House Committee on Education
May 2, 2017
9:00 a.m.
Room 1
Adjourned
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RED
= currently being considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB130
DEVILLIER
STUDENTS
- Provides that economically disadvantaged students shall be included as a factor for purposes of teacher evaluations and requirements for enrollment of at-risk students in charter schools
HB208
STEVE CARTER
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to foods and beverages sold to students in public schools
HB269
LANCE HARRIS
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Provides for free expression on college campuses
HB505
JACKSON-ANDREWS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS
- Names a building at Lincoln Elementary School in Monroe in honor of Roy Neal Shelling, Sr.
HB517
GARY CARTER
EDUCATION
- Requires the state superintendent of education to report specified information annually pertaining to each public school, including charter schools
HB538
STEVE CARTER
SCHOOLS/BOARDS
- Relative to service as a member of a traditional or charter school board, requires a high school diploma to be eligible and provides that a person who has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to certain crimes is not eligible
HB541
STEVE CARTER
STUDENTS
- Provides relative to early graduation from high school including incentives for students and savings used for certain other educational purposes (RE +$5,664,314 GF EX See Note)
HB556
PEARSON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to sick leave granted to school bus operators, teachers, and other public school employees in certain instances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB660
GARY CARTER
SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION
- Requires identification lettering on all school buses used to transport students to public schools in Orleans Parish
OTHER BUSINESS
Consideration of proposed rules submitted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to revise "Bulletin 139 - Louisiana Child Care and Development Fund Programs" relative to the School Readiness Tax Credits.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT