Senate Committee on Education
April 17, 2024
1:00 pm
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 April 3, 2024

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SB213JENKINSSCHOOLS - Provides sick leave for school employees under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB314BARROWWOMEN - Provides tuition and fee exemptions at public postsecondary education institutions for Louisiana women of a certain age. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB327BARROWSCHOOLS - Provides for mandatory mental health days for high school students under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB343BARROWCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the prevention of power-based violence in public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig)
 SB358MIZELLSTUDENTS - Provides relative to mandatory expulsion. (8/1/24)
 SB416BOUIESCHOOLS - Provides relative to a disciplinarian or other school administrator to ride on a school bus transporting students to and from school. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB424MIGUEZSCHOOLS - Provides for firearm accident prevention and safety education for elementary school students. (8/1/24) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB434MIZELLSCHOOLS - Provides relative to the use of vapes at school. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB442EDMONDSEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Creates a program to provide firearm detection software that detects visible firearms on school property and alerts local law enforcement agencies. (8/1/24) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB465TALBOTAMUSEMENTS/SPORTS - Provides relative to intercollegiate athletes at a postsecondary education institution. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 SB477JENKINSMUSEUMS - Establishes the Shreveport Water Works Museum as a facility within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (gov sig) (EN +$424,200 GF EX See Note)
 SB486SEABAUGHCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Prohibits unlawful discrimination and unlawful classification on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or sex on college campuses. (gov sig)
 SB491SEABAUGHMUSEUMS - Provides for appointment of the director of the Louisiana State Museum by its board of directors. (8/1/24)

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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