Senate Committee on Education
April 24, 2024
1:00 pm
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 17, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB213
JENKINS
SCHOOLS
- Provides sick leave for school employees under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
SB314
BARROW
WOMEN
- Provides tuition and fee exemptions at public postsecondary education institutions for Louisiana women of a certain age. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
SB294
HODGES
STUDENTS
- Confirms the protections of free speech and First Amendment protected activities on college and university campuses. (gov sig)
SB433
EDMONDS
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
- Requires the Dept. of Education to establish an online Early Childhood Education Data Dashboard. (8/1/24) (EG +$622,729 GF EX See Note)
SB475
ROBERT OWEN
SCHOOLS
- Allows the Health Education course to be offered virtually under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
HCR14
MELERINE
SCHOOLS
- Requests that the state Department of Education study the potential effects of alternative school calendar options on student academic achievement
HCR17
SCHLEGEL
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Requests the state Department of Education, Department of Children and Family Services, and Louisiana Department of Health to collaborate to increase mental health counseling in public schools
HB20
RISER
LIBRARIES
- Provides relative to administration of funds of the Catahoula Parish Library
HB78
CARVER
SCHOOLS/CHARTER
- Authorizes initial proposals for charter schools with corporate partners to be made to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as Type 2 charter school proposals (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB143
BACALA
SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP
- Authorizes the state superintendent to provide for a chief operating officer to make recommendations relative to the financial practices of local school systems failing to comply with the MFP's minimum instructional expenditure requirement (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB153
BACALA
EDUCATION/SPECIAL
- Provides relative to special education (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
HB197
CARVER
SUNSET LAW
- Provides relative to the re-creation of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
HB551
BRASS
CURRICULA
- Revises the membership and duties of the Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force
HB694
BOYD
CULTURE/REC/TOUR
- Establishes the Louisiana Music Commission within the Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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