Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
May 29, 2023 1:00 PM Room E
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 25, 2023
	May 26, 2023
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR17	MINCEY	TEACHERS - Continues the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force
		HCR43	BRASS	EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requests the Louisiana Department of Education to update its early childhood care and education data management systems
		HCR51	DEVILLIER	HISTORIC COMMEMORATION - Recognizes Liberty Theater in Eunice as the Center for Louisiana Culture and Folklife
		HB9	BUTLER	SCHOOLS/CHOICE - Creates and provides for a program to provide state funding for the education of students with exceptionalities not enrolled in public school (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB12	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 (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		HB167	KENNY COX	STUDENT/TUITION - Provides for a tuition waiver for certain disabled veterans (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
		HB169	ROBERT OWEN	SCHOOLS - Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school
		HB205	BRYANT	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires additional compensation for teachers and other school employees under certain circumstances (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		HB258	WRIGHT	HIGHER EDUCATION - Establishes a state maritime academy within the University of Louisiana System (EN +$210,000 GF EX See Note)
		HB289	IVEY	CURRICULA - Provides relative to organ donation instruction in public high schools
		HB315	CHARLES OWEN	STUDENTS - Provides relative to administration of public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
		HB326	NELSON	HIGHER EDUCATION - Requires foundational numeracy skills standards as a component of teacher education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		HB353	MARCELLE	STUDENTS - Provides relative to student behavior, discipline, and behavioral and mental health (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB412	MALINDA WHITE	EARLY CHILDHOOD - Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
		HB472	MINCEY	TEACHERS - Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to grant five-year teaching certificates to applicants who hold out-of-state teaching certificates and who meet other criteria (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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