House Committee on Education
April 29, 2015
9:00 a.m.
Room 1

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HB85GREGORY MILLERCOLLEGES/COMMUNITY - Provides relative to the name of the technical college in St. John the Baptist Parish
 HB129JEFFERSONSTUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to nonresident tuition and fees for certain public institutions of higher education (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB171JEFFERSONCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to performance agreements between the Board of Regents and certain public historically black colleges and universities
 HB192GUINNSTUDENT/HOME STUDY - Authorizes students age 19 and older to participate in approved home study programs
 HB326W.BISHOPSTUDENTS - Authorizes surveys of public school students in Orleans Parish regarding risk behaviors
 HB333W.BISHOPCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides exceptions in the GRAD Act relative to remedial education course offerings by certain public universities
 HB345HOFFMANNTEACHERS/EVALUATION - Provides relative to the teacher evaluation advisory subcommittee
 HB359W.BISHOPSEX EDUCATION - Requires public school governing authorities in Orleans Parish to offer sex education instruction to students in certain grades (EG +$500,000 LF EX See Note)
 HB411JAMESCOLLEGES/ADMISSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the authority to set admission standards at public postsecondary education institutions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB457TALBOTSCHOOLS - Provides relative to school membership in associations that prescribe eligibility to participate in athletics
 HB505IVEYTEACHERS - Prohibits teachers first employed by a La. public school on or after July 1, 2015, from being eligible to acquire tenure and requires annual employment contracts for such teachers
 HB546PRICESTUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Provides relative to courses of study or programs eligible for TOPS-Tech awards for certain students (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB598FOILEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Provides for implementation of the ABLE Account savings program for persons with disabilities (EN +$64,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB608JACKSON-ANDREWSBONDS - Authorizes certain school districts to increase, with voter approval, their level of indebtedness (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB694ABRAMSONPUBLIC PROPERTY - Provides relative to the sale of certain immovable property by and to the Orleans Parish School Board
 HB695ABRAMSONSCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION - Provides relative to the loading and unloading of students on to and off of school buses

OTHER BUSINESS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Any legislation scheduled on this Weekly Committee Schedule that is not discussed before the House convenes on Wednesday, April 29, will be heard on Wednesday, April 29, upon adjournment of the House.

ADJOURNMENT