House Committee on Education
May 4, 2016
9:00 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB281
STEVE CARTER
EDUCATION
- Authorizes principals and local superintendents to request waivers of laws and regulations from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB416
SAM JONES
SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS
- (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the election of a president of each local public school district and for his appointment, subject to school board approval, of the local superintendent
HB443
SAM JONES
SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS
- Provides for each local public school district to have a president elected by the qualified electors of the district (OR +$372,600 LF EX See Note)
HB543
HOFFMANN
TEACHERS/EVALUATION
- Provides relative to the value-added model used to evaluate teachers and administrators
HB833
LEGER
STUDENT/DISCIPLINE
- Provides relative to student discipline including the creation of the Commission on Safe Supportive Discipline (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB880
RICHARD
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL
- Authorizes the Lafourche Parish School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (EN +$13,000,000 LF RV See Note)
HB892
JAMES
TEACHERS
- Provides relative to due process for teachers (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB971
STEVE CARTER
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Provides that certain public college and university athletic programs be required to compete within a geographic area
HB989
SHADOIN
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Provides relative to tuition and fees applicable to nonresident students
HB1026
BROADWATER
EDUCATION
- Provides for a program through which a student may earn credit toward both high school graduation and postsecondary education
HB1045
DUSTIN MILLER
TEACHERS/SALARY
- Provides relative to teacher pay for hours worked beyond the regular school day (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB1050
N.LANDRY
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP
- Provides, under certain fiscal conditions, for reductions in Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award amounts and for charging students the difference between award and tuition amounts
HB1061
GARY CARTER
EDUCATION
- Provides for the establishment of a pilot program in Orleans Parish for providing early childhood education (OR GF EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT