Agenda - Education

House Committee on Education
April 14, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 1
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
BUSINESS
		HR17	TURNER	TOPS - Directs the Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, and Louisiana Economic Development to study the state's return on investment with respect to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students in collaboration with the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center
		HB385	BAMBURG	TOPS - Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB406	MIKE JOHNSON	ATHLETICS - Requires the state Dept. of Education to conduct a study and issue a report relative to interscholastic high school athletics
		HB787	MCMAKIN	CURRICULA - Removes successful completion of a computer science course as a requirement for TOPS qualification (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB1021	EGAN	TOPS - Provides relative to repayment of certain TOPS award amounts under certain circumstances (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB1058	BAMBURG	TOPS - Requires the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a data administration system for the collection of uniform data on all state financial assistance (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB1059	BROUSSARD	TOPS - Provides relative to core curriculum requirements for TOPS and TOPS-Tech awards in the subject of mathematics (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
	Introductory remarks from Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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