Senate Committee on Education
May 22, 2024
2:00 pm
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 21, 2024, 5:30 pm *
Revision Notes:
edited date to be May 22, 2024 removed HB 266
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HCR37
JORDAN
HIGHER ED/LSU BD SUPS
- Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors establish a mayor's institute at the Nelson Mandela College of Government and Social Sciences
HCR57
VENTRELLA
BESE
- Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to implement "Aliye's Law" and provide instruction to students on organ donation
HCR78
CHARLES OWEN
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Requests that Board of Regents and public postsecondary education management boards report to House and Senate education committees and Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on actions related to environmental, social, and governance criteria
HB762
BAMBURG
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT
- Exempts students who attain certain scores on the English and math sections of the ACT from end-of-course testing and allows career diploma students to take WorkKeys or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in lieu of the ACT
HB848
JACKSON
LIBRARIES
- Provides relative to budgets adopted by library boards of control
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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