Senate Committee on Education
June 4, 2015
8:00 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 28, 2015

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 HCR18STEVE CARTEREDUCATION/FINANCE - Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2015-2016 fiscal year (EG +$84,762,481 GF EX See Note)
 HCR64BROADWATEREDUCATION - Creates the Education in Alternative Settings Study Commission to study education in juvenile justice settings and in transitions between the community and juvenile justice settings
 HCR126STEVE CARTERTEACHERS - Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents and public school governing authorities, study certain issues relative to educator preparation programs
 HCR136W.BISHOPSTUDENT/HOME STUDY - Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents, study the feasibility and costs of using state funds to pay for students in approved home study programs to participate in certain dual enrollment programs
 HB61CARMODYSTUDENT/TUITION - (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education tuition and fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee and provides relative to the authority to set tuition and fees (RR1 SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB62FOILCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB168STEVE CARTERSTUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to tuition and fees for postbaccalaureate programs at public colleges and universities (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB180BOUIEPUBLIC FACILITIES - Prohibits the construction of schools on former waste sites
 HB245CAMERON HENRYSTUDENTS - Prohibits the use of state content standards, test questions, or other methods to measure certain noncognitive skills of students
 HB333W.BISHOPCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides exceptions in the GRAD Act relative to remedial education course offerings by certain public universities
 HB334W.BISHOPSCHOOLS - Provides relative to membership of the board of directors for the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts
 HB648SCHRODEREDUCATION - Provides relative to access by parents and teachers to assessments administered to students
 HB838PRICESTUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Provides that students may use TOPS-Tech awards only for those degrees and programs that the Bd. of Regents and the La. Workforce Investment Council determine are aligned with state workforce priorities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB844THIERRYEDUCATION - Provides relative to the implementation of the assessment and accountability system for publicly funded early childhood education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE