Senate Committee on Education
May 26, 2011
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 25, 2011, 9:03 am *
Revision Notes:
Removed SB140 and SB 251
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PRESENTATION - COWEN INSTITUTE "2011 STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA"
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB35
DORSEY
EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY
- Delays implementation of a system to assign performance-based letter grades to public schools and school districts. (gov sig) (OR +$2,700 GF EX See Note)
SB67
BROOME
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to school discipline policies. (8/15/11)
SB70
PETERSON
CURRICULA
- Repeals the Louisiana Science Education Act. (8/15/11)
SB111
NEVERS
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to an annual report regarding the condition of public elementary and secondary education. (8/15/11)
SB128
DORSEY
POSTSECONDARY ED
- Constitutional Amendment to provide exclusive authority to Board of Supervisors for Community and Technical Colleges over programs of public postsecondary vocational-technical training and institutions of higher education offering associate degrees but not baccalaureate degrees. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
SB194
L.JACKSON
TOPS
- Provides for pro rata reductions in award amounts in the event of insufficient funding. (gov sig)
SB201
PERRY
EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY
- Delays implementation of a system to assign performance-based letter grades to public schools and school districts. (gov sig)
SB216
MORRELL
SCHOOLS
- Provides for the creation of community outreach plan for schools in the Recovery School District. (gov sig)
SB236
WILLARD-LEWIS
SCHOOLS
- Requires BESE to adopt rules providing for the establishment of bus routes to RSD schools that enhance student safety and reduce student travel time on a school bus to and from school. (gov sig)
SB248
WILLARD-LEWIS
EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY
- Clarifies the process for returning back to the school system those schools that have been transferred to the RSD that are no longer academically unacceptable. (gov sig)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT