Senate Committee on Education
May 13, 2021
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 6, 2021

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SCR50FIELDSEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requests the state Department of Education to identify providers of violence and suicide prevention training that is available at no or low cost.
 SB128JACKSON-ANDREWSTEACHERS - Provides relative to teacher planning time and lunch periods and to provide an exemption from tolls on La. Hwy. 1 bridge for school personnel. (See Act) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HCR11HUGHESSTUDENTS - Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a plan for providing school literacy coaches for students in kindergarten through second grade in elementary schools identified as needing improvement
 HCR20HUGHESHIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that the governor appoint additional women to public postsecondary education boards so that women will comprise at least fifty percent of each board's membership by July 1, 2023
 HB42DAVISHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to financial aid (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB119HUGHESHIGHER ED/BD REGENTS - Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
 HB253MCKNIGHTSCHOOLS - Provides relative to the governance and funding of the Special School District, which provides special education services through its schools and programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB368MINCEYCURRICULA - Provides relative to required instruction in elementary and secondary schools on the health risks of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB409FREEMANHIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to campus safety and accountability (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT
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Rule 13.79. Filing of prepared statements
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