Agenda - Education

Senate Committee on Education
April 29, 2026 9:30 am John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Scheduled
* Agenda Revised April 28, 2026, 4:14 pm * Revision Notes: Removed HB 319 Added HB 987 Added HB 283

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	SCR33	MYERS	EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Creates the Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force.
	SB338	BARROW	SCHOOLS - Provides for preventing bullying in schools. (8/1/26)
	SB488	EDMONDS	SCHOOLS - Creates the School Safety Drone Response Pilot Program to supplement school crisis management and response plans. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
	SB520	REESE	CURRICULA - Provides for the Louisiana Jump Start Modernization Act. (gov sig)
	HCR14	CARVER	EDUCATION - Expresses support for federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and memorializes congress to fully cooperate with these efforts
	HB201	MCMAKIN	SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL - Provides for a State Seal of Fine Arts to recognize high school graduates who meet certain academic eligibility criteria (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB268	CARVER	STUDENTS - Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB283	NEWELL	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to incidents of assault and battery on students and school employees (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB285	BACALA	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Authorizes a school board to engage in a cooperative endeavor with a credit union or bank to operate a branch at a high school
	HB352	MACK	STUDENTS - Provides relative to behavioral health services for public school students (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
	HB445	FREIBERG	EDUCATION - Provides relative to the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB649	BRASS	HIGHER EDUCATION - Requires the establishment and administration of a statewide application process for dual enrollment programs
	HB987	MCFARLAND	HIGHER EDUCATION - Realigns energy-related programs by moving the Louisiana Geological Survey under the Louisiana State University Energy Institute (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB1078	FREIBERG	STUDENT/TUITION - Provides relative to tuition and fees for certain distance education courses
	HB1132	CARVER	SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP - Provides for funding any laboratory school operated by a public postsecondary education institution in the University of Louisiana System through the minimum foundation program
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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