House Committee on Education
October 14, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Room 1

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HR15PIERRESCHOOLS - Requests the state Department of Education and Louisiana Department of Health to identify resources necessary to install water bottle filling stations in schools
 HB81GAROFALOSTUDENTS - Prohibits a school from sharing a student's personally identifiable information relative to illness or disease with the Dept. of Health for purposes of the Sanitary Code or any other purpose without parental consent (Item #42)
 HB82AMEDEESTUDENTS - Prohibits a school from sharing a student's personally identifiable information relative to illness or disease with the Dept. of Health for purposes of the Sanitary Code or any other purpose without parental consent (Item #42)
 HB91AMEDEESTUDENT/DISCIPLINE - Provides relative to student discipline (Item #42)
 HB96FREEMANSTUDENTS - Provides relative to sharing of student information for the purpose of administering the pandemic electronic benefits transfer (P-EBT) program (Item #28)
 SCR2FIELDSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Requests LCTCS and Sowela administrators to work together to study the impacts of hurricanes Laura and Delta on the institution and its student body in order to inform any legislative requests for the 2021 Regular Session.
 SCR3CATHEYTOPS - Requests the Board of Regents to study allowing TOPS and GO Grant awards to be used for summer semester immediately following high school graduation.
 SB11CATHEYSCHOOLS - Prohibits certain schools from being members of any interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not have certain persons as members of its executive committee. (gov sig) (Item #42)
 SB23MCMATHSCHOOLS - Requires school boards to accept certification of illness from a nurse practitioner or physician assistant when employees use leave due to personal illness. (gov sig) (Item #42)
 SB31FIELDSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Prohibits use of statewide student assessments conducted during the 2020-2021 school year for the purposes of evaluating teacher performance or student placement decisions. (gov sig) (Item #42)
 SB42BOUIESCHOOLS - Provides for the duties of the local school superintendent when certain schools in the Recovery School District are returned to the transferring school board. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB44FIELDSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Constitutional amendment to authorize the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state as certain at-large members of public postsecondary education boards of supervisors. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #42)
 SB45FIELDSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the "Lod Cook Act" which authorizes the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state at certain at-large members of the public postsecondary boards of supervisors. (See Act) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB70JACKSON-ANDREWSLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Provides for legislative approval of BESE adopted adjustments to the MFP formula by ballot when the legislature is not in session. (See CA3s19) (Item #4)

OTHER BUSINESS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 COMMITTEE ROOM 2 TO BE USED FOR OVERFLOW
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ADJOURNMENT