Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
June 10, 2010 9:00 am John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised June 9, 2010, 6:05 pm * Revision Notes: Added HCR 152 and HB 836

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	HCR152	TUCKER	HIGHER EDUCATION - Directs public postsecondary education management boards and the Board of Regents to publish certain performance and cost data relative to public postsecondary education in La.
	HCR209	NOWLIN	CURRICULA - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the feasibility of increasing P.E. units required for high school graduation and to submit a written report to the House and Senate education committees before the beginning of the 2011 R.S.
	HCR218	NOWLIN	HIGHER EDUCATION - Requests the Board of Regents to restructure the performance-based funding formula and not to allocate funding based on performance until improvements to the formula are made
	HB402	PEARSON	HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Requires the Board of Regents to broadcast on the Internet the audio and video of all board and committee meetings conducted in Baton Rouge and to archive the audio and video of such meetings (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB403	PEARSON	BESE - Requires BESE to broadcast on the Internet the audio and video of all board and committee meetings conducted in Baton Rouge and to archive the audio and video of such meetings (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB421	M.JACKSON	STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE - Provides relative to the authority of a local school board to deny admission or readmission to school of certain students (EN NO IMPACT 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)
	HB836	WOOTON	HIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to disclosure of gifts made to public higher education institutions by foreign governments, persons, and entities
	HB923	LEGER	SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Authorizes the Recovery School District to contract with outside legal counsel for certain purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
	HB969	PEARSON	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to qualifications for election as a member on a school board
	HB1000	WADDELL	STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Permits, for purposes of certain skill or occupational training, use of a TOPS Opportunity, Performance, or Honors award at certain schools having a certificate of registration issued by the Bd. of Cosmetology and proprietary schools licensed by the Bd. of Regents (EN -$34,248 GF EX See Note)
	HB1055	RICHMOND	EDUCATION/ADULT - Eliminates the division of adult and community education within the Dept. of Education and transfers the responsibility for adult education programs from BESE to LCTCS (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB1141	N.LANDRY	SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS - Requires certain public school governing authorities with a policy of denying nutrition to students to implement certain procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB1171	TUCKER	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for a Board of Regents program under which postsecondary institutions agree to achieve certain standards in exchange for authority to increase tuition and for exemption from certain limitations (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
	HB1376	W.HINES	SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION - Authorizes a local school board, in accordance with specified guidelines and limitations, to transport to school any student who resides one mile or less from the school (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB1396	BURRELL	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires first aid training for school employees who participate in in-service training (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB1481	N.LANDRY	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to the notification given to parents regarding school dress code policies
	HB1487	LEGER	SCHOOLS/CHARTER - Provides relative to charter schools
	HB1491	DOWNS	STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Provides relative to the high school core curriculum requirements for certain students to be eligible for a TOPS Opportunity, Performance, or Honors award
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT