Senate Committee on Education
June 4, 2010
Upon Adjournment
Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised June 4, 2010, 10:41 am *
Revision Notes:
MEETING ROOM CHANGE from John J. Hainkel Room to Room E
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 20, 2010 and May 27, 2010
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HCR20
STEVE CARTER
BESE
- Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to make changes to the Minimum Foundation Program formula beginning with the formula adopted for the 2010-2011 school year
HCR147
HARDY
STUDENT/DISCIPLINE
- Requests BESE to study the rate of suspensions and expulsions in La. and to submit a written report of findings and recommendations to the House and Senate education committees prior to the 2011 R.S.
HCR148
BADON
EDUCATION/PRE-K
- Requests BESE to study feasibility of consolidating administration and evaluation of the LA4 and 8(g) prekindergarten programs, to ensure that school districts receive necessary support, and to adopt identical standards for programs
HCR179
BADON
STUDENTS
- Requests the Dept. of Social Services and the Dept. of Education to work collaboratively to ensure that children enter kindergarten ready to learn and to submit an annual school readiness report to the governor, legislative education committees, and BESE
HB151
CARMODY
SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION
- Authorizes the Bossier and Caddo parish school boards, in accordance with specified guidelines and limitations, to transport to school any student who resides one mile or less from the school (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB433
HARDY
SCHOOLS
- Requires BESE to establish a uniform grading scale for use in public schools (EN NO IMPACT EX See Note)
HB468
HOFFMANN
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides eligibility for sabbatical leave for certified school nurses, audiologists, educational diagnosticians, and speech-language pathologists employed by state special schools and by city, parish, and other local public school systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
HB486
HARRISON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Requires school guidance counselors to complete academic profiles for ninth grade students (EN +$150,000 GF EX See Note)
HB488
HARRISON
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Provides relative to continuing education for school board members and designation of Distinguished School Board Member (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB527
SAM JONES
CEMETERY/HISTORICAL
- Provides for the creation of the La. Historic Cemetery Preservation Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)
HB648
SAM JONES
STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE
- Repeals provisions relative to permitting certain children to withdraw from school
HB685
SAM JONES
STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE
- Provides relative to the enrollment of certain children in attend BESE-approved adult education programs
HB729
CARMODY
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS
- Provides with respect to the sale of surplus property by school boards (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
HB925
BADON
EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY
- Provides relative to school and district accountability in elementary and secondary education (EN NO IMPACT EX See Note)
HB962
STEVE CARTER
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Provides relative to the review process for charter school applications (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
HB1188
HARDY
SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION
- Regarding the Lafayette Parish school system, provides relative to the transportation of students on field trips (EG -$355,314 LF EX See Note)
HB1276
HARDY
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
- Requires a school bus operator to report his arrest for specified offenses involving operating a vehicle
HB1368
J.H.SMITH
EDUCATION
- Authorizes BESE to exempt a school district from certain laws, rules, and regulations pursuant to a request and proposal for increasing quality of instruction and academic achievement from the school district (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
HB1442
CARMODY
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to reporting by public school employees of irregularities or improprieties in the administration of standardized tests
HB1458
LABRUZZO
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Provides relative to cyberbullying and student codes of conduct adopted by local school boards
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT