Senate Committee on Education
April 30, 2015
Upon Adjournment
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 22, 2015
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SR17
BROOME
COMMENDATIONS
- Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission for its support of national service and volunteerism in Louisiana.
SCR22
BROOME
COMMENDATIONS
- Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission for its support of national service and volunteerism in Louisiana.
SB31
MORRELL
STUDENTS
- Authorizes surveys of public school students in Orleans Parish regarding risk behaviors. (8/1/15)
SB32
FRED MILLS
TEACHERS
- Requires that educator evaluations be based upon classroom observations and multiple quantitative measures of growth in student achievement. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE EX See Note)
SB54
BROOME
STUDENTS
- Prohibits suspension or expulsion of students in grades prekindergarten through five for certain uniform violations. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
SB69
NEVERS
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
- Requires the Dept. of Education to pay the cost of certain postsecondary remedial and developmental coursework required of public high school graduates. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB129
NEVERS
SCHOOLS
- Authorizes a local public school district to enter into an agreement with a higher-performing district to manage and operate one or more of its low-performing schools. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
SB184
THOMPSON
SCHOOLS
- Provides for the threshold allowed for small purchase procurements under food and nutrition programs. (8/1/15)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE