46 bills pending
Members
π₯ Laurie Schlegel (R)
π₯ Beryl Amedee (R)
Pending Bills
HB51: Provides relative to the assets of certain charter schools (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Rashid Young (D)
HB52: Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Matthew Willard (D)
Requires existing instruction in financial literacy to cover the topic of financial aid for postsecondary education.
HB54: Provides for the designation of a postsecondary education institution as a "Purple Star Campus" (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dodie Horton (R)
Changes name of designation of a military- and veteran-friendly postsecondary education institution and adds criteria for designation.
HB70: Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Ken Brass (D)
Expands eligibility criteria for a TOPS-Tech award to include the attainment of early college credit in high school through completion of dual enrollment courses or other approved skills and learning measures.
WARRANTS FURTHER EVALUATION
HB71: Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Ken Brass (D)
Removes two obsolete members from the task force, and adds two members, from the Pelican Institute.
Formerly, before the amendment, it would have added the CEO of Leaders for a Better La. and the La. state director of The Education Trust in La.
The Education Trust is a Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg funded, DEI pushing org.
HB77: Revises Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award amounts and adds an award category for students with an ACT score of 31 or above (OR +$47,521,473 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Christopher Turner (R)
Co-sponsors: π₯ Laurie Schlegel (R)
Revises TOPS award amounts and adds an award level, Excellence, for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT.
WARRANTS FURTHER EVALUATION
HB109: Provides relative to scholarships awarded through the Geaux Teach Program (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Francis Thompson (R)
Requires use of scholarships before all other state or institutional financial aid and awards are applied
HB110: Creates a uterine fibroids research center at Southern University (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Joy Walters (D)
EXPANDS GOVERNMENT.
WARRANTS FURTHER EVALUATION ABOUT WHY A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY NEEDS LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL TO BEGIN RESEARCH IN CERTAIN AREAS.
HB142: Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Shaun Mena (D)
Increases the council's membership from 24 to 26 by adding the chancellor of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and an at-large member
appointed by the chairman of the council.
Requires the council to help identify methods to share best practices regarding campus safety.
HB161: Aligns programs to which TOPS Tech and TOPS Tech Early Start awards may apply with the M.J. Foster Promise Program qualified programs (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Jason Hughes (D)
HB185: Provides for the methodology the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education uses to count students for purposes of the minimum foundation program (MFP) formula (OR +$100,000 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Barbara Freiberg (R)
HB201: Expands student eligibility for participation in the R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables) program (OR +$1,400,000 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Vincent St. Blanc (R)
Co-sponsors: π₯ Laurie Schlegel (R)
HB202: Provides for a privacy waiver relative to certain mental health information of postsecondary education students
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Delisha Boyd (D)
HB213: Authorizes a public school to sell and trade certain technology equipment
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Vincent St. Blanc (R)
HB225: Authorizes public school personnel to conduct weapon screenings of students upon entry onto a school campus
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Chad Brown (D)
POLICE STATE
HB243: Provides relative to student assessment and school accountability with respect to the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Mandie Landry (D)
HB246: Provides relative to the salary schedule for employees of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) and for the funding of these salaries (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π₯ Beryl Amedee (R)
HB275: Authorizes students who qualify for a TOPS award but graduate from an out-of-state college to apply unused award amounts to medical or dental school in Louisiana and requires repayment unless certain conditions are met (OR +$367,110 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Stephanie Berault (R)
Co-sponsors: Christopher Turner (R)
HB321: Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: John Wyble (R)
HB327: Requires schools to use a 10-point grading scale to assign grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required for initial award eligibility (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Tehmi Chassion (D)
HB344: Provides for the transfer of school disciplinary records and for school personnel's access to certain juvenile court records (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Stephanie Berault (R)
HB352: Provides relative to background checks for certain early childhood workers (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Ed Larvadain (D)
HB372: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Jason Hughes (D)
HB373: Requires the Workforce Investment Council to perform an annual return on investment analysis relative to industry-based credentials earned in high school and provides for student data collection and sharing for this purpose (OR NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Jason Hughes (D)
HB378: Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (OR +$172,184 SG EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Roger Wilder (R)
HB384: Provides relative to disciplinary penalties for certain public school students found to be in possession of certain substances on school property
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Marcus Bryant (D)
SHOULD WE NOT ALLOW OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS DEPENDING ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM IN EACH DISTRICT?
HB391: Amends the student growth component in the evaluation of teachers and administrators
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Joseph Stagni (R)
HB452: Provides for charter school board members
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Barbara Carpenter (D)
HB466: Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Josh Carlson (R)
IF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS DON'T WANT TO FUND PAY RAISES, SO BE IT!
HB558: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Paula Davis (R)
HB566: Establishes job order contracting as an alternative project delivery method applicable to deferred maintenance of public facilities by post-secondary educational institutions for certain work types (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Christopher Turner (R)
HB589: Provides relative to the effectiveness of laws requiring reports to be submitted annually to the legislature by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education and provides relative to certain commissions and advisory councils
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: π€ Charles Owen (R)
HB614: Requires students to attain a minimum ACT score set by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prerequisite to high school graduation and prohibits state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students (OR -$4,300,000 GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Tehmi Chassion (D)
HR3: Requests the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of and potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and beverages in public schools
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: Michael Echols (R)
HR4: Memorializes the United States Congress to support funding for the ability to focus on purchasing American agricultural products and the removal of ultra-processed food and beverages from K-12 public schools
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: Michael Echols (R)
HR7: Requests that the legislative fiscal office update the report issued in February 2013 pursuant to SCR No. 137 of the 2012 Regular Session regarding the means and methods used to provide funding for laboratory schools
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: π€ Rashid Young (D)
HR8: Requests the state Department of Education to report relative to the administration of certain standardized tests
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: Michael Melerine (R)
HR15: Creates a task force to study issues relative to the name, image, and likeness of student athletes in Louisiana
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: π€ Rashid Young (D)
HCR13: Requests that the Southeastern Conference schedule LSU football games after 6:00 p.m. in September for health and safety reasons related to the heat during day games
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-15
Author: John Illg (R)
HR98: Requests that the state Department of Education study and report relative to the impact of the law banning student possession of telecommunications devices during the instructional day
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: π€ Charles Owen (R)
HCR31: Requests the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to refrain from hosting games during Easter weekend
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-05
Author: Daryl Deshotel (R)
Co-sponsors: π₯ Beryl Amedee (R) π€ Josh Carlson (R) π€ Kim Carver (R) π€ Kathy Edmonston (R) π€ Barbara Freiberg (R) π₯ Laurie Schlegel (R) π€ Vincent St. Blanc (R) Heather Cloud (R)
...and 3 more.
HCR37: Establishes the Hazing Prevention Task Force
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-07
Author: Jason Hughes (D)
Co-sponsors: Gerald Boudreaux (D)
HCR47: Encourages school principals to provide for the display of certain founding documents in conjunction with America250, the celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-14
Author: Mike Bayham (R)
HR167: Requests public postsecondary education institutions in Louisiana to adopt policies and procedures to combat antisemitism on campus
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-15
Author: Mike Bayham (R)
HR180: Creates a study group to study truancy, including potentially adjusting the student count methodology used in the public school funding formula in the effort to address truancy
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-19
Author: π€ Barbara Freiberg (R)
HR251: Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study and report relative to the voting threshold required for parental approval for the conversion of a preexisting school to a charter school
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Date: 2025-05-29
Author: Michael Echols (R)
Provides that all assets acquired by such a charter school that are purchased with public funds prior to converting to a Type 2 charter school under present law (R.S.17:3938(B)(2)) remain the property of that school for the duration of the charter agreement with the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education.