House Committee on Education
March 31, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Room 1

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

BUSINESS
 HCR10WILDERATHLETICS - Requests the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to recognize dance, cheer, and lacrosse as sanctioned sports
 HB195BAYHAMCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Prohibits, with exceptions, a public postsecondary education institution from prohibiting a student from possessing self-defense chemical spray on campus
 HB283NEWELLSCHOOLS - Provides relative to incidents of assault and battery on students and school employees (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB319BAYHAMBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education
 HB325BRASSTOPS - Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB407LARVADAINHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (OR -$1,100,000 SD EX See Note)
 HB448ADAMSSTUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Authorizes scholarships provided for firefighters injured in the line of duty and spouses of firefighters injured or killed in the line of duty to be used for a master's degree (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB482TURNERTOPS - Revises the initial and continuing eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award and provides for the award amount at public colleges and universities (OR +$2,600,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB992FREIBERGEARLY CHILDHOOD - Requires assignment of student identification numbers to children in certain early childhood education programs (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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