Senate Committee on Education
May 14, 2025
1:00 pm
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 
* Agenda Revised May 13, 2025, 4:32 pm *
Revision Notes: Added SB 121, SB 178

 		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 8, 2025

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SB105ABRAHAMEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Requires that schools utilize a nationally normed assessment instead of the LEAP test for purposes of school and district accountability. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB121SELDERSBEHAVIORAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health screenings in schools. (8/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB178JENKINSSCHOOLS - Establishes the School Employee Bill of Rights. (gov sig)
 SB180BARROWEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides for a pioneering STEM technology program known as "Farm-Ed". (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB52WILLARDCURRICULA - Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB54HORTONCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB161HUGHESTOPS - Provides for eligibility requirements for TOPS-Tech and TOPS-Tech Early Start (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB246AMEDEESCHOOLS/LA MATH, SCIENCE - Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB327CHASSIONTOPS - Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB352LARVADAINEARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to background checks for certain early childhood workers (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB372HUGHESCURRICULA - Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB589CHARLES OWENEDUCATION - Provides relative to the effectiveness of laws requiring reports to be submitted annually to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education and provides relative to certain commissions and advisory councils

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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