Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
May 19, 2022 Upon Adjournment John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 16, 2022, 5:44 pm * Revision Notes: Adds HB 927

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 12, 2022
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR49	FIELDS	LEGISLATION - Expresses legislative intent regarding Act 457 of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session establishing the M.J. Foster Promise Program.
		HB98	MAGEE	SCHOOLS/CHOICE - Provides relative to the accountability system for schools participating in the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program
		HB156	FREIBERG	TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides relative to criminal history review with respect to teacher certification (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB214	NELSON	TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Requires passage of a reading instruction test as a condition of teacher certification in elementary education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB244	MINCEY	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to public school calendar requirements
		HB245	MINCEY	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to minors taken into protective custody from schools
		HB261	MAGEE	SCHOOLS - Creates a French immersion school in the community of Pointe-au-Chien in Terrebonne Parish (EN INCREASE See Note)
		HB263	MINCEY	SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS - Requires the establishment of check-out procedures at public schools and school districts
		HB269	NELSON	STUDENTS - Prohibits promotion to the fourth grade of certain students whose reading deficiencies have not been remedied by the end of the third grade (RE1 INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		HB315	TURNER	EDUCATION/SPECIAL - Provides for the Blind and Visually Impaired Student's Bill of Rights (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB349	BRYANT	SCHOOLS/BUS OPERATORS - Provides relative to the removal of school bus operators
		HB363	BRYANT	TEACHERS/EVALUATION - Provides relative to the student growth component in the evaluation of teachers and administrators
		HB423	MINCEY	VOTING/REGISTRATION - Requires public school governing authorities to provide high school seniors the opportunity to register to vote
		HB455	MINCEY	SCHOOLS/NONPUBLIC - Provides relative to minimum qualifications of teachers at certain nonpublic schools
		HB470	MCKNIGHT	STUDENTS - Provides relative to the collection and sharing of certain student information (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
		HB495	SCHLEGEL	STUDENTS - Requires the implementation of suicide prevention and student safety and violence and social isolation prevention training and the creation of clubs at certain public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
		HB509	MINCEY	TEACHERS - Requires the state Department of Education to review laws pertaining to teacher training and submit a related report to the legislature
		HB510	MINCEY	TEACHERS - Provides relative to the effectiveness of additional teacher training requirements
		HB516	MANDIE LANDRY	EDUCATION - Requires each governing authority of a public high school to adopt policies regarding attendance, breastfeeding, and child care for students who are pregnant or parenting
		HB852	SCHLEGEL	STUDENTS - Creates a book delivery program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB865	NELSON	CURRICULA - Provides relative to textbooks and instructional materials used in reading instruction
		HB889	MAGEE	MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM - Establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll Museum within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB927	SELDERS	SCHOOLS - Authorizes a tuition increase at Louisiana State University Laboratory School and Southern University Laboratory School
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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