House Committee on Education
March 28, 2018
9:30 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HCR15
JORDAN
COLLEGES/SOUTHERN U
- Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors submit a proposal to the Board of Regents for establishing an associate of applied science degree program in process technology and that the Board of Regents approve it
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)
HB144
ABRAHAM
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates the Louisiana Jobs Now Fund for the purpose of funding postsecondary education degree and certificate production in high-demand fields (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
HB225
STAGNI
CURRICULA
- Requires instruction in public high schools on prevention of shaken baby syndrome
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)
HB418
IVEY
STUDENT/TUITION
- Authorizes public postsecondary education management boards to increase tuition and provides for limitations and exceptions (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)
HB487
ZERINGUE
STUDENT/TUITION
- Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB632
HUNTER
HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS
- Requires the Board of Regents to develop and implement College Application Week
HB650
FOIL
STUDENT/TUITION
- Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB716
LEGER
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to sharing of student information with certain postsecondary education institutions conducting academic research
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT