| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 12/2012 |
P-12 | Testing, Graduation Rates and Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 3, §§301, 302, 303, 307, Chapters 4, 5, 6
Reflects new policy as a result of the ESEA flexibility request approved for implementation by the U.S. Department of Education. For K-8 sch...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 12/2012 |
P-12 | School Performance Categories
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 11, 13
Chapter 11, "School Performance Categories," provides that beginning with the release of 2012-2013 school accountability data, schools will ...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 12/2012 |
P-12 | State Annual Reporting
LAC 28:LXXXIII, §2901, Chapter 31
Amends requirements for board of elementary and secondary education's annual rep0orting on state progress in reaching Louisiana's 2014 goal....
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 12/2012 |
P-12 | Sanctions for Low-Performing Schools
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 14, 16, 19, 23
Repeals §1401, §1403, §1405, which related to levels to, entry and movement in academic assistance. Amends §1601, "Entry into Academically U...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 12/2012 |
P-12 | Measures of Growth in Student Learning--Value-Added Model
LAC 28:CXLVII.303
Requires that the value-added educator evaluation model not be used in any cases where fewer than 10 students with value-added results are a...
| More... |
Accountability |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity
LAC 28:CXI.312
Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS)...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Accountability Measures
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 705, 707, and 3301
From Louisiana Register: Amends provisions in "Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index." Provides detail on how incentive points will be earned ...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | CTE Technology Education Courses
LAC 28:CXV.2385
From Louisiana Register: Identifies four state-recognized technology education course offerings within the CTE program. These four course of...
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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | American Sign Language in Foreign Languages Offered in High Schools
LAC 28:CXV.2345
Adds American Sign Language (ASL) III and IV to the list of foreign language courses that may be offered for graduation credit in public hig...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
LAC 28:CXV.2325
Increases the number of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses that must be made available to students at each ...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Evaluation and Assessment of Teachers and Administrators
LAC 28:CXLVII.105, 301, 305, 307, 309, 311, 319, 321, 323, 325, 701, 901, 903, and 905
Makes various changes to align the evaluation of school personnel with Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session, including: (1) Clarif...
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School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Student Expulsion Hearings for Recovery School District Schools
LAC 28:CXLV.703
From Louisiana Register: Currently, the Recovery School District (RSD) Student Hearing Office conducts all student expulsion hearings for RS...
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Special Education--Placement |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Special Education Due Process Hearings
LAC 28:XLIII.508, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 518, 532, 904, and 905
From Louisiana Register: Rule developed in response to Act 683 of the 2010 legislative session. The Act requires the state board to approve ...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Greater Local Flexibility on Textbook Purchases
LAC 28:CXV.1703
From Louisiana Register: Removes the restriction that districts can only use 10% of their textbook budget on textbooks that are not on the s...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Adopted 07/2012 |
P-12 | Approval for Alternative Schools or Programs
LAC 28:CXV.2903
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: This policy revision, related to approval for alternative schools or programs, will ensure that LEAs comp...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 07/2012 |
P-12 | AP Courses for High School Graduation Credit
LAC 28:CXV.2318 and 2325
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: Revises LAC 28:CXV §2318, "The College and Career Diploma" and §2325, "Advanced Placement and Internation...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Allows BESE to Expend Certain Funds to Use Peer-Review Consultants
S.B. 635
Allows the state board to expend Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund monies to use peer-review consultants to review programs.
http://w...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | School Improvement Plans and Trend Data Reports
S.B. 309
Provides relative to certain requirements for educational improvement plans. Removes certain requirements related to school improvement plan...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Technical Assistance to Districts
S.B. 494 - Technical Assistance to Districts
Section 1: Requires that the department establish a program of technical assistance for local public school systems (previous language offer...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1209
Transfers responsibility for placing a student in alternative school or alternative educational placement from local board to local superint...
| More... |
Attendance--Compulsory |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Amends compulsory attendance provisions. Permits the parent/guardian of a student who is at least 16 but not 18 to request a waiver from the...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | CTE Offerings in Petrochemical Industry
LAC 28:CXV.2385
From June 2012 Louisiana Register: Adds one unit each of "Oil and Gas Production Operations" and "T2 Safety Systems for Oil and Gas Producti...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Charter Facility or Property Purchased from Orleans Parish School Board
H.B. 411
Provides that if a chartering group determines that a facility or property purchased from the Orleans Parish School Board is no longer neede...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1, 5-19, 27, and 39
Makes changes to various provisions related to charter schools. New rules define "management organization," and require a charter applicatio...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Pupil-Teacher Ratio Waivers
S.B. 461
Repeals existing provisions requring the state board to adopt rules related to the issuance of waivers from pupil-teacher ratios over 20 stu...
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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | International Language Immersion School at ULL
S.B. 712
Creates an exploratory committee to develop a plan regarding the creation and establishment of an international language immersion school at...
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Science and Education Advisory Council
S.B. 290
Creates the Science and Education Advisory Council to provide advice and information as requested by the executive board of the Louisiana Un...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Leasing of Campus Grounds to Businesses in a Business Incubator or Research Park
S.B. 412
Permits a college or university's governing board to grant a lease to a business in an area on college/university grounds that the college o...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | Legislative Approval of the MFP Formula for FY 2012-13 as Adopted by BESE on 2-27-12
S.C.R. 99
Provides for legislative approval of the formula for the 2012-13 school year to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program (MFP) of ...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Elimination of Certain Special Funds in the State Treasury
S.B. 590
Eliminates various special funds in the state treasury, including the School and District Accountability Rewards Fund and the Teacher Educat...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Education Requirements for Retirement System Board of Trustees Members
S.B. 16
Amends education requirements for members of retirement system boards of trustees. Makes continuing education requirements also applicable t...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Ethics Education for Statewide Candidates for Elected Office
H.B. 365
Requires a candidate for statewide elective office or state legislator to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training in the s...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | Reporting on Implementation of Certain Education Reform Measures
H.R. 175
Urges and requests the state superintendent of education or the state board of elementary and secondary education, as appropriate, to report...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Administration of Auto-Injectable Epinephrine
S.B. 119
Requires the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse or trained scho...
| More... |
Health |
Passed 06/2012 |
P-12 | Study on Compliance re: Vending Machine and Physical Activity Policies
S.R. 146
Request that the Louisiana Department of Education and state board conduct a survey or study to determine school compliance with the state l...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Care of Students with Diabetes
S.B. 759
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that a diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted by each student with diabetes ...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | Graduation Rate Calculations and Goal
LAC 28:LXXXIII.601, 613, and 2403
Clarifies that graduation index provisions only apply to schools with 10 or more students in a cohort. Makes methodology for calculating the...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
To governor 06/2012 |
P-12 | Review of State Graduation Requirement Policies
H.C.R. 201
Urges and requests the state board of elementary and secondary education to review its policies relative to graduation requirements, particu...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Waivers from Early Childhood Enrichment Activities Requirement
S.B. 155
Transfers from the state board to the department the authority to grant waivers from the requirement that each Cecil J. Picard LA4 Early Chi...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Parent Attendance at Parent-Teacher Conferences Required
S.B. 685
Requires each teacher to schedule at least two parent-teacher conferences during the first semester each school year. Requires at least one ...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Certain Postsecondary Documents Exempt from Public Records Law
H.B. 756
Exempts (1) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data pertaining to the administration of an academic examination, and (2) Te...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Scholarships for Children of State Investigators Killed or Disabled in the Performance of Duty
S.B. 526
Extends eligibility for scholarships for children of certain public employees to children of state investigators killed or permanently disab...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Resident Tuition for Certain Veterans
H.B. 435
Provides that, with the exception of tuition charged to a veteran under the federal Yellow Ribbon Program, a student who has served in the U...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | START Education Savings Accounts
S.B. 458
Amends definition of "institution of postsecondary education" for purposes of eligibility to participate in the Student Tuition Assistance a...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Number of Hours Required for a Baccalaureate Degree
S.B. 103
Limits the maximum number of semester hours required to earn a baccalaureate degree to 120 (previous provision left this number to the discr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Common Course Numbering System, Course Content, Reporting
S.B. 104
Amends terminology to "statewide common course numbering system." Repeals and replaces priorities for integrating courses into the statewide...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Anti-Bullying
S.B. 764
Provides this act is be known as the "Tesa Middlebrook Anti-Bullying Act." Includes disciplinary records in 17:416(A)(4) to records superint...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Electronic Communication between School Employees and Students
H.B. 705
Addresses the reporting of certain electronic communication between employees at public elementary or secondary schools and a student enroll...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Passed 06/2012 |
P-12 | Sexual Harassment Training for Public Agency Employees
S.C.R. 107
Authorizes and directs public agencies to provide in-service education and training on sexual harassment for its public servants. http://www...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | School System Consolidation
S.B. 745
Requires an election to be called before consolidating two or more school systems, pursuant to an act of the legislature or a resolution ado...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Naming Facilities and Streets After Living People
H.B. 98
Permits a local board to name the following at a school within its jurisdiction in honor of a living person: (1) A street maintained by the ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Removal of "Tenure" for School Bus Drivers
H.B. 293
Repeals provisions providing that a school bus driver who has served satisfactorily for more than three consecutive years is to be declared ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Sick and Leave for District Employees
S.B. 494 - Sick and Sabbatical Leave for District Employees
Section 2: Amends provisions related to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers and other district employees. Repeals provision...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Soccer Camps and Soccer Showcase Opportunities
S.B. 507
Permits otherwise eligible student athletes to participate in any soccer camp or any other soccer showcase opportunity, including training a...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Eligibility of Students from Military Families to Participate in Interscholastic Athletic Activities
H.B. 631
Prohibits an otherwise eligible student from being determined ineligible for participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic ac...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Passed 06/2012 |
P-12 | Salary Increases to Teachers and Others Who Earn National Board Certification
S.R. 195
Urges and requests the Senate Committee on Education to study and make recommendations relative to providing salary increases as provided in...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Passed 06/2012 |
P-12 | Funding for Laboratory Schools Around the State
S.C.R. 137
Urges and request the legislative fiscal office to update the report issued in March 2006 pursuant to House Resolution No. 133 of the 2005 R...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Assessment System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessmen...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Passed 05/2012 |
P-12 | Granting a High School Diploma to Adult Education Program Completers
H.C.R. 95
Urges and requests the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges and the state board of elementary and secondary education jo...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Student Assessment and Statewide Standards
H.B. 707
Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to th...
| More... |
Attendance |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Louisiana Seat Time Waiver
LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103
Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Se...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Study of Need for and Availability of Vocational Education Programs
H.R. 155
Urges and requests the state board of elementary and secondary education and the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges jo...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Choice Pilot Program for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 911
Creates a permanent program out of the two-year School Choice Pilot Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities. The program is desig...
| More... |
Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | History/Civics Course Content Requirements
H.B. 436
Requires instruction on the Founding Principles of the U.S. to be integrated into the high school American history and civics courses. Addre...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Board Term Limits
H.B. 292
Requires local option elections in certain school districts to determine if school board members should have term limits of three consecutiv...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Coordinated School Health Program
H.B. 1088
Etablishes a targeted coordinated school health program for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and a related grant program. The progr...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Distinction for Community Service Diploma Endorsement
H.B. 1194
Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a diploma endorsement program for the performance of community s...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Adopted 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Standards for Out-of-State Institutions Wishing to Offer Teacher Education or Education Leadership Programs
LAC 28:IX.305
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Requires licensed educational institutions wishing to offer teacher education or education leadership prog...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Standards for Licensed Day Care Centers
H.B. 1016
Makes revisions to current law regarding standards for licensed day care centers, describes the duties of the Department of Children and Fam...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Health and Safety Rules and Regulations for Approved Non-Public School Three-Year-Old Programs
LAC 28:LXXIX.Chapter 30
2011 H.B. 373 authorizes approved nonpublic elementary schools to offer prekindergarten instruction to 3-year-olds. New provisions provide r...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Scholarship
H.B. 926
Provides for guidelines and procedures permitting the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission to receive and consider ACT and SAT ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | State Scholarship Program Eligibility for Students in Armed Forces
H.B. 945
Revises eligibility provisions for students who enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students. Pro...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Literacy Screenings in Grades K-3
LAC 28:CXV.2307
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: LEAs must require every child enrolled in grades K-3 to be given a state board-approved literacy screening...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Definitions of Elementary, Middle and High Schools
H.B. 149
Defines grade levels for various schools: elementary schools are composed of any span of grades prekindergarten through grade eight; middle ...
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Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Enrollment of Foster Care Youth
H.B. 269
Amends current law to allow a child who is in foster care to remain enrolled in the public school in which the child was enrolled at the tim...
| More... |
STEM |
Passed 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Attracting and Graduating More Postsecondary Students in STEM Fields
S.R. 120
Request that the board of regents develop a strategy to attract more students to, and graduate more students from, the state's colleges and ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retirees
S.B. 19
Clarifies that provisions related to the employment of retirees apply to:
(1) Retired members who return to active service as P-12 substitut...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Evaluations
LAC 28:CXLVII.Chapters 1-9
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session required that BESE develop, adopt, and promulgate all rules...
| More... |
Technology--Internet Safety |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Internet and Cell Phone Safety Instruction
H.B. 236
Requires school boards to provide age and grade appropriate classroom instruction for educating children regarding child Internet and cell p...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions
H.B. 976
Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of educat...
| More... |
Choice of Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Choice and Voucher Program
H.B. 976
Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to s...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Charter Schools Application, Authorization and Evaluation
H.B. 976
Amends the application process for charter schools and provides for a new type of chartering authority, known as local charger authorizers. ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Tax Rebates for Nonpublic School Scholarships
H.B. 969
Authorizes a rebate for certain taxpayer donations to nonpublic school tuition organizations to fund scholarships for qualified students. Qu...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Authorizing Online and Other Course Providers
H.B. 976
Requires the state board of education to create a process for authorizing course providers, including online or virtual providers, postsecon...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performan...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Compensation
H.B. 974
Addresses salary schedules for teachers and all school employees. Salary schedules for teachers, administrators and other certified staff wi...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Louisiana Early Childhood Education Act.
S.B. 581
Requires the state board of education to create a comprehensive and integrated network through which to manage and oversee all programs fund...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Reduction in Force and Dismissals
H.B. 974
Requires school boards to adopt policies that delegate reduction in force to local superintendents to dismiss teachers and other employees. ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure, Dismisal and Evaluation
H.B. 974
Eliminates teacher tenure for new employees hired after July 2012. Teachers rated highly effective for five years within a six-year period w...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | School Board Member Leave Time
H.B. 454
Grants certain types of leave by a city, parish, or other local public school board; provides relative to the requirement that the board gra...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. | Higher Education System Reorganization
S.B. 266
Transfers the University of New Orleans to the University of Louisiana System. Addresses facilities, resources, funds, obligations, and func...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Vetoed 07/2011 |
P-12 | Student Discipline Policies
S.B. 67
Relates to the discipline of students. Adds restorative justice practices to options for disciplinary measures when students are removed fro...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Student Participation in Athletic Programs
H.B. 31
Revises academic standards for student participation in interscholastic athletics. Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Educ...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Community Outreach Plans
S.B. 216
Requires the superintendent of the Recovery School District (New Orleans) to develop a community outreach plan to engage parents and communi...
| More... |
Attendance--Compulsory |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance and GED
H.B. 95
Indicates that a child who is at least seventeen years of age and who, after successfully completing a program established by the State Boar...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Corporate Donations to Charter Schools
H.B. 421
Addresses corporate donations to charter schools. Discusses enrollment preferences and membership on the governing or management board of a ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter Schools -- Beginning of Operations
S.B. 43
Allows a chartering authority to alter the time period within which a charter school must begin operation. A charter school, once approved, ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Approvals
S.B. 142
Revises statute: Prior to the consideration of a charter school proposal by any local school board or the state board, each charter applican...
| More... |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Drivers's Education
H.B. 534
Relates to driver's education programs. Consolidates all driver's education programs and instruction under the Department of Public Safety a...
| More... |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Immersion Programs
S.B. 104
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and implement a process to certify foreign language immersion educ...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Community Colleges and Economic Development
S.C.R. 61
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to work with the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to study the two-year coll...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary and Workforce Development Study
H.C.R. 66
Urges and requests the Board of Regents, the Department of Revenue, and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to report and share information a...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12 | K-12 School Funding Formula
H.C.R. 130
Provides for legislative approval of the formula to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary...
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Governance--School Boards |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12 | Substitute Teaching by School Board Members
H.C.R. 145
Urges and requests all members of city, parish, and other local public school boards to voluntarily substitute teach in a public elementary ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12 | Study of State Superintendent Selection
S.C.R. 87
Urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process by which to select a state superintendent of e...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Sports Injury Management Program
H.B. 364
Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned a...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Concussions by Student Athletes
S.B. 189
Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sus...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | College and Career Readiness Commission
H.B. 79
Changes the name of the High School Redesign Commission to the College and Career Readiness Commission and changes its membership.
http://w...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Study of Dual Enrollment Programs
H.C.R. 23
Urges and requests the Board of Regents and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study jointly the source, nature, and a...
| More... |
P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Readiness Assessments
H.B. 100
Amends and reenacts existing statute relative to school readiness assessment. Provides relative to school readiness tests, inlcuding the sel...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Preschool Programs at Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 373
Authorizes certain nonpublic schools to develop and offer prekindergarten instruction and indicates the minimum age at which children enter ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Study of Higher Education Institutions
H.C.R. 30
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to study the provision of public postsecondary educational opportunities, to establish the appropria...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Revises LA Grad Act - Peformance Agreements
H.B. 549
Revises the Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act (LA GRAD Act) to provide for additional operational autonomies to be ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | LA Graduation Act Performance Audits
H.B. 560
Requires audits of information submitted by such Board of Regents institutions as indication of achievement of performance objectives under ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Shared Vision for Higher Education in Louisiana
H.C.R. 121
Urges the Louisiana Board of Regents to aggressively and fully implement its previously established admission standards, those standards the...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | College Scholarship Requirements
H.B. 589
Revises high school core curriculum requirements for students to be eligible for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students awards.
http://www...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Tuition Dispartity Study
H.C.R. 110
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to study the disparity in tuition charged at public four-year universities as compared to their Sout...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Tuition Exemption for Military Members
H.B. 232
Revises current statute on providing tuition exemption for family members of a member of the Louisiana National Guard.
http://www.legis.stat...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | College Tuition/Fee Increases
H.B. 526
Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts at institutions under ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Creates New Community College
S.B. 69
Creates the Northshore Technical Community College. Addresses the management, supervision, operation of the institution. Address program off...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Governance Study
H.C.R. 184
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to create a commission to study the governance, management, and supervision of public postsecondary ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Military |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | College Credits for Military Personnel
H.B. 500
Awards educational credits to a student enrolled in a public college or university, who is also a veteran, for courses that are part of the ...
| More... |
School Safety--Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Student Discipline -- Seclusion and Restraints
S.B. 59
Relates to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities. Provides definitions and c...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reporting of Employee Arrests
H.B. 311
Requires a school employee to report his arrest for certain sexual offenses involving minors, other crimes, and instances of child abuse or ...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Remedial Education Commission
H.B. 419
Creates the Remedial Education Commission to review the relevant data and recommend best practices and strategies for identifying and assist...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College | Digital Textbooks and Materials
S.B. 165
Increases the availability and use of electronic and digital textbooks and other digital instructional materials at community and technical ...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Adopted 03/2011 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention and Recovery
LAC 28:CXV.1118
Revisions to Bulletin 741 changes the percent of cohort graduation rate from 70 to 80%. Additionally, the policy requires districts to 'post...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | Options for High School Dropouts
S.B. 701
Students under the age of 18 who dropout prior to graduation and are ruled to be truant would be required to exercise one of the following o...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | Local School Board Authority
H.B. 942
Addressed the prohibitions on the involvement of members of local school boards in personnel matters with respect to the hiring, firing and ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | Broadcast of State Board Meetings
H.B. 403
Requires live broadcasts over the Internet of State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings. The meetings must be recorded and ...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | High School Curriculum
H.B. 1029
Provides for Free Enterprise as an elective course rather than a prerequisite to high school graduation. Requires inclusion of Free Enterpri...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | Student Conduct and Discipline
H.B.1239
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt rules and regulations relative to the physical abuse of ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations
H.B. 1033
The bill links the evaluations of teachers and school administrators to student growth. The legislation requires student growth to count fo...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Exclusion of Student Data in School Accountability
S.B. 112
Prohibits inclusion of performance data related to students educated in office of juvenile residential centers, justice detention centers, o...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School/District Performance Letter Grades
H.B. 925
In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | High School Graduation/Droput Data
S.B. 753
Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Adult Education
S.B. 297
Eliminates the division of adult and community education within the Dept. of Education and transfers the responsibility for adult education ...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Community College | Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1055
Students who are 16 to 18 years old and are enrolled in an adult education program shall be considered to be in compliance with the school a...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | State Assessment Program
S.B. 83
Relates to the test type options as part of the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Beginning with the 1998-1999 2010-2011 school year...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Alternative Schools and Programs
H.B. 1225
Relates to approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of certain alternative schools and alternative education progra...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Attendance Policies
H.B. 421
Prevents a city, parish, or other local public school board from denying admission or readmission to students of suitable age who resides wi...
| More... |
Attendance--Compulsory |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Attendance Policies
S.B. 309
Revises compulsory school attendance, and habitual student absence or tardiness policies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocume...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Exams for Career/Tech Students
S.B. 490
Relates to xaminations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum and a career diploma. Requires that construction of end-o...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Charter School Reviews and Approvals
S.B. 344
Revises charter school review and approval process.Provides relative to the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school p...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Charter School Approvals
H.B. 1487
Updates and revises duties and responsibilities of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education when reviewing and approving a prop...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Charter School Approval and Renewal
H.B. 962
Revises the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school proposals and renewal of charters.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/b...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Charter School Funding
H.B. 420
Provides the use of certain local revenues for computing and allocating the per pupil amount provided to all charter schools. Removes provis...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School Choice Program for Special Needs Students
H.B. 216
Establishes a school choice pilot program in certain parishes for certain students with special needs the opportunity to attend schools of t...
| More... |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Dating Violence Instruction
H.B. 46
Requires that each school year the governing authority of each public school shall 10 provide to students in grades seven through twelve enr...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Community College | Workforce Training Programs
S.B. 712
Allows the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, with the approval of and in coordination with the Board of Regents, to ...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education Performance Agreements and Flexibility
H.B. 1171
Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act; provides for performance agreements between the Board of Regents and public post...
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School Waivers from Regulations
H.B. 1368
Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to exempt districts from various laws and regulations pertaining to educati...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards--Training |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School Board Training
H.B. 488
Requires each member of a local public school board to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of training and instruction during the first year ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | State Superintendent Qualifications
H.B. 251
Provides that the state superintendent shall possess certain minimum qualifications at the time of appointment by the State Board of Element...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Early High School Graduation
S.B. 553
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt, by the 2010-11 school year, a policy whereby students a...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Uniform Grading Scales
H.B. 433
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a uniform grading sc...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Homeschool Diplomas
S.B. 798
A high school diploma awarded by a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will be deemed by al...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Home-schooled Students and Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 303
Allows home-schooled students to participate in high school interscholastic athletics. Provides definitions, eligibility requirements, and ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Fraudulent Postsecondary Degrees
S.B. 94
Relates to a fraudulent postsecondary education degree; to create the crime of the unlawful production, manufacture, distribution, or posses...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Tuition Exemption Program
S.B. 182
Revises Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, including for Louisiana National Guardsmen. The TOPS is a tuition exemption program.
http:/...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 1491
Revises the academic standards for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award with respect to the high school core curriculum requireme...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarship Eligiblity for Career/Technical Award
S.B. 486
Revises Taylor Opportunity Program for Students requirements for students to receive a TOPS-Tech Award. For any student graduating from high...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec. | Need-based Financial Assistance
S.B. 505
Create the Louisiana GO Grant need-based financial assistance program. Outlines eligibility requirements for student participation in the pr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec. | Board of Regents Responsibilities
S.B. 538
Clarifies the powers, duties, and functions of the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards. Requires institutiona...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Classroom Management and Student Discipline
S.B. 527
Requires local school districts to provide certain classroom management training to school personnel. School master plans must make provisio...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Restraints
H.B. 405
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt guidelines for the use of seclusion, physical restraint, and mechani...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Bullying and Code of Conduct
H.B. 1458
Each board shall conduct a review of the student code of conduct and amend such code as may be necessary to assure that the policy prohibiti...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Academic Profiles
H.B. 486
Requires school guidance counselors employed in public high schools to complete an academic profile for each student in the ninth grade. Out...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher and Principal Certification
H.B. 974
Relates to teacher certification requirements; to provide relative to the employment experience necessary for certain principals to be exemp...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Out-of-state Teacher Certification Requirements
S.B. 728
Reduces the number of years of experience needed by an out-of-state certified teacher from four to three years to qualify for a Louisiana te...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Electronic Textbooks
S.B. 533
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to make every effort to ensure that electronic versions are available for eve...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 04/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Scholarship/Grant Programs - TOPS
LAC 28:IV.1009, 1011, 1013, 1015, and 1017
Aligns the certification requirements of the TOPS Tech Early Start Award with those for the Early Start Award such that high schools are res...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Teacher Certification Programs
LAC 28:XLV.501, 601
Stipulates that for continued state approval, public and private higher education institutions and private providers that offer teacher cert...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Adopted 09/2009 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
LAC 28:CXV.2319
Amends rules relating to high school graduation requirements. Provides students the opportunity to complete requirements for the senior proj...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Reporting Requirements for School Funding
H.B. 821
Requires districts to provide uniform data collection and reporting for how finance formula funds are spent on certain students and activiti...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Vetoed 07/2009 |
P-12 | Low-performing Schools
H.B. 495
Specifies criteria that exempts a school from being transferred to the state-run Recovery School District, even if the school is low perform...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Charter School Caps and Funding
H.B. 519
Relates to charter schools; removes the cap on the number of charter schools that can be created; provides relative to the fee that a school...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education System Review
H.B. 794
Creates the Postsecondary Education Review Commission; provides for a comprehensive review of all aspects of the postsecondary education sys...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Transfer and Articulation Policies
S.B. 285
Provides for a comprehensive system of articulation and transfer of credit between and among public secondary and postsecondary educational ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Safety Policies
H.B. 688
Creates the crime of unlawful disruption of the operation of a school; provides that the crime includes the commission of intimidation or ha...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Assault on Teachers and Faculty
H.B. 274
Relates to the crime of assault on a school teacher; provides that the definition of school means any public or nonpublic elementary, second...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Foster Care Students and Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 590
Requires public school governing authorities to ensure that children in foster care are allowed to remain enrolled in the same public school...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Foreign Teachers and Retirement System
H.B. 112
Relates to the State Teachers' Retirement System; provides that foreign teachers holding J-1 visas who are teaching in a public school in th...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program
H.B. 282
Reauthorizes the early intervention program for at- risk children and their families in certain parishes. The purpose of the program shall b...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Improving Graduation Rates
S.B. 316
Provides for comprehensive approach to improve graduation rates and ensure college and career readiness for high school students. Provides f...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Truancy and Tardiness Policies
H.B. 731
Spells out policies for habitual absence and tardiness of students, including penalties for violations by parents and legal guardians or cus...
| More... |
Attendance |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Attendance for Military Family Students
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Allows excused absences for students for visitation with a parent who is a member of the Armed Forces or the National Guard of a state and s...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Background Checks and Disclosure Requirements
H.B. 741
Addresses the hiring of employees by local public school boards and the disclosure of information of certain instances of sexual misconduct,...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Career Option Program
S.B. 259; H.B. 612
Provides for the high school career option program consisting of an academic major and a career major; requires students in grades 9 through...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Charter School Policies
S.B. 146
Relates to the review of proposed charters, conversion of local school facilities, and enrollment of students; allows a charter school to be...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Charter School Policies
H.B. 187
Revises provisions related to two types of charter schools (primarily those converted from preexisting schools), including approval and stud...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Physical Ed. Requirements
H.B. 400
Requires public schools to provide a specified amount of physical activity each school day for students in specified grades; provides for th...
| More... |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Fitness Assessments
S.B. 309
Provides for physical fitness assessments in schools. It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to ass...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Beverage/Nutrition Policies
H.B. 767
Relates to sale of beverages in public high schools; retains present law but deletes the requirement that beverages offered for sale to publ...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Nutrition Programs
H.B. 193
Makes several changes to existing school nutrition programs.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665461...
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Parent/Family |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
P-12 | Tax Credit for Parental Involvement Time
S.B. 194
Provides for a tax credit against the corporate income tax and the corporation franchise tax for employers who allow parental involvement in...
| More... |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Online Course Tuition
H.B. 771
Authorizes the state Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors to equalize tuition for online courses.
http://www.legis.st...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Transfer and Articulation Policies and Programs
H.B. 568
Provides certain guarantees to students with associate degrees who seek to enroll in public postsecondary education institutions that offer ...
| More... |
Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Promotion/retention policies
H.B. 179
Prohibits using test scores as the sole criteria for determining student promotion to the succeeding grade; deletes the requirement that the...
| More... |
School Safety |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Guidelines for Expelled Students and their Parents
LAC 28:CXV.1309
Specifies the offenses for which expelled students and their parents or guardians shall have enrolled in and participate in an appropriate r...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Discipline
S.B. 223
Provides relative to the removal of students from the classroom for certain inappropriate behavior and for parental notification and involve...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Records and Suspension/Expulsion
H.B. 545
Requires principals of public schools where a student was enrolled to release the student's records to a public or nonpublic school which is...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Foreign Teacher Certification
H.B. 621
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide for the type of certificate held by foreign associate teachers, ce...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Working Conditions |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Bill of Rights
LAC 28:CXV.519
Provides for the immunity and legal defense of teachers. Provides for the rights of beginning teachers. Provides for the distribution of the...
| More... |
Standards |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Pre-K-12 Technology Standards
LAC 28:LXXV.Chapter 1
Amends rules relating to technology standards for Pre K-12 classes. Reflects changes in the skills students need to learn effectively and ad...
| More... |
Accountability |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | District and State Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 611, 1101, 1501-1505, 1701-1707, 2401, 3905, 4311
Amends rules relating to the School, District and State Accountability System. Implements fundamental changes in classroom teaching by helpi...
| More... |
Middle School |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Carnegie Credits for Middle School Students
LAC 28:CXV.2321
Amends rules relating to the Carnegie credit for middle school students.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v115/28v115.doc...
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Assessment |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Revisions to End of Course Tests
LAC 28:CXI.1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817
Amends rules relating to statewide assessment standards and practices, specifically, End of Course Tests (EOCT).
http://doa.louisiana.gov/...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | State LEAP Alternative Assessments
LAC 28:CXI.Chapter 19, 1901 to 1925
Amends rules relating to LEAP Alternate Assessments.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v111/28v111.doc#_Toc222644588...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 02/2009 |
Postsec. | College Scholarships for Private and Homeschooled Students
LAC 28:IV.103, 301, 504, 701, 703, 803, 1001, 1401- 1409, 1413-1417, 1705, 1901
Amends rules relating to scholarship and grant programs. Allows eligible nonpublic high school and home school students to participate in th...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Alternative Certification for Math Professionals
LAC 28:CXXXI.348
Amends rules relating to math for professionals certificates. Allows individuals with pure mathematic or science backgrounds the opportunity...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 12/2008 |
P-12 | Guidelines for English Proficiency
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4001
Establishes reasonable guidelines for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students to achieve English proficiency. Allows districts to focus li...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 11/2008 |
P-12 | Career and Tech. Course Offerings and Standards
LAC 28:CXV.2373
Relates to agricultural education. Updates career and technical course offerings to be more aligned with national standards.
http://doa.lou...
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Governance |
Approved by voters 11/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Limit to State Education Board and Board of Regents Membership
Amendment 1
To provide for term limits for members of the State Board of Elementaryand Secondary Education, the Board of Regents,
and other state boards...
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Promotion/Retention |
Adopted 11/2008 |
P-12 | Student Promotion/Retention
LAC 28:28:XXXIX.503, 1301
Modifies the 8th grade waiver policy with additional criteria to be considered for requirement to pass state test to be promoted to 9th grad...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Alternative Assessment Results
LAC 28:LXXXIII.3905
Amends rules relating to the school, district and state accountability system. Relates to the inclusion of alternate assessment results for ...
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High School |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Pre-GED/Skills Option Program
LAC 28:CXV.2907
Amends rules relating to the PreGED and Skills Option Programs and spells out requirements for districts.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/2...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Course Credits for Middle Schoolers and for Military Service
LAC 28:CXV.2321, .2325
Amends rules to allow students who are repeating the eighth grade because they have scored Unsatisfactory on the Mathematics and/or English ...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
LAC 28:LXXIX.2109, .2313, .2323, .2329, .2331
Amends rules relating to high school graduation requirements. Aligns the graduation requirements with the new requirements approved for publ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 09/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Early Start Program Scholarships and Grants
LAC 28:IV.
Establishes emergency rules relating to scholarship and grant programs. Allows eligible nonpublic high school and home school students to pa...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Issued 08/2008 |
P-12 | Council on Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Executive Order 64
Reestablishes the Governor's Advisory Council on Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities within the Executive Department, Office of Safe...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 | High School Graducation Requirements for Math
LAC 28:CXV.2319, 2353
Amend rules relating to the high school graduation requirements for mathematics. For incoming freshmen in 2008-2009 and beyond, the 24 units...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 | Out of State Teacher Certificates
LAC 28:CXXXI.305, 309
An Out-of-State (OS) Certificate, valid for a three year period, is not renewable. It is issued to a teacher who has completed an out-of-sta...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Student Attendance and Driver's License
S.B. 275
Authorizes the denial or suspension of a driver's license or learner's permit of a minor who is not enrolled in or has not completed school ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Academic Crisis Schools
H.B. 909
The recovery district shall retain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it for academic crisis purposes for a period of not less than...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Assistance to Low-performing Schools
S.B. 582
Requires the state Department of Education to develop a program that provides for early identification of low performing chools that are at ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2008
H.B. 1091
Provides that before a student between the ages of 17 and 18 may drop out, the student and student's parent must attend an exit interview, i...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Integrated Services for At Risk Students
S.B. 701
Provides for integrated case management through the use of No Wrong Door; relates to disadvantaged children and their families; relates to s...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Habitual Truancy and Habitual Tardiness
H.B. 1133
Revises provisions related to habitual truancy and habitual tardiness. Requires a student's parent to enforce the student's attendance at th...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1007
Provides that background checks must indicate whether a person has been arrested for a criminal offense. Eliminates provision that record of...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | TOPS-Tech Award
H.B. 1278
Amends provisions of law related to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students Tech Award (TOPS-Tech Award). Effective with the 2009-2010 ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1105
Provides that Type 2 charter schools approved by the state board after July 1, 2008 must receive a per pupil amount each year as provided in...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | School Choice Options
S.B. 447
Allows the parent or legal guardian of a student assigned to attend a school in a Recovery School District the option to enroll their child ...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront
H.B. 1069
Requires the board of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA) to develop a plan to enter into cooperative agreements...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Financial Literacy and Education Commission
S.B. 405
Creates and provides for the Financial Literacy and Education Commission; provides for membership, powers and duties; relates to education o...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Opportunities
S.B. 549
Requires, by a specified time, that all children attending public schools shall have the opportunity to study the critical languages in addi...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Workforce Development
H.B. 1104
Terminates the Department of Labor and transfers its duties to the State Workforce Commission. Provides for the integration of workforce dev...
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Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Public Benefit Corporations
H.B. 1054
Authorizes city, parish, and other local public school boards to create public benefit corporations and enter into contracts for the improve...
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Health |
Issued 07/2008 |
P-12 | Abstinence Education
Executive Order 22
(Executive Order No. BJ 08-21) Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Governor's Program on Abstinence to promote abstinence...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Universal Early Childhood Program
S.B. 286
Provides for phased in universal access to the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program and for participation by non-school system provi...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Parental Information Requests and Complaints
S.B. 440
Requires public schools to provide parents or guardians with information regarding making complaints or requesting information; provides for...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | TOPS Eligibility
H.B. 1075
Renames "Tuition Opportunity Program for Students" (TOPS) scholarship program as "Taylor Opportunity Program for Students." Provides that qu...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Authority To Establish Tuition & Fees
H.B. 734
Authorizes the public postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and mandatory fee amounts for resident students; provid...
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Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Grants for Grads Program
H.B. 1156
Establishes the Grants for Grads Program and the Grants for Grads Fund for assistance to college graduates in the purchase of their first ho...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Dyslexia Screenings
S.B. 719
By January 30, 2009, requires the state board to implement a pilot program to provide universal screening of students in grades prekindergar...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Body Armor on School Property
H.B. 1153
Prohibits a student or nonstudent from wearing or possessing body armor on school property. Defines "school" as any elementary, secondary, h...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Vetoed 07/2008 |
P-12 | Statewide Educational Facilities Authority
S.B. 632
Creates the Statewide Educational Facilities Authority in the department of education to provide funding, coordination, assistance and overs...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Passing Vehicles in School Zones
H.B. 1367
Prohibits passing other motor vehicles in school zones during posted hours. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=504...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Academically Unacceptable School Plans
H.B. 463
Relates to schools that have been labeled academically unacceptable or failed schools for which a school board has not presented or implemen...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Absences for Children of Active-Duty Parents
H.B. 200
Provides that a child whose parent is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard and such parent has been called to duty for or...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Workforce Training Rapid Response Fund
H.B. 1018
Establishes the Workforce Training Rapid Response Fund. Authorizes the board of supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Renewal Period
H.B. 349
Changes the charter school renewal period. Replaces existing 10-year renewal period with renewal period ranging from three to 10 years. http...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Maximum Number of Charter Schools
H.B. 321
Increases the limitation on the number of charter school proposals that can be entered into by all chartering authorities from 42 to 70. htt...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Transporation
S.B. 475
Requires charter schools receiving transportation services from a local school board to reimburse the board for the cost of providing such t...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program
H.B. 1347
Creates the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program. Defines "covered district" as one that is found academically in crisis ...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Treasurer of School Funds
H.B. 305
Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain sc...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | School Board Member Training
H.B. 1256
Concerns training and instruction for public school board members. Makes board member training requirement four hours annually (formerly was...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Department of Education
H.B. 576
Re-creates the department of education; changes the termination date unless the department is again re-created; provides for the general re-...
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Health |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 |
P-12 | Information on Human Papillomavirus
H.B. 359
Requires school boards to provide information on human papillomavirus and immunization against it to the parents of students in grades 6-12....
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Immunization Compliance Reports
H.B. 184
Requires the chief administrators of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprie...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Vaccinations
H.B. 178
Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires students to provide evidence of vaccination against meningococcal disease as a condition ...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Immunization against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
H.B. 581
Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires each person entering the sixth grade in any school in the state to present evidence of im...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Immunization Reports
H.B. 187
Requires all public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the dep...
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Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Suicide Prevention Training
H.B. 719
Requires in-service training for teachers, school counselors, principals, and other school administrators in suicide prevention; provides th...
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High School |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | High School Redesign Commission
H.B. 721
Adds a member of the Nonpublic School Commission to the High School Redesign Commission. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocumen...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Enrollment
S.B. 482
Provides that any student enrolled in a Louisiana high school, at least 15 years old, in grade 11 or 12, and meets other criteria establishe...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Course Articulation for Dual Enrollment and Among Postsecondary Institutions
S.B. 537
Provides for the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive system of articulation of Carnegie units earned in a secondary school and co...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Duties of a Superintendent
H.B. 306
Makes provisions relative to certain duties of a local public school superintendent, including but not limited to serving as school board se...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Parent Participation in Rehabilitation or Counseling
H.B. 361
Provides that no student who has been expelled from any school for possessing weapons or drugs shall be admitted or readmitted to any public...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Personal Leave
H.B. 1325
Permits unclassified employees employed by a public postsecondary education management board to use up to two days sick leave each academic ...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Special College and University License Plates
H.B. 1240
Relates to special college and university license plates. Amends present law which requires a royalty fee for the use of an institution's de...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec. | Alumni Association Financial Statements
H.B. 1184
Provides that any alumni association, alumni foundation, or other private, nonprofit alumni organization that supports a public institution ...
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Privatization |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Prohibition on Contracting with For-profit Providers
H.B. 350
Relates to the Recovery School District; prohibits the RSD from contracting with any for-profit private provider for the general operation o...
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Religion |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Science Education and Instruction
S.B. 733
Creates the Science Education Act; relates to curriculum and instruction in public elementary and secondary schools; provides that, upon req...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Orientation on Disciplinary Rules and Student Conduct
H.B. 754
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, requires the governing authority of an elementary or secondary school to provide every student an ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Battery of a School Teacher
H.B. 757
For purposes of R.S. 14:34.3 and R.S. 38.2 relating to battery of a school teacher, extends definition of "school teacher" to include any te...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Teacher Paperwork
H.B. 657
Provides that no school employee can be required by any local public school board, the state board of elementary and secondary education, or...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Classroom Placement of Multiples
H.B. 1247
Permits a parent of more than one child born at the same birth event to request that such children initially be placed in the same classroom...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | School Bus Warranty Repair Work
H.B. 197
Authorizes school bus warranty repair work to be performed by repair facilities, authorized by the manufacturer or distributor, that are not...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Cell Phones and Bus Drivers
H.B. 402
Prohibit school bus operators from using cell phones while driving. Provides exceptions for enumerated emergency situations. Provides that a...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Crossing Railroad Tracks
H.B. 1362
Requires school buses, whether transporting passengers or not, and motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, to stop at railroad crossing...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Revision of Special Education Legislation
H.B. 1053
Provides for comprehensive revision of the educational opportunities for children with exceptionalities provisions. The following are the ma...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Relations between Students and School Employees
H.B. 574
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt regulations prohibiting interaction between a student and a school e...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 |
H.B. 672
Renames provisions of law providing for the rights of teachers to the Teacher Bill of Rights. Provides that teachers have a right to immunit...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Dual Retirement System Membership
H.B. 520
Relates to members of the School Employees' Retirement System; repeals the prohibition against being a member of two retirement systems. htt...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Teacher Exit Interviews
S.B. 548
Requires the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt rules requiring local school boards to conduct exit interviews for teacher...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12 | Teachers in Nonpublic Schools
LAC 28:LXXIX.303
Amends rules to revise Nonpublic Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for Nonpublic School Administrators. Allows teachers with master's degree...
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Assessment |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Online Assessment Data Systems and End-of-Course Tests
LAC 28:CXI.305 and 1801
Incorporates guidelines for usage of the statewide online assessment data systems and updates the names of content areas to be assessed thro...
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Assessment |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Revisions to State Assessment Policies
Bulletin 118
Amends several rules relating to the statewide assessment standards and practices for testing, including: testing security, administrative e...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education Courses
LAC 28:CXV.2377
Amends rules relating to the Entrepreneurship Content Standards Curriculum Framework. Updates and lists career and technical course offering...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Entrepreneurship Content Standards & Career/Tech
LAC 28:CXLIII.Chapters 1-5
Amends rules relating to the Entrepreneurship Content Standards Curriculum Framework. Discusses specific skills, traits, characteristics, ob...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Policies
LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1 thru 35 (Bulletin 126)
Amends rules relating to charter schools. Provides for the authorizing responsibilities of the Board, the application process, performance c...
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Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Income Tax Deductions
S.B. 5B
Grants an individual income tax deduction for tuition and fees paid to enroll a child in a parochial or private school, or any public elemen...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Ethics Education
H.B. 33A
Establishes qualification and education requirements for persons designated by state agencies to provide ethics education and information to...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Ethnics Education
H.B. 6A
Requires each public servant to receive a certain amount of ethics education and training during each year of his term of office or employme...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
LAC 28:I.Chapters 1-13
Makes various revisions to the code of conduct for the board of elementary and secondary education.
Pages 409-427: http://doa.louisiana.gov/...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 | Certification for Teachers and School Personnel
LAC 28:CXXXI.233
Relates to the practitioner teacher program alternative path to certification and minimum requirements. Revises program requirements. See Fu...
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Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12,
Community College | Teacher Recruitment and Preparation Program
LAC 28:CXXV.1501, 1701, 1901-1915 (Bulletin 121)
Amends rules relating to the Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) content standards curriculum framework. The STAR curriculum is designed t...
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High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | GED Testing Program
LAC 67:III.5595
The Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support establishes the GED Testing Program as a new TANF Initiative. Pursuant to Act 18...
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High School--Exit Exams |
adopted 01/2008 |
P-12 | Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.303, 305, 312, 315, 701, 1351, and 1355
Amends chapters of Bulletin 118 - Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices relating to test security, assessment program overview, and g...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905.
Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
LAC 28:CXV:2319, 2341, 2353, 2361, and 2363
Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning curriculum and instruction. Makes the following chan...
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Middle School |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Carnegie Credit for Middle School Students
LAC 28:CXV.2321
Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning the Carnegie Credit for Middle School Students. Prov...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | School Health Forms
LAC 28:CXV.1145
Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Approval of Teacher Education Programs
LAC 28:XLV.205 and 207
Amends sections of Bulletin 996 - Standards for Approval of Teacher Education Programs. Clarifies the process of moving from second-stage ap...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:CXI.2007, Bulletin 118
In accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has amended Bullet...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program
LAC 67:III.5591
Establishes the Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program to increase retention of at-risk students, capture out-of-school youth in nee...
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Attendance |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance, Exit Exams
LAC 28:CXV.1103, 2323, and 2324
Makes changes to Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators:
1103: Allows students in danger of failing due to excessive a...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Business Manager and Constitution Day
LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305
Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators.
503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Certificate Renewal Guidelines
LAC 28:CXXXI.507
Amends section 507 of Bulletin 746, Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, concerning VTIE, CTTIE, and CTTIE-1 Certificates ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Out-of-Field Authorization to Teach
LAC 28:CXXXI.325
Amends a section of Bulletin 746, Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, concerning out-of-field authorization to teach (OFA...
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Accountability |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 | Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313
Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII).
Revises section 603 to i...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
LAC 28:CXXV.Chapter 1
Consolidates and improves upon regulatory language regarding supplemental service providers. ...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 | Distance Learning Standards
LAC 28:CXV.2395
Amends Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators in order to update distance learning standards. ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Approved by voters 10/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System
Ballot No. 3
(Ballot No. 3: LAS127 2007) Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no benefit provision for members of any state retirement sys...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Approved by voters 10/2007 |
P-12 | Retirement Benefits
Ballot No. 3
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no benefit provision for members of any state retirement system having an actuarial cost...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | CTE Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.Chapter 23
Updates career and technical education course offerings so that they are more aligned with national standards. Pages 6-8 of 79: http://www.d...
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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | Duration of Foreign Language Specialist Certificate PK-8
LAC 28:CXXXI.311
Allows the Foreign Language Specialist Certificate PK-8 to be valid for six years due to changes in the visa requirements. Page 10 of 79: ht...
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No Child Left Behind |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | Complaints Related to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
LAC 28:CXV.349
Establishes procedures for the department of education to handle complaints on issues related to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ...
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Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Issued 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Pay Increase for Employees in Unclassified State Service
E.O. 15 and 17
Executive Order 15: http://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/15ExecOrderStateEmployeePay.pdf
Executive Order 17 amends Executive Order KBB 2007...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | School Librarians
LAC 28:CXXXI.673
Revises the requirements for add-on certification as a school librarian to allow three years of successful experience as a school librarian ...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | School Counselor Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.659
Revises the requirements for add-on certification as a school counselor. Allows three years of successful experience as a school counselor t...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 | Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions
LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905
Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111:
• §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 poin...
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Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Vetoed 07/2007 |
P-12 | Tuition Tax Credit
S.B. 45
Grants a non-refundable credit against individual income tax for elementary and secondary education tuition in an approved parochial and pri...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Code of Governmental Ethics
H.B. 493
Provides that the state board of ethics must, on a regular basis, offer training on its computerized data management system, as well as educ...
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Leadership |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 | Standards for Educational Leaders in Louisiana
LAC 28:CXXXVII.Chapters 1-5
Creates the Educational Leader Standards guide to identify the knowledge, skills, performances and dispositions of effective educational lea...
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P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | School Readiness Tax Credits
S.B. 361
Grants school readiness tax credits to individuals for child care expenses of children five and under, to child care providers, to child car...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Minimum Scores on Specified Tests
H.B. 634
Provides relative to minimum scores on specified tests that are required of certain home study students to be eligible for Tuition Opportuni...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Student Expulsion
S.B. 265
Changes mandatory expulsion periods for certain student offenses; provides for student participation in appropriate rehabilitation or counse...
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School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Prohibited Sexual Conduct Between Educator and a Student
H.B. 969
Creates the crime of prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student who is at least 17 but less than 19; provides that such cri...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retired School Bus Drivers
S.B. 60
Provides for reemployment of retired school bus drivers; provides for contributions and employer reporting requirements. http://www.legis.st...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | School Bus Crossing Control Devices
H.B. 157
Requires every school bus to be equipped with a crossing control device by January 1, 2008. Requires the state to reimburse local school boa...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Universal Dyslexia Screening for K-3 Students
S.B. 160
Directs the state board, by the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year, to implement a pilot program to provide for universal screening of K...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 | Extended Endorsement License (EEL)
LAC 28:CXXXI.314
Allows for the issuance of an Extended Endorsement License (EEL) to individuals who hold standard state teaching certificates (Level 1, Leve...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Reemployment of State Retirees
S.B. 96
Relates to reemployment of state retirees; provides reemployment privileges to any member of this system who retired pursuant to an early re...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Tax Credit for Teachers Returning to Katrina-Struck Districts
H.B. 847
Provides for a $1,000 individual income tax credit in 2007 and 2008 for teachers re-employed by a school board in certain parishes which hav...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Recovery School District Procurement of Services and Property
S.B. 154
Grants the Recovery School District the same authority to procure services and property afforded to a city, parish, or other local public sc...
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Assessment |
Adopted 06/2007 |
P-12 | Integrated LEAP and Accommodations for Special Populations
LAC 28:CXI.1709-1729, 3306, and 3307
Provides information regarding addition of achievement level descriptors for iLEAP, which causes a reformatting of a chapter. Adds language ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 187
Gives permanent status to truancy and assessment and service centers (which were initially established through a pilot program). Deletes lan...
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Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Visual and Performing Arts
S.B. 299
Requires the state board of elementary and secondary education to develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a visual arts curric...
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Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Health and Physical Education Coordinator
S.B. 362
Directs the state department of education to hire a health and physical education coordinator not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 ...
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Curriculum--Sex Education |
Enrolled 06/2007 |
P-12 | Evaluation of the Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence
H.C.R. 200
Requests the department of health and hospitals to provide for an evaluation of the Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence by an externa...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | The Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program
H.B. 595
Provides that the name of the program for LA 4 classes is "The Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program". http://www.legis.state.la.us/b...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Project Return Post-Release Skills Program for Recently Released Offenders
S.B. 308
Authorizes the department of labor to establish or to contract with service providers or community service organizations to establish a comp...
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Students |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Legislative Youth Advisory Council
S.B. 46
Establishes the Legislative Youth Advisory Council as an initiative under the administration of the state commission on civic education. Pro...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Out-of-State Certified Teachers in Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 188
Provides that any teacher who holds a valid out-of-state teaching certificate, has at least four years of successful teaching experience in ...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Adopted 05/2007 |
P-12 | Administrator Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.240, 703, 705, and 707
Changes the type and level of the teaching certificate required to be certified as an Educational Leader Level 1 (entry-level license requir...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 | District Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4301, 4302, 4310, 4311, 4313, 4315, 4503, and 4517
Replaces District Responsibility Index with District Responsibility Indicators to provide a more specific picture of how districts are to be...
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Special Education |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 | State Textbook Adoption
LAC 28:XXXIII.301, 303, 319, 503, 723, and 2001
Amends textbook adoption processes to come into compliance with U.S. Department of Education approval of IDEA, 2004. Directs that the state ...
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Assessment |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | Statewide Assessments
LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19
Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information....
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | Participation in Alternate Assessments
LAC 28:XCVII.905
Clarifies guidelines for the participation in alternate assessments for students with disabilities who cannot participate in regular assessm...
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Background Checks |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | Sexual Misconduct Involving a Student
LAC 28:CXV.501
Requires any district, prior to hiring any employee, to request from the applicant's current or previous employer any documentation regardin...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | High School Coursetaking
LAC 28:CXV.2319
Adds Database Programming with PL/SQL, Java Programming, Database Design and Programming and Digital Media I/II to the computer/technology c...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | Handbook for School Administrators
LAC 28:CXV.337, 1121, 2301, 2319, 2321, 2357, 2363
Clarifies that grade 8 students wishing to take a course for high school credit must as a course prerequisite demonstrate mastery of the eig...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Scholarship/Grant Programs--Natural Disaster
LAC 28:IV.703, 705, 803, and 805
Amends to incorporate Acts 64 and 65 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 concerning the TOPS initial and continuing eligibility requi...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35
Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.307, 409, 515, 703-707, 3905, 4001, and 4527
Makes changes to the state accountability system to take advantage of new and existing flexibility outlined in guidance for No Child Left Be...
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No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | State Assessment System
LAC 28:CXI.Chapter 17 and 20
Adds new language in Chapter 17 regarding statewide assessments. Updates Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) (Chapte...
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Special Populations--Military |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Certification of ROTC Instructors
LAC 28:CXXXI.408
Allows the issuance of an ancillary ROTC certificate to an individual who has retired from the active duty in the military or who has been o...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | School Performance Score Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 303
Transition made to new accountability system that includes iLEAP and Graduation Index. Page 1: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0611/061...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | School Performance Score Goal and Disaster Considerations for the School and District Subgroup Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 4527
Adjusts accountability policy to more effectively address conditions imposed by the hurricanes of 2005 and implementation of a new testing p...
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Adult Basic Education |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | Adult Education Content Standards
LAC 28:CXXIX.Chapter 1-11
Raises accountability levels among adult education programs and ensures similar concepts are taught at appropriate educational levels throug...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Issued 11/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Bond Allocation and Student Loans
E.O. 46
Provides an allocation from the 2006 ceiling to be used to finance student loans which, if the student meets certain timely payment requirem...
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Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Compliance Monitoring Procedures
LAC 28:XCI.107, 109, and 309 (Bulletin 1922_
Reverts back to having the state board rather than the state superintendent withhold federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities E...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Minimum PRAXIS Scores for Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.241
Aligns PRAXIS PPST scores with those of the University of Louisiana System in score requirements for reading, writing and math, effective Ju...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | ACT/SAT Scores for Teacher Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.243
Allows prospective teachers to use ACT composite score of 22 or SAT combined verbal and math score of 1030 as alternative to taking PRAXIS I...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Standards for Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.Chapters 1-10 (Bulletin 746)
The first update in many years. Identifies all certification guidelines for Louisiana school employees and administrators. Pages 1-52 of 133...
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Finance--District |
Approved by voters 09/2006 |
P-12 | Prohibiting Legislative Mandates on Local Boards
Amendment 9
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no law, unless enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legisla...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Approved by voters 09/2006 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Investment in Stocks
Amendment 10
Proposes an amendment to the constitution to authorize the investment in stocks of up to 35% of the state-funded permanently endowed funds o...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Approved by voters 09/2006 |
P-12 | Central Community School System
Amendment 8
Proposes a Constitutional amendment to grant to the Central Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted pa...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapter 45
Designed to address the impact of natural disasters on schools/districts ability to meet the objectives of the accountability system. Create...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.2319, 2377, and 2387
Updates Career and Technical course offerings to make these more aligned with national standards. Pages 3-5 of 55: http://www.doa.louisiana....
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | Louisiana Educational Leaders Induction (LELI) Program
LAC 28:CXV.507
Clarifies eligibility requirements for issuance of Educational Leader certificates allowing more effective implementation of new Educational...
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Private Schools |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | Approval of Nonpublic Schools
LAC 28:LXXIX.109 and 303
Specifies the process for obtaining school approval, including how long schools must be in existence before they can apply for approval. Cha...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Trade and Industrial Education Curricula
LAC 28:CXXVII.Chapters 1-7
Updates Career and Technical course offerings to be more aligned with national standards. http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0607/0607RUL....
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Exception to Nepotism Policy
H.B. 675
Allows an immediate family member of a school board member or of a superintendent in a parish with a population of 26,000 or less to be prom...
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Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Student Mental Health
H.B. 234
Requires local public school boards to adopt policies prohibiting teachers from:
(1) Recommending that a student be administered a pyschotro...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Community College | Early College/Dual Enrollment
S.B. 749
Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, facul...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1082
Requires local boards, prior to hiring any employee, to sign sign a statement that:
(1) Provides procedures for the disclosure of informat...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Technical Assistance to Small School Districts
S.B. 701
Requires the state board to provide technical assistance to any district with fewer than 5,000 students requesting assistance in determining...
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Curriculum--Family Living Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Adoption Awareness
S.B. 111
Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awar...
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Curriculum--International Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Geography Education
S.B. 489
Establishes in law a program to promote the value and importance of geography in schools through a committed and cooperative effort among ag...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission
H.B. 152
Increases the membership of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission to add nonvoting members chosen from state colleges and universit...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Quality Education Support Fund
H.B. 591
Increases limit on appropriations to Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Regents for administrative costs related t...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron
S.B. 32
Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Meningococcal Disease
S.B. 448
Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents ...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Meningitis Vaccination as Prerequisite for Course Registration
H.B. 154
Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a c...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Meningitis Vaccinations
H.B. 768
Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to ...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45
Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf
Changes define/outline/clarify the followi...
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No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Districts Academically in Crisis
H.B. 310
Repeals R.S. 17:10.6(C) and (D). Section (C) limited the power of local boards of districts identified as academically in crisis. Section (...
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P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | State Early Childhood Programs
H.R. 132
Requests the governor and commissioner of administration to include in the FY 2007-2008 executive budget additional funding for adequately s...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teachers Education Trust Fund Incentive Program
S.B. 737
Establishes the Teachers Education Trust Fund Incentive Program to provide additional financial incentives for qualified classroom teachers ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Former Foster Children
H.B. 1287
Provides tuition and fee exemptions at public postsecondary education institutions for persons previously in the state's foster care program...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Education Savings Accounts
H.B. 780
Relates to the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program. Provides for definitions and provides relative to the education saving...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Investment in Stocks
H.B. 830
Authorizes investment in stocks of portion of endowed funds of a public college or university. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamd...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Registration and Licensing Requirements
S.B. 186
Creates an additional exemption from registration and licensing requirements for colleges; exempts from registration and licensure any insti...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Board of Regents Authority
S.B. 530
Eliminates any authority for the board of regents to confirm the appointments of presidents of a postsecondary system or a college/universit...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Assault on a School Teacher
H.B. 1260
Provides that the crime of assault on a school teacher includes making statements threatening physical harm to a school teacher and requires...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Central Community School System
H.B. 815
Relates to deconsolidation. Creates Central Community School System and separate governing board as separate from East Baton Rouge Parish S...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Civil Immunity
H.B. 892
Provides for government immunity of the state and other political subdivisions during and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers
S.B. 539
Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | School Facilities Sales
S.B. 308
Authorizes the Recovery School District to sell, exchange, or lease school property or buildings over which it has the rights of ownership t...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | University/College Facilities Construction
H.B. 418
Defines "design and construction oversight" as (i) the right to review and approve plans and specifications prior to the start of constructi...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Juvenile Offenders
H.B. 187
Provides for incentive wages and work programs for juvenile defendants; provides that the office of youth developoment has control over all ...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | National Certified School Counselor Credential
H.B. 167
Extends the deadline from July 2007 to 2013 for certain school counselors to have obtained an initial credential from the National Board for...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Salary Adjustment for NBPTS-Certified Teachers
H.B. 175
Extends the deadline from 2007 to 2013 for teachers to have obtained initial certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan
H.B. 178
Provides for interruptions in Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) entry and DROP participation periods occasioned by Hurricanes Katrina a...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Payment of Benefits Not Due a Member
H.B. 1362
Provides relative to the Teachers' Retirement System with respect to payment of benefits not due to a member; provides further that the righ...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Rehired Retirees
S.B. 88
Allows any service retiree of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System to be rehired on a full-time basis, in any position covered ...
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Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Documents in Teacher Personnel File
H.B. 1184
Provides relative to documents placed in a school employee's personnel file on or before September 1987. Permits the school employee to rebu...
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Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Paid Leave to Attend Meetings
H.B. 800
Requires that a local school board employee be provided paid leave to attend meetings of certain public entities on which the employee serve...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Textbook Adoption
H.B. 1334
Makes the textbook review process (prior to statewide adoption) more citizen-friendly. Increases the time period allotted for review, the nu...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | High School/Community College Linkages
H.B. 1023
Requires the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to work with Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to imp...
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Curriculum |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) Curriculum Framework
LAC 28:CXXV.101, 301-317
Establishes Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) to serve as the one teacher preparation course ...
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School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Sex Offenders on School Property
H.B. 882
Defines acts that constitute the crime of unlawful residence or presence of a sex offender. Acts include:
(1) The physical presence of the...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Inmate Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs
H.B. 377
Provides with respect to treatment programs for inmates; encourages voluntary participation by inmates in certified treatment and rehabilita...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | National School Psychology Certification Board
H.B. 210
Extends the deadline from 2006 to 2013 for certain school psychologists to have obtained an initial credential from the National School Psyc...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | Hurricane Victim Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts
LAC 58:III.401
Provides for public employees placed on involuntary furlough or leave without pay (LWOP) due to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emerg...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan-Gulf Opportunity Zone
LAC 58:III.510
Allows distributions from public pension plan qualified underprovisions of Internal Revenue Code, Section 401(a). Made for retirees residing...
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Attendance |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Hospital/Homebound Instruction
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Establishes procedures for hospital/homebound instruction for a student who is enrolled in regular or special education and who, as a result...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | General Career and Technical Education Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.2377
Revises current course offerings, bringing them in line with current industry standards. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0604/0604RUL.pdf...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Educational Leader Certification Policy
LAC 28:I.903
Deletes the ISLCC School Leaders Portfolio as a requirement to move from a Level 1 to a Level 2 Educational Leadership certificate. Deletes ...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | District Adequate Yearly Progress
LAC 28:LXXXII.4301 and 4901-4911
Establishes and expands upon procedures for identifying districts not making adequate yearly progress (AYP), in accordance with R.S.
17:10.1...
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P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Early Childhood PK-3 Certification
LAC 28:I.903
Adds the Early Childhood PK-3 certification through the Practitioner Teacher Program alternate program structure. http://www.doa.state.la.us...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Out-of-State Certification
LAC 28:I.903
Requires an individual coming from another state, who is applying for a Louisiana teaching certificate, to have completed a teacher preparat...
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High School |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 | Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.312, 316 and 1351
Permits seniors who wish to retest for diploma endorsements to test during the fall retest. Provides guidelines and rules about administrati...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.107, 305, 307, 309, 313, 315, 701, 1101, 1115, 1141, 1151,1153, 1301, 1313, 1335, 1345, 1347, 1349, 1351, 1355, 1501, 1701, 1901, 2001,2501, 2701, 3303, 3305, 3307
Amends Bulletin 118--Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices.
(1) Revise the names of two of Louisiana's statewide assessment tests ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Authorizes the Office of Family Support to enter into Memoranda of Understanding or contracts to establish Truancy Assessment and Service Ce...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | Election of School Board Members
S.B. 2A
Delays from 2006 to 2007 the election of school board members in certain parishes and reduces from four years to three years the terms of th...
| More... |
High School |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Senior Projects
LAC 28:CXV.2320
Provides statewide policy and guidance for Senior Projects in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an Academic Endorsement. Requires ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) Participation for Katrina/Rita Victims
S.B. 48A
Allows the suspension and resumption of Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) participation for public school system employees terminated d...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Purchase of Service Credit
LAC 58:III.401
Provides purchase of service credit for involuntary furlough or leave without pay due to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency. ...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Testing Students with Disabilities
LAC 28:XXXIX.503 and 1301
Revises high stakes testing policy for students with disabilities to meet federal requirements.
Page 39 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/o...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines
LAC 28:XCVII.901-907
Establishes guidelines for the participation of students with disabilities in alternate assessments who cannot participate in regular assess...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | General Education Exam and Students with Disabilities
LAC 28: CXV.2319
Allows the Superintendent of Education to waive the final component of the General Education Exam for student with disabilities if the Depar...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement for Graduation Credit
LAC 28:CXV.2319 and 2363
Allows Advanced Placement (AP) European History and American Government courses to meet graduation requirements.
Page 8 of 106 http://www.d...
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Leadership |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Certification of Out-of-State Principals
LAC 28:I.903
Authorizes certification as a principal in Louisiana of an individual who has an out-of-state certification as a principal.
Page 36 of 106: ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Eligibility for Hurricane Victims
H.B. 142A
Provides relative to Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) continuing eligibility requirements for the 05-06 academic year for pos...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Initial Eligibility for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Scholarships for Hurricane Victims
H.B. 143A
Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) awards for high school students di...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Summer School and Private Providers
LAC 28:CXV.2504
Allows students to attend summer school from private providers if the summer school applications from the private provider are approved by t...
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Private Schools |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Private Summer School Providers
LAC 28:LXXIX, Chapter 1-31
Relates to private schools. Adds programs of study and revises summer school policy.
Pages 8-34 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/...
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Special Education |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Monitoring Special Education Programs
LAC 28:XCI.101, 105-111, 301, 303-317, 507, and 509
These changes clarify that all local education agencies must be monitored, eliminates the exemplary category, and adds a new category called...
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Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Special Education Course Codes
LAC 28:CXV.2333, 2355, 2364 and 2369
Establishes new special education course codes that will allow students with disabilities and gifted and talented students to earn Carnegie ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Out-of-Field Authorities to Teach
LAC 28:I.903
Grants a school district the option of a two-year renewal of Out-of-Field Authorities to Teach (OFAT) for individual pursuing certification ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan Withdrawals for Hurricane Katrina Victims
H.B. 63A
Allows certain Hurricane Katrina victims to take in-service distributions from their Deferred Retirement Option Plan accounts; provides for ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 | State Employees' Retirement System and Hurricanes
H.B. 17A
Waives the first two months' interest on delinquent contributions due for August and September 2005 to the State Employees' Retirement Syste...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan Withdrawals by Hurricane Rita Victims
H.B. 120A
Allows certain Hurricane Rita victims to take in-service distributions from their Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) accounts; provides ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 | Retirement Benefits
H.B. 18A
Allows a member of any state or statewide public retirement system on involuntary furlough or leave without pay due to a gubernatorially dec...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Paraprofessional Math Credits
LAC 28:I.903
Reduces the number of credit hours required in mathematics from nine credit hours to six credit hours for those individuals seeking to meet ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | AYP and Sanctions for Underperforming Schools
LAC 28:LXXXIII.517, 1101, 1501, 1705, 2301, 3301, and 3303
Defines growth label changes for three-star schools. Defines the movement of three-star schools into Academic Assistance if performance sign...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 11/2005 |
P-12 | Recovery School District
H.B. 121A
Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery Sch...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | NCLB Assessment and AYP
LAC 28:LXXXIII.305, 509, 703, 3901-3905
Amends the accountability system calculations to take advantage of new flexibility in guidance for No Child Left Behind and address situatio...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 11/2005 |
P-12 | Class Size Ratio Exemption
H.B. 19A
Exempts LA 4 (prekindergarten) classes from class size ratio for the 2005-2006 school year if the district or charter school enrolled any st...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | Standards to Comply with NCLB
LAC 28:CXIX, Chapters 1-17; LAC 28:CXXIII, Chapters 1-21; LAC 28:CXXI, Chapters 1-13; LAC 28:LXIII.Chapters 1-19
Brings state content standards in science, social studies and mathematics into compliance with provisions in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 11/2005 |
P-12 | Minimum School Year
H.B. 21A
Exempts schools from minimum 180-day school year for the 2005-2006 school year. Authorizes the state board of education to adopt rules for ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 11/2005 |
P-12 | Minimum Instructional Time
H.B. 33A
Waives minimum instructional time requirements in the 2005-2006 school year for any city, parish, or other local public school or district t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | Exclusion from the Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program
LAC 28:XXXVII.507
Provides for the exclusion from the Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program for those teachers from other states who provide National Boar...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Issued 11/2005 |
P-12 | E-Rate Oversight Committee
Executive Order 104
Also referred to as Executive Order No. KBB 05-83. Authorizes an E-Rate Oversight Committee to work under the guidance of the Universal Serv...
| More... |
Attendance |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 | Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Re-establishes Truancy Assessment and Service Centers to identify, assess and intervene to ensure K-6 students attend school regularly. Whil...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarship/Grant Programs Hurricane Katrina Exceptions
LAC 28:IV.2103 and 2105
Establishes exceptions and deferments in certain state financial aid programs for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. http://www.doa.st...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 |
P-12 | Hurricane Katrina Distribution
LAC 58:III.510
Applies provisions of the United States Hurricane Katrina Tax Relief Act to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan accounts of retirees who hav...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Prohibits Hiring Those Convicted of Certain Crimes
H.B. 178
Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, city, parish, and other local public school boards and nonpublic schools and school systems f...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Community College | Technical Education
H.B. 505
Requires the commissioner of higher education, not later than August 16, 2005, to appoint or assign a person with appropriate expertise and ...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Vetoed 07/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Film Institutes
H.B. 797
Authorizes the creation of one or more film institutes by public institutions of higher education. Such institutes shall be nonprofit corpor...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Public Comment in Large Districts
H.B. 252
Exempts any school board in a parish containing a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more from the requirement that the school boa...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Employment and Removal of Superintendent
H.B. 429
Relative to the employment and removal of a superintendent of schools by a local public school board, provides for such employment pursuant ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. | Use of Tuition Opportunity Program at Out-of-State Colleges
H.B. 103
AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(5), to permit use of Tuition Opportunity Program for Students Opportunity, Performance, and Honors Awards ...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Alternative Assessments/Accomodations
S.B. 214
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(3), relative to alternative assessments for students with certain disabilities. Requires that, i...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | TOPS-Tech Early Start Awards
S.B. 355
AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3048.5. Establishes the TOPS-Tech Early Start Award as part of the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Student...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges
S.B. 84
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1871(A)(2), relative to membership of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges; to p...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Grants to Charter Schools
S.B. 239
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.10(A) and 3995(C). Authorizes charter schools to apply for and receive funding from the department to...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Louisiana Commission on Civic Education
S.B. 39
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 24:971(B)(1), 972(A)(18), (B) and (C), and 973(A)(1)(introductory paragraph), and to enact R.S. 24:972(A)(2...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Adoption Awareness
H.B. 777
Requires the inclusion of the topic of adoption awareness in middle or high school courses that include material related to family life, inc...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Health and Physical Activity Mandates
S.B. 146 (Sections K-
Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to:
(1) Encourage and motivate ...
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Finance |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Community College | Donation of Political Subdivisions' Surplus Computer Equipment
S.B. 218
Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public el...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | School Nutrition Program
S.B. 146 (Paragraphs A-J)
AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:197.1, relative to school nutrition programs. Applies to the sale of food and beverages in elementary and secondary ...
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High School |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | High School Redesign Commission
H.B. 434
Creates the High School Redesign Commission for the purpose of making recommendations for the development of statewide policies, guiding pri...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Principal Certification
S.B. 236
Provides that any principal who holds a valid out-of-state principal certificate, has at least four years of successful teaching experience ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Amends Core Curriculum for Scholarship Purposes
S.B. 19
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiii) and to enact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiv), relative to the Louisiana Tuition Oppor...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Homeschooled Student Access to State Scholarship
H.B. 120
Relative to initial eligibility for a Tuition Opportunity for Students Program (TOPS) award for a student certified by a parent (or court-or...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Zero Tolerance for Knives
H.B. 458
Requires a principal to immediately suspend a student who is found carrying or possessing a knife whose blade is 2 inches or longer. Also re...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Teach Louisiana First Program
S.B. 144
Amends reenacts R.S. 17:427.3(A), (B), (C), (H) and (I)(1), relative to the Teach Louisiana First Program. Revises the program by deleting t...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Louisiana Teachers' Homebuyer Program
S.B. 264 (multiple provisions)
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:427.4 and to enact R.S. 17:427.5. Establishes legislative intent to make teacher quality a priority, and...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Louisiana Qualified Teachers' Incentive Program
S.B. 264 (multiple provisions)
Establishes the Louisiana Qualified Teachers' Incentive Program as a special program for any eligible classroom teacher who agrees
to teach ...
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Finance |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Financially At Risk Districts
S.B. 307
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1351(A) and (B), 1352, 1353, and 1354, and to enact R.S. 17:10.1(C). Requires the state board to define ...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 03/2005 |
P-12 | School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII:4310 through 4313
Modifies provisions related to district subgroup component adequate yearly progress (AYP) indicators, district performance labels and distri...
| More... |
P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers
LAC 50:XV.8109
Adopts emergency rule establishing early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities under Early and Periodic Screening...
| More... |
Special Education |
Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
LAC 50:XV.Chapter 71
Establishes emergency rules to promote Health and welfare of Medicaid recipients and to maintain access to Early and Periodic Screening, Dia...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 10/2004 |
P-12 | Reading Competencies for Alternate Certification
LAC 28:I.903
Amends rules to add a requirement for demonstration of reading competencies by alternate teacher certification program completers. http://ww...
| More... |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Vetoed 07/2004 |
P-12 | Certificates of Attendance
H.B. 740
Provides for the awarding of certificates of attendance by the board of elementary and secondary education to any public high school student...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Controlled Substances Laboratory Near Schools
H.B. 1437
Prohibits the operation of a clandestine controlled substance laboratory on or within 1,000 feet of school property; provides penalties. htt...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Charter School Funding
S.B. 874
Provides for priority funding of type 2 charter schools which have been renewed for ten years. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CV...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Civic Education
S.B. 11
Establishes the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education. Establishes that the commission must: (1) Develop and coordinate outreach programs...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Physical Fitness in Schools
S.B. 871
Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies bene...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Retirement Systems
H.B. 1215
Requires persons who have or who are seeking to obtain a contractual or other relationship with a state or statewide public retirement syste...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Board
H.B. 229
Repeals requirement that certain local school board expenditures relative to travel and related expenses of school board members be in accor...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Standard School Health Forms
S.B. 826
Requires the secretary of the health and hospitals department to create an advisory board to establish a standard health form for schools, i...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program for At Risk Children
H.B. 956
Authorizes the creation of an early intervention pilot program in certain parishes, to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems ...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Extended Kindergarten For Disadvantaged Children
S.B. 301
Subject to appropriation, creates the Kindergarten Plus pilot program of classes, at least one in each of the state's eight regional service...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Disabled Firefighters and Spouses Scholarships
S.B. 641
Establishes program providing free tuition and waiver of fees and other charges, including room and board, for spouses of firefighters serio...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Education Financial Aid
S.B. 617
Requires the Board of Regents to develop and maintain a state student financial aid plan....
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Opportunity Program for Students
S.B. 435
Adds Agriscience I and II to the list of sciences that may be taken as part of the TOPS curriculum. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 |
Postsec. | Tuition Opportunity Program for Students
S.B. 209
Relates to the alternative means for determining residency for the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students for dependent students who gradu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. | Scholarships
S.B. 224
Relates to the Tuition Opportunity Program; provides for use of a program award by a student for any cost of attendance for such student at ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. | Northeast Louisiana Delta Learning Center
S.B. 785
Authorizes the Board of Regents to establish the Northeast Louisiana Delta Learning Center; provides for the use of the Swanson Correctional...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Student Hazing
S.B. 16
Defines "hazing". Requires local school boards to adopt, enforce, and post policies prohibiting the hazing of students in public elementary...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Arrest of Teachers
H.B. 445
Limits the authority of a justice of the peace to arrest a teacher in any public or private elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-t...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Employee Injuries
S.B. 51
Relates to school employee injuries. Specifies that sick leave with pay for any secretary, paraprofessional employee, school aide, teacher ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Medicaid Reimbursement to Schools
S.B. 493
Abolishes the Medicaid School-Based Administrative Claiming Trust Fund and provides for direct reimbursement of monies to public school boar...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Certified Guidance Counselor
S.B. 261
Authorizes employment of the immediate family members of a school board member or school superintendent as a certified guidance counselor of...
| More... |
Students |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Field Trips
S.B. 57
Requires every local board to establish criteria and limits for individuals, organizations and entities planning, organizing or promoting st...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | State Special School Teachers Leave
H.B. 763
Amends an earlier law that captures the savings from the abolition of extended sick leave for teachers. Uses the savings to increase teache...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Teachers Homebuyer Program
S.B. 879
Establishes the Louisiana Teachers' Homebuyer Program to encourage teachers to work in low-performing schools in disadvantaged areas, includ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Education Accountability
H.B. 1659
Defines "academically in crisis" district and "academically unacceptable" school. Requires state superintendent to notify the state board, t...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Juvenile Service Center Truancy and Assessment
H.B. 1527
Authorizes any parish in the state, not just pre-existing pilot program parishes, to create truancy and assessment and service centers. Loui...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Prior Criminal Record in Education Employment
H.B. 96
Allows the state board to disqualify an applicant for employment or for a license, permit or certificate for an occupation, trade or profess...
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Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Fees for Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts
H.B. 431
Increases certain fees imposed by the board of directors of the state school of math, science, and the arts. Increases maximum possible sec...
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Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Motor Vehicle License Plates
H.B. 246
Creates the Louisiana State University National Champions and Southern University Black College National Champions prestige license plates. ...
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Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Education Excellence Fund
H.B. 666
Provides relative to Education Excellence Fund amounts and related investment earnings credited to ineligible entities. Provides that fund
...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | State Employee Retirement
H.B. 58
Provides for early retirement for state employee retirement members with actuarial reduction of benefits; requires abolition of positions va...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Training for Members of Boards of Trustees of State Retirement Systems
H.B. 373
Defines "actuarial science". Provides for educational training for members of the boards of trustees of the state and statewide retirement ...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Legislative Auditor
H.B. 490
Notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the stat...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Special Education
H.B. 258
Specifies that children with exceptionalities enrolled in state-operated facilities and receiving special education services provided by the...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Employees
H.B. 1163
Permits city, parish, or other local public or nonpublic school systems to contract with local law enforcement agencies to provide for schoo...
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No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Education Accountability
H.B. 302
Makes amendments to distinguished educators program, which provides for the identification and limited-term assignment of educators to work ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Student Loans and Scholarships
H.B. 487
Establishes additional means for certain students to qualify for TOPS Opportunity, Performance and Honors scholarship awards. A student who...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Student Loans Scholarship
H.B. 257
Increases the membership of the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Student Loans and Scholarships
H.B. 32
Provides relative to student eligibility for Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarship program. Eliminates prov...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Student Tuition
H.B. 1474
Authorizes and sets limit on increases in tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts for students enrolled in technical community colleges...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Student Tuition
H.B. 486
Relates to education savings accounts administered by the state tuition trust authority; deletes the requirement that such accounts must be ...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Education
H.B. 899
Relative to private support of public higher education programs, to provide that certain nonprofit corporations are not public or quasi publ...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Initiatives Fund
H.B. 619
Provides for use of monies appropriated from the Higher Education Initiatives Fund; provides for transfer of funds to the Medical Assistance...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Admissions
H.B. 177
Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, exempts out-of-state persons (1) seeking admission to any college or university in the Louisiana...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teaching of Reading Coursework for Certification Candidates
S.B. 542
Eliminates requirement that the applicant have completed three semester hours in the teaching of reading for secondary-level certification, ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Sexually Violent Predators
S.B. 164
Existing law barred a sexually violent predator from living within 1000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Amendme...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Buses
H.B. 384
Provides relative to the use of visual stop indicator signals on school buses; includes requirements regarding when a school bus, which is n...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Special Education Advisory Panel
H.B. 213
Shifts authority for appointing special education advisory panel members from the department of education to the state board. Requires the ...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Counselors Guidance
H.B. 493
Includes guidance counselors holding appropriate ancillary certificates issued by the state department of education in definitions of person...
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Students |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Employment of Minors
H.B. 691
Bars minor age 16 who has not graduated from high school from working between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. before a school day, and minor age 17 from ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Retirement Systems
H.B. 1200
Requires each state and statewide public retirement system to submit its proposed annual operating budget to the Joint Legislative Committee...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Return to Active Service by Disabled
H.B. 982
Provides for the return to active service by any disability retiree. Eliminates requirement that returning disability retiree have retired ...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Prestige License Plates for Educators
H.B. 290
Deletes reference that any educator eligible to apply for a special prestige license plate be an "elementary or secondary" educator. Revise...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 05/2004 |
P-12 | Business Education Content Standards and Curriculum
LAC 28:LXVII.Chapters 1-9
Codifies rules relating to the business education content standards and the curriculum framework for Louisiana. Provides rules relating to t...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Advertising for Master Plan Goals
S.B. 629
Adds promotion of Master Plan goals to the Board of Regents authority to advertise and specifies postsecondary learning centers to advertise...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | State First Fund
S.B. 506
Relates to funds and funding; provides with respect to the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund.
The monies in this fund shall be used...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 05/2004 |
P-12 | Validity, Reinstatement, and Renewals for Certificates
LAC 28:I.903
Adds language for the implementation of Continuing Learning Units (CLUs) and High Quality Professional Development. Streamlines current poli...
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Accountability |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | School, District and State Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.303, 311, 1701, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2719, 2721, 3905, 4001, 4003, 4005
Adopts rules relating to the implementation of fundamental changes in the classroom by helping schools and communities focus on student achi...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | English Language Development Standards
LAC 28:Part LXXXV.Chapters 1-7
Adopts rules that contain English language development standards for limited English proficient students in each of the four domains of lang...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Course Offerings
LAC 28:I.901 (Sections 2.105.25 thru .27)
Adopts rules to revise current course offerings, bringing them in-line with current industry standards. Up-dates career and technical course...
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Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Textbook Adoption Policy for Home Study Program
LAC 28:XXXIII.517
Adopts rules to allow local education agencies (LEAs) to secure a deposit, equal to the replacement costs, for textbooks provided to student...
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Middle School |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | PRAXIS Exams and Passing Scores
LAC 28:I.903
Adopts rules to specify the exam and passing score(s) for the following certification areas: Business Education; Middle School Science; and ...
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No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Curricular Design for Exceptional Students
LAC 28:I.901
Repeals rules that address alternate assessment and curricular design for students with disabilities in special schools. Provides consistenc...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Student Tuition and Revenue Trust (START Saving)
LAC 26:VI.107, 305
Establishes emergency rules relating to the administration of the Student Tuition and Revenue Trust (START Saving) programs. Protects the we...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Discharge of Obligation for Scholarships and Grants
LAC 28:IV.911, 1111, 2105
Amends rules relating to discharge of obligation for scholarship and grant rules. ...
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Special Education |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Implementation of Children with Exceptionalities Act
LAC 28:XLIII.373, 449, 517, 519, 904
Adopts rules relating to the removal of the declassified Individualized Education Programs (IEP) and related definitions. Clarifies the resp...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Deadline Date for Completing Endorsements for Personnel
LAC 28:I.903
Adopts rules to extend the deadline from July 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004, for teachers to complete requirements for adding endorsements. All...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Approved by voters 10/2003 |
P-12 | Lottery Proceeds Fund to Education Foundation Program
Ballot Measure 9 (HB 583)
To require that monies in the Lottery Proceeds Fund be annually appropriated by the legislature for the minimum foundation program of educat...
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Governance |
Approved by voters 10/2003 |
P-12 | Authorizes State Board to Operate Failing Schools
Ballot Measure 4 (SB 225)
To authorize the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to supervise, manage, and operate any public elementary or secondary scho...
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P-3 |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
LAC 50:XV.Chapter 81
Establishes emergency rules concerning early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment program early intervention services for infants...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2003 |
P-12 | State Certification of School Personnel
LAC 28:I.903
Amends rules relating to all level K-12 certification areas. Amends the structure for underground programs for all level areas of art, dance...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
Postsec. | Scholarship/Grant Programs
LAC 28:IV.503, 507, 703
Establishes emergency rules amending the Scholarship/Grant programs to allow the Louisiana Office of Student financial Assistance and state ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
Postsec. | Scholarship and Grant Programs
LAC 28:IV.301, 507, 509, 701, 703, 705, 803, 805, 1701, 1703, 1705, 1903, 2103, 2105
Amends rules relating to the scholarship and grant
rules. Provides definitions, application requirements,
testing deadlines, provisions of...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | School Rewards Fund-School Improvements
S.B. 231
Allows state board to provide for and department to use monies (remaining after department provision of all school rewards in school account...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Half Hour of Daily Physical Activity for Grades K-6
S.B. 398
Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 3...
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Finance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Reduction Limits
H.B. 573
Requires total dollar amount of reductions to appropriations from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund resulting from budget adjustm...
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No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Parental Involvement Program
S.B. 706
Provides for the establishment of a 2-year parental involvement demonstration program in local school systems, beginning with the 2003-04 sc...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. | TOPS Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
H.B. 1657
Concerns eligibility for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarship program. Specifies that current requirement that eligi...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. | Qualified High School Students for TOPS
H.B. 439
Changes from 2001-02 to 2003-04 the beginning year in which any student who meets all eligibility requirements can receive a performance rew...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. | Tuition Opportunity Awards
H.B. 549
Changes minimum ACT score for eligibility for the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarship from 19 to 20. Statute already...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. | Imposed Specific Tuition by Board of Supervisors
H.B. 401
Authorizes the LSU Board of Supervisors to impose specific tuition and attendance fee amounts for students attending LSA-Alexandria....
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. | Board of Regents-Tuition Plan
H.B. 1536
Authorizes the Board of Regents to study and formulate a state tuition and fee policy for public postsecondary education institutions....
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Requirements for Instructional Time for Schools
H.B. 457
Specifies that for the 2002-03 school year and thereafter, the requirements governing the minimum length of the school day and year do not a...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Students Possession or Use of Cell Phones or Pagers on School Property
H.B. 750
Effective beginning with the 2003-04 school year and thereafter, eliminates ban on student possession of cell phone or pager on school prope...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Teachers' Bill of Rights
H.B. 1342
Establishes the Teachers' Bill of Rights. The teachers' rights enumerated include: 1) The right to teach free from the fear of frivolous law...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | School Support Personnel--Extra Compensation
H.B. 1858
Provides relative to extra compensation for noncertified school support personnel in the event such compensation is not included in the mini...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Teach Louisiana First Program
H.B. 1923
Creates the Teach Louisiana First Program to reduce the shortage of teachers certified to teach certain subjects in public schools designate...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Critical Teacher Shortage Incentive Program
H.B. 1231
Relates to the Critical Teacher Shortage Incentive Program; changes definition of "newly certified teacher" for purposes of the program from...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Temporary Driver's License Revocation for School Disciplinary Infractions
H.B. 1686
Requires the principal of any public or private school to notify the office of motor vehicles when any student between the ages of 14 and 18...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Immorality Grounds for Dismissal of School Employees
H.B. 778
Adds a charge of immorality as a cause for dismissal of a teacher, bus driver, or permanent employee; defines immorality as conviction of a ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Members of Charter School Governing Boards and Compliance with Charter School Laws
H.B. 1309
Prohibits a charter school from employing any member of the governing or management board of such school. Prohibits more than 20% of the mem...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Free Enterprise Curriculum to Include Personal Finance
S.B. 38
Requires the free enterprise curriculum to include instruction in personal finance beginning with the 2004-2005 school year. States that per...
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Finance |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Charitable Gambling
H.B. 162
Repeals provision allowing only one parent-teacher association or booster club for each school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.as...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Minimum Foundation Pay Formula Resubmission
S.B. 578
Specifies that before approving the minimum foundation program formula, the legislature, by majority vote in both chambers of the legislatur...
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Governance |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Recreates the Department of Education
S.B. 83
Includes provisions to provide for the re-creation of the department of education and the statutory entities made a part of the department b...
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Governance |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Membership and Duties of State Advisory Commission on Teacher Education and Certification
S.B. 126
Increases membership on the state advisory commission on teacher education and certification from 11 to 13 members. Decreases from ten to ni...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Board Members May Not Coerce Decisions
H.B. 1905
Prohibits a school board member from acting in an individual capacity without the authorization of the school board to use his authority of ...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Training in Child Abuse Reporting
S.B. 797
Beginning May 1, 2006, requires every person graduating from any teacher preparation program in the state to have had instruction on laws of...
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Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Internet Operated Schools Are Included Proprietary
H.B. 456
Provides that schools which operate over the Internet are included in the definition of proprietary schools; increases membership of the adv...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | University Reciprocal Recognition of Courses
H.B. 1470
Provides relative to the articulation of courses among and recognition of course credit by public college and universities....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Discipline of Student With a Small Knife
S.B. 110
Previously adopted law required principal to immediately suspend student found carrying a knife the blade of which is at least 2 inches long...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers
S.B. 141
Requires a restriction which limits a person to operating only a school bus; provides that such restriction shall apply to a person who has ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Teachers-Medical Leave Sabbaticals
H.B. 846
Eliminates provision that teachers at regular and special public schools are eligible for medical leave sabbaticals only if they have 25 day...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Temporary Teacher Barred from Receiving Unemployment During Summer Vacation
S.B. 824
Clarifies that all those serving in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity, including temporary or uncertified teac...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Transfer of Failed School or Failed Charter to Recovery School District
S.B. 710
Specifies that any elementary or secondary school found academically unacceptable under the state school accountability system must be desig...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Expulsion Provisions for Students Found Guilty of Certain Drug Charges
H.B. 639
States that mandatory minimum 24-month expulsion of any student age 16 or older, or mandatory minimum 12-month expulsion of student under ag...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Testing Requirement for School Administrator Certification
H.B. 569
Requires, for initial certification as a principal or superintendent, the passage of an appropriate assessment instrument; authorizes the st...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Alternate Teacher Education-Requirements
H.B. 568
Clarifies that at least nine semester hours in the teaching of reading must be completed by anyone seeking certification at any level below ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Emergency Teaching Permits-Renewal Limits
H.B. 571
Limits the number of times an emergency teaching permit may be renewed to two times.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Special Schools Teacher Tenure
H.B. 567
States that existing provision barring teachers promoted to a higher position in a special school after from gaining tenure in such position...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
Postsec. | Exceptions to Initial and Continuous Enrollment Requirement in TOPS
LAC 28:IV.2103
Specifies that the exception in the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) to the initial and continuous enrollment requirements fo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Adopted 04/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Tuition and Revenue Trust (START Saving) Program
LAC 28:VI.107
Amends rules concerning the Student Tuition and Revenue Trust (START Saving) Program. Revises applicable definitions under the general provi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2003 |
Postsec. | START Saving Program
LAC 28:VI.315
Specifies that for the year ending December 31, 2002, the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Fund earned an interest rate of 5.82%, and...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Approved by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 | Exempts Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund from revenue reductions
Amendment 3
(ACT 1236-200, HB 507) Amends the Constitution to authorize the legislature to establish procedures determining projected deficits and budge...
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Postsecondary |
Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2002 |
Postsec. | Student Tuition and Revenue Trust, START Saving Program
LAC 28:VI.107
Establishes emergency rules to allow the Office of Student Financial Assistance to effectively administer the Student Tuition and Revenue Tr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 11/2002 |
Postsec. | Scholarship and Grant Programs
LAC 28:IV.301, 703, 803, 2103, 2105
Amends rules relating to the Office of Student Financial Assistance's Scholarship and Grant Programs....
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2002 |
Postsec. | Scholarship and Grant Programs
LAC 28:IV.301
Establishes emergency rules to provide definitions of terms concerning the Office's Scholarship and Grant Programs. LOUISIANA REG 8661 (SN)...
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No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Accountability Reporting
N/A
Accountability Reports: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp?I=PROF98)
1998-1999 Report Cards: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Notice that supplemental services application will be available on Web site October 18, 2002 with a November 15, 2002 closing date: (http://...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. | Increase tuition
HB 141A
An act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to increase tuition and n...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. | Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance Revenue Trust Program
SB 19A
Amends law that established Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance Revenue Trust Program (START), a mechanism for persons to establish savings...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. | Increasing tuition for certain programs
HB 136A
Act authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to establish certain progr...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Income Tax Credits for Child Care and Educational Costs
H.B. 238
Revises the individual income tax credit for child care expenses and educational costs....
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Naming of Athletic Field Houses
H.B. 138A
Authorizes the parish school board in certain parishes to name an athletic field house in honor of a former parish president and football di...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | School and District Accountability Rewards Fund
S.B. 14A
Reestablishes a dedicated fund to set aside funds for providing rewards to schools earning rewards pursuant to the accountability system. ht...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs
H.B. 21A
Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to atten...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 32A
Adds a judicial district to the truancy and assessment and service center pilot program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT5/OU...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Loans to Parish Districts
S.B. 110A
Authorizes the Zacary and Baker school boards to borrow money sufficient to meet its budget and expenditures for FY 2002-2003. http://www.le...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Immunization Tracking Registry
H.B. 91A
In section relating to immunization tracking registry, states that parental consent is to be considered general consent given for treatment ...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Enrichment Activity Classes
S.B. 33A
Revises early childhood development program for four-year-olds. Allows applicants to seek a waiver for the requirement of enrichment activit...
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Religion |
Vetoed 04/2002 |
P-12 | Voluntary Student Prayer in Bossier Parish
H.B. 22A
Forbids any public elementary or secondary school student in Bossier Parish to be prohibited from participating in voluntary, student-initia...
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Religion |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Silent Prayer or Meditation
H.B. 13A
Requires that school prayer or meditation be silent....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Traffic Control Devices
S.B. 52A
Requires traffic control devices at all public railroad grade crossings located within one-half mile of any elementary or secondary school; ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Probationary Period of Non-Teaching Employee
S.B. 35A
Reinstates provisions providing for the probationary period of a school employee who is promoted in a school system with a population of 425...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | District Consolidation
S.B. 65A
Allows parish governing authorities to consolidate certain precincts; relates to the redistricting and reapportionment of a parish, city, or...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Definition of "Resident" for Exceptional Child
H.B. 96A
Provides relative to the definition of resident as it applies to a child with an exceptionality. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Special Education Hearings and Appeals
H.B. 94A
Specifies procedures for hearings and appeals regarding the provision of special education and related services to children with exceptional...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 10/2001 |
Postsec. | Policies for Postsecondary Students Members of Uniformed Services
H.B. 13B
Provides for policies addressing academic issues of student members of uniformed services; prohibits undue penalties against student members...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Adult Education and Literacy Training Related to TANF Programs
H.B. 1759
Specifies that adult basic education and literacy training are within the definition of vocational education training for purposes of Tempor...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance Until Age 18
H.B. 19
, Requires with certain exceptions, persons having control of a child to send such child to school from the child's seventh birthday until h...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Charter Schools - Closure and Failure to Open Obligations
H.B. 1247
Requires charter schools that fail to open or that close for any reason to refund all cash on hand to the state or local school district....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec. | Tuition Opportunity Program for Students Reporting Requirements
H.B. 2012
Relates to Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides for a uniform information reporting system and for certain notifications to pa...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec. | Eligibility for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students
H.B. 1800
Relates to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides eligibility for TOPS-Tech and Opportunity awards for certain students who ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec. | Eligibility for TOPS Performance Awards
H.B. 1945
Permits certain high school students completing honors courses and having a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 to qualify for TO...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Student Attendance Fees
H.B. 2007
Authorizes each public postsecondary education management board to establish tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to stud...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Notification of Student Involvement with Juvenile Justice System
H.B. 1805
Amends and reenacts Children's Code Article 412(H)(1)(a), relative to notice to schools when students are involved in the juvenile correctio...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Leasing of School Buses
H.B. 1955
, Authorizes local school boards to lease school buses from their school bus operators under certain circumstances; provides an exception to...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Contracts Related to Professional Development Days
H.B. 1447
Deletes the provisions requiring teachers (contingent upon salary increases) to work an additional three days for staff development....
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Education Courses at Juvenile Facilities
H.B. 1638
, Provides for completion of educational courses, including a General Education Development course, or other programs offered at juvenile fa...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Programs for At-Risk Youth with Disciplinary Problems
S.B. 1035
Authorizes youth development and assistance programs for elementary students at risk of having disciplinary problems; requires parental invo...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Suicide Prevention Program
S.B. 792
Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools....
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Requirement for Background Checks
S.B. 117
Requires in a criminal history review of a school employee the reporting of all felonies and all offenses against a minor of which a person ...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Changes from Vocational Major to Career Major
S.B. 113
Changes references in the high school career options program from a vocational major to a career major and provides for program reporting re...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | At-Risk Student Enrollment in Charter Schools
H.B. 794
Relates to requirements for enrolling at-risk pupils in certain charter schools in certain parishes. For Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 charter ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Charter School Procedures and Litigation
H.B. 1282
, Relates to the chartering process for charter schools, procedures for application and budget submission to the State Board of Elementary a...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Enrollment in Adjoining School Districts
S.B. 1052
Authorizes the enrollment of a pupil in a school system adjoining his districted system when the transportation of the pupil equals or excee...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Instruction for Students in Personal Financial Management
S.B. 212
Authorizes local school systems to offer instruction in personal financial management to students, provided such instruction is integrated i...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Exception from Ethics Code for Former School Board Members
S.B. 221
Provides for an exception from the Ethics Code to allow former city/parish school board members to contract with, be employed by, or be appo...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Medicaid Trust Fund
S.B. 757
Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund For School-Based Services....
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Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | National Board Certification Eligibility for Administrators
S.B. 114
Adds school administrators as eligible to earn the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification salary adjustment of $ 50...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Universal Early Childhood Education for Four-Year Olds
S.B. 776
Establishes a program of universal early childhood education and care classes for four-year olds in any public school system that wishes to ...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Establishment of Learning Centers by Board of Regents
S.B. 829
Authorizes the Board of Regents to establish learning centers and to provide for their operation, management, and supervision.
The Board of ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | TOPS Eligibility for Students Graduation in Less than Four Years
H.B. 389
Prohibits a TOPS award recipient from being restricted or otherwise delayed in first using the award due to the student having graduated fro...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Louisiana Student Tuition Assistant Program
S.B. 690
Provides for administration of, participation in, and alternative investment options relative to the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Required ACT Score for TOPS Eligibility
S.B. 438
Lowers the required ACT score for a TOPS Tech award from 19 to 17, beginning with the 2000 - 2001 high school graduates....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Extension of TOPS Waiver Due to Course Unavailability
H.B. 818
, Extends through the 2002-2003 school year the time period for a TOPS waiver form meeting high school core curriculum requirements due to c...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Tuition and Attendance Fees
H.B. 2059
(Sub. for HB 1915) Permits public postsecondary education management boards to establish proportional tuition and mandatory attendance fee a...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Investments by Higher Education Institutions
H.B. 1322
, Relates to the investment of state funds; authorizes the investment of stocks or certain funds of institutions of higher education or thei...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Student Member of Board of Regents
S.B. 439
Changes the student member term of office to the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards to begin on June 1 or ea...
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Public Involvement |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Public Comment at Meetings
H.B. 15
Adds the requirement that every public body provide an opportunity for public comment at meetings, subject to reasonable rules and restricti...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Increase of Minimum Instructional Days
H.B. 458
, Increase the minimum number of instructional school days per school year in public elementary and secondary schools form 175 to 177....
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Requirement for Make-Up Days Due to Employees Failing to Appear for Work
S.B. 702
, Requires make-up days when school board closes school as the result of school employees threatening or failing to appear for work....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Crisis Management Plans
S.B. 115
Requires all schools to have a written crisis management and response plan in place by 1/1/02....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Zero -Tolerance Policies
H.B. 364
Authorizes local school boards to adopt zero-tolerance policies for disciplining students; includes certain requirements in such policies; c...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Salary Supplement for Counselors Meeting National Certification Requirements
S.B. 247
Provides for a salary supplement for certain school counselors who have met the requirements and acquired the National Board of Certified Co...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Exemptions for Student Information on Records
H.B. 29
Relates to public records laws; exempts public school students' names, addresses, and telephone numbers from such law; provides exceptions; ...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Timeframe for Transfer of Student Records
S.B. 118
Requires the transfer of student education records within 10 days of receipt of a written request by an educational facility....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retirees
H.B. 914
Repeals all "reemployment of retiree" laws and replaces them with one law allowing full salary and full benefits after the lapse of a 12-mon...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retirees
H.B. 1359
Adds the agency from which a member retired, any public school system, and any special education district to the list of employers where a L...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retirees
H.B. 1340
, Repeals all reemployment of retiree laws and replaces them with one law allowing full salary and full benefits after the lapse of a 12-mon...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Investigation of Improprieties in Administration of Standardized Tests
H.B. 482
Requires each city, parish and other local public school board to adopt a policy establishing uniform procedures for the investigation of em...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Charter School Provisions
H.B. 1401
Amends and reenacts R. S. 17:3997(A)(1), relative to charter school employees; to provide for the authority of a charter school to employ fa...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Hearings and Appeals for Special Education Students
H.B. 489
Provides procedural safeguards with respect to children with exceptionalities; to provide relative to procedures for hearings and appeals re...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Disclosure of Student Information Related to Juvenile Justice System
H.B. 856
Authorizes school boards to adopt policies to provide for disclosing information about students to officials within the juvenile justice sys...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Certification of Out-of-State Teachers
H.B. 221
Extends from one to three years the length of time for which certain out-of-state teachers are granted nonrenewable provisional teaching cer...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Creates the Critical Teacher Shortage Incentive Program.
H.B. 651
Creates the Critical Teacher Shortage Incentive Program. The program provides newly certified teachers who agree to practice in their profes...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
Postsec. | Reemployment of Retired Postsecondary Faculty
H.B. 18B
Removes the waiting period and lessons the earnings limit applicable upon reemployment of certain retired employees of colleges and universi...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. | Tax-Free Deposits
S.B. 81
Makes deposits to the START Tuition Savings Program exempt from state income tax and provides for direct deposit of state income tax refunds...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Pay Increases for Teachers and Faculty
H.B. 30B
Goal is to increase pay for elementary and secondary teachers in amount necessary (determined by legislature) to annually achieve statewide ...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Testing
S.B. 33A
Exempts certain testing instruments, test answers, and individual student test scores from the public records laws....
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Revision of the Proprietary School Law
S.B. 72A
Makes several changes to the "Proprietary School Law" including the fact that it allows for proprietary certificates to be good for two year...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Enrollment of Foster Children
S.B. 24A
Relates to school attendance; specifies that city and parish school boards must have a policy to place and educate foster children and may n...
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Finance--Litigation |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | TOPS Awards
H.B. 224A
Increases Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award amounts based on college performance for certain students who qualified for ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Opportunity Program for Students
H.B. 159A
Provides Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) eligibility for certain otherwise qualified students who graduated from high school...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Financial Support for Skill or Occupational Training
S.B. 97A
Permits recipients of the Tuition Opportunity Program, and Honors awards to pursue skill or occupational training, including a vocational or...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Assistive Techology
S.B. 87A
Specifies that local educational agencies are not responsible for replacing or repairing lost, stolen, or misused assistive technology devic...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Evaluation of School Personnel
S.B. 23A
Relates to the evaluation of school personnel; provides relative to the powers and duties of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Edu...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted |
P-12 | School Counselor Requirements
LAC 28:CXXXI.405 and 659
Revises requirements for K-12 school counselor certification and endorsements (to existing certificates). Requires the completion of a maste...
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