Senate Committee on Education
April 19, 2018
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 18, 2018, 4:24 pm *
Revision Notes:
Added HB87, HB306, and HB367
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB381
TROY CARTER
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to unified student enrollment systems in certain school systems. (8/1/18)
SB431
WALSWORTH
POSTSECONDARY ED
- Provide relative to the Louisiana Office of Student and Financial Assistance. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB465
W.BISHOP
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to student discipline. (gov sig)
SB512
GATTI
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to school employee participation in student-initiated prayer. (gov sig)
HB87
JAMES
STUDENT/TUITION
- Provides relative to the definition of institution of postsecondary education for purposes of the La. Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (START) Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB183
N.LANDRY
SUNSET LAW
- Re-creates the Department of Education
HB284
P.SMITH
SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS
- Revises procedures relative to a student's inability to pay for school meals and a student's meal debt (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB294
P.SMITH
STUDENTS
- Changes references to "at-risk" students to students who are "economically disadvantaged" throughout Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB306
THOMAS
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to foreign language immersion programs in public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB367
PIERRE
SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL
- Provides relative to the State Seal of Biliteracy recognizing high school graduates who meet certain academic eligibility criteria relative to language proficiency
HB663
MALINDA WHITE
SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS
- Creates a commission to study the feasibility of consolidating the Washington Parish and Bogalusa school systems (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE