House Committee on Education
May 18, 2016
9:00 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HR154
HOFFMANN
CURRICULA
- Requests a study relative to the feasibility and advisability of allowing Anatomy and Physiology to satisfy certain requirements for high school graduation and qualification for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students awards
HB371
BOUIE
PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Prohibits the construction of schools on former waste sites (EG INCREASE EX See Note)
HB771
SCHRODER
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT
- Provides relative to state assessments as a requirement for student promotion and graduation (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
HB788
JEFFERSON
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Provides relative to participation by public postsecondary education institutions in the state's risk management program
HB985
SCHRODER
STUDENTS
- Prohibits requiring students to complete certain financial aid forms as a requirement for graduation
HB1035
HODGES
SCHOOLS
- Requires local school boards to require students in grades four through six to recite a specified passage from the Declaration of Independence (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
SB310
CLAITOR
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
- Requires the Dept. of Education to collect and report certain special education data. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB317
DONAHUE
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to student behavior and discipline, including the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB353
W.BISHOP
SCHOOLS
- Provides for the Louisiana Expectant and Parenting Students Act. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT