and the postsecondary management boards and transfer their powers, duties, and responsibilities to a newly created La. Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB251
APPEL
POSTSECONDARY ED
- Creates the La. Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees as the sole governing board for postsecondary education and provides relative to the powers, duties, and functions of the board.
HCR145
T.BURNS
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Requests local public school board members to substitute teach
HCR150
DOWNS
LIBRARIES
- Requests that BESE work in cooperation with the state library and LOUIS: The La. Library Network to ensure funding of library research databases and to negotiate the most advantageous prices for school libraries
HB79
RITCHIE
SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL
- Changes the name of the High School Redesign Commission and provides for commission membership and vacancies
HB95
CHANEY
STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE
- Exempts certain students who are at least 17 years old from the compulsory school attendance law and other related provisions
HB232
LORUSSO
MILITARY AFFAIRS
- Provides with respect to the tuition exemption for family members of the La. National Guard (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB368
ARNOLD
PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Authorizes the sale of school property of the Orleans Parish School Board to another public body for at least its appraised value without the necessity of procedures otherwise provided by law
HB421
STEVE CARTER
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Provides relative to charter schools and corporate entities that make major donations to such schools
HB454
HARRISON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Exempts, under specified fiscal conditions, a local school board from complying with requirements that the board grant requests for certain kinds of leave
HB517
LEBAS
EDUCATION
- Relative to the Council for the Development of French in La. (CODOFIL), provides for per diem and expenses of members and authorizes French-speaking elected officials to serve as nonvoting council members (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB526
ROBIDEAUX
STUDENT/TUITION
- Authorizes the La. Community and Technical Colleges System Board of Supervisors to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts at institutions under its supervision and management and permits the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts on a per credit hour basis (RE +$5,300,000 SG RV See Note)
HB537
TUCKER
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Provides for the transfer of UNO from the LSU System to the UL System and specifies goals for the postsecondary education delivery system for the New Orleans region (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB549
TUCKER
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Provides relative to the La. Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act, including additional operational autonomies to be granted to public postsecondary education institutions and reporting requirements for such institutions and the Board of Regents (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB559
R.JONES
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Requires public school governing authorities to publish certain information on their websites
HB589
CHANEY
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP
- Provides relative to the high school curriculum required for certain TOPS awards
HB628
LEGER
STUDENT/TUITION
- Authorizes the LSU Board of Supervisors to increase tuition and fee amounts for the LSU Health Sciences Center- N.O. Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and the LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport School of Medicine (RE +$1,150,000 SG RV See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT