Bills Considered in the
Regular Session of 2018
(Status as of 4/12/2018)
HOUSE LEGISLATION
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| HOUSE BILLS | ||||
| HB13 | G.MILLER | Pending House Retirement | Sched. for 4/13/18 | |
| RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE FC) | ||||
| HB14 | P.SMITH | Pending House Retirement | Sched. for 4/13/18 | |
| RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to the reemployment of retired interpreters, educational transliterators, and certified educators of the hearing impaired in positions covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE APV) | ||||
| HB25 | PEARSON | Pending House Retirement | ||
| RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to participation of charter school employees in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE APV) | ||||
| HB74 | DAVIS | Pending Senate Health and Welfare | ||
| STUDENTS: Requires schools to provide information relative to influenza and immunization against the influenza virus (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB87 | JAMES | Pending Senate Education | ||
| STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to the definition of institution of postsecondary education for purposes of the La. Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (START) Program (EG NO IMPACT See Note) | ||||
| HB105 | STOKES | Pending House floor action | ||
| SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Allows certain Type 1 charter schools to act as their own local education agencies (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) | ||||
| HB161 | GAROFALO | Pending House Appropriations | ||
| TOPS: Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note) | ||||
| HB176 | LEGER | Pending Senate Health and Welfare | ||
| STUDENTS: Requires students who are entering eleventh grade or who are 16 and entering any grade to provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of school entry (EG NO IMPACT See Note) | ||||
| HB193 | COUSSAN | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Provides relative to funding for university laboratory schools (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB198 | SIMON | Pending Senate Finance | ||
| FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to distribution of funding from the Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) | ||||
| HB225 | STAGNI | Pending Senate referral | Sched. for 4/16/18 | |
| CURRICULA: Requires instruction in public high schools on prevention of shaken baby syndrome | ||||
| HB284 | P.SMITH | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Revises procedures relative to a student's inability to pay for school meals and a student's meal debt (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB294 | P.SMITH | Pending Senate Education | ||
| STUDENTS: Changes references to "at-risk" students to students who are "economically disadvantaged" throughout Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes | ||||
| HB306 | THOMAS | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS: Provides relative to foreign language immersion programs in public schools (EG NO IMPACT See Note) | ||||
| HB322 | FALCONER | Pending House Education | ||
| COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Requires public postsecondary education management boards to establish policies for forgiveness of outstanding student fee balances of certain students who have resigned and seek reenrollment (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note) | ||||
| HB337 | FOIL | Pending House Education | Sched. for 4/5/18 | |
| SCHOOLS: Requires public school governing authorities to develop policies relative to notifying certain school visitors of crisis management and response plans | ||||
| HB343 | S.CARTER | Subject to call - House final passage | ||
| TEACHERS: Provides relative to the statutory rights of teachers | ||||
| HB344 | S.CARTER | Notice given subject to call - House final passage | Sched. for 4/17/18 | |
| TEACHERS: Provides relative to the statutory rights of teachers | ||||
| HB347 | HILL | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Provides relative to sick leave granted to school bus operators and other public school employees in certain instances | ||||
| HB367 | PIERRE | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL: Provides relative to the State Seal of Biliteracy recognizing high school graduates who meet certain academic eligibility criteria relative to language proficiency | ||||
| HB387 | EDMONDS | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS: Revises the Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools | ||||
| HB396 | STAGNI | Failed House final passage | ||
| FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Increases individual sewage fees imposed by the office of public health (EG +$537,850 SG RV See Note) | ||||
| HB399 | G.CARTER | Pending House Education | ||
| TOPS: In the event of insufficient funding, provides for reducing or eliminating Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) awards based on certain academic and financial criteria and eliminating payment of certain stipends to students (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) | ||||
| HB413 | IVEY | Notice given subject to call - House final passage | Sched. for 4/17/18 | |
| TOPS: Creates a new Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award, the TOPS Transfer Award, and raises grade point average and ACT score required for initial eligibility for a TOPS Opportunity Award (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB414 | IVEY | Notice given subject to call - House final passage | Sched. for 4/17/18 | |
| TOPS: Raises grade point average required to maintain eligibility for the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Opportunity Award (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB418 | IVEY | Failed House final passage | ||
| STUDENT/TUITION: Authorizes public postsecondary education management boards to increase tuition and provides for limitations and exceptions (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note) | ||||
| HB487 | ZERINGUE | Pending House Appropriations | ||
| STUDENT/TUITION: Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB499 | P.SMITH | Involuntarily deferred in House Education | Considered 4/4/18 | |
| CURRICULA: Provides relative to sex education instruction in public schools (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) | ||||
| HB504 | REYNOLDS | Pending House Education | ||
| CURRICULA: Requires public school students to receive instruction in personal financial management (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) | ||||
| HB509 | G.CARTER | Pending Senate Education | ||
| EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Requires school boards to make presentations at public meetings relative to plans for schools in need of academic improvement (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB554 | P.SMITH | Involuntarily deferred in House Education | Considered 4/4/18 | |
| STUDENTS: Authorizes the state Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Health to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions | ||||
| HB565 | EDMONDS | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Considered 4/5/18 | |
| SCHOOLS/BOARDS: Provides relative to school board elections (OR NO IMPACT See Note) | ||||
| HB566 | REYNOLDS | Pending House Education | ||
| TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS: Provides relative to the review of textbooks and other instructional materials by the state Department of Education | ||||
| HB569 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Provides relative to education standards and related assessments | ||||
| HB570 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Provides relative to charter schools | ||||
| HB575 | NORTON | Substitute adopted on the House floor. Became HB895 | ||
| CURRICULA: Relative to safety, provides for instruction in public schools and public postsecondary education institutions, provides for reporting online content to school and campus security officers and local law enforcement agencies (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) | ||||
| HB587 | HOFFMANN | Pending House Education | Considered 4/11/18 | |
| TEACHERS: Provides relative to teacher tenure | ||||
| HB616 | HILFERTY | Pending House final passage | ||
| SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Provides relative to foods and beverages, other than school breakfast or lunch, offered in public schools | ||||
| HB625 | EDMONDS | Pending Senate referral | Sched. for 4/16/18 | |
| TEACHERS/LEAVE: Provides relative to maternity and adoptive leave for teachers (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB632 | HUNTER | Pending House Education | Considered 3/28/18 | |
| HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS: Requires the Board of Regents to develop and implement College Application Week | ||||
| HB638 | HUNTER | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Provides relative to disclosure and reporting requirements for certain arrests and incidents with respect to employment in public schools | ||||
| HB650 | FOIL | Pending House Appropriations | ||
| STUDENT/TUITION: Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB651 | HOFFMANN | Involuntarily deferred in House Education | Considered 4/11/18 | |
| TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Reduces the percentage of a teacher's evaluation that is based on growth in student achievement | ||||
| HB654 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Expands eligibility for the school voucher program | ||||
| HB655 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Provides relative to tenure for teachers and other school employees | ||||
| HB656 | EMERSON | Pending House Appropriations | ||
| STUDENTS: Provides relative to literacy screenings for students (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB663 | M.WHITE | Pending Senate Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS: Creates a commission to study the feasibility of consolidating the Washington Parish and Bogalusa school systems (EG NO IMPACT LF See Note) | ||||
| HB666 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/BOARDS: Provides with respect to the hiring of special counsel by school boards | ||||
| HB667 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides relative to school and district accountability | ||||
| HB670 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Provides relative to school choice | ||||
| HB671 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Provides relative to authorized payroll withholdings for professional organization dues and certain contracts with school boards | ||||
| HB672 | N.LANDRY | Pending House Education | ||
| TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Provides relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators | ||||
| HB693 | NORTON | Pending House and Governmental Affairs | Considered 4/11/18 | |
| SCHOOLS/BOARDS: Creates a legislative advisory task force on conducting of school board meetings (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) | ||||
| HB707 | JENKINS | Involuntarily deferred in House Education | Considered 4/11/18 | |
| TEACHERS: Revises processes for disciplinary action against nontenured and tenured teachers | ||||
| HB716 | LEGER | Pending Senate Education | ||
| STUDENTS: Provides relative to sharing of student information with certain postsecondary education institutions conducting academic research | ||||
| HB737 | REYNOLDS | Pending House Education | ||
| TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS: Increases time period that publishers have to respond to textbook reviews and provides relative to the local purchase of textbooks not reviewed by the the state Dept. of Education | ||||
| HB746 | G.CARTER | Pending House floor action | ||
| BESE: Repeals requirement that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meet quarterly in New Orleans relative to the Recovery School District | ||||
| HB755 | D.MILLER | Pending House final passage | ||
| SCHOOLS: Authorizes each public and nonpublic school governing authority to adopt a policy relative to the supply and administration of naloxone and other opioid antagonists | ||||
| HB758 | S.CARTER | Pending House Education | ||
| STUDENTS: Provides relative to the collection and sharing of certain student information | ||||
| HB786 | TALBOT | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Removes prohibition on the disbursement of state appropriated funds for the support of any privately provided for profit nutrition program administered by the state Department of Education | ||||
| HB793 | S.CARTER | Pending House Education | ||
| COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Prohibits hazing and requires policies and education relative to hazing | ||||
| HB796 | L.HARRIS | Pending House floor action | ||
| TEACHERS: Provides relative to the certification and employment in schools of certain persons convicted of felony offenses and the assessment of civil fines against public school boards who hire certain persons | ||||
| HB808 | JACKSON | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS: Provides relative to school crisis management and response plans | ||||
| HB842 | AMEDEE | Pending House Education | ||
| SCHOOLS: Requires daily recess for public school students in grades kindergarten through eight | ||||
| HB848 | LEOPOLD | Withdrawn from the files of the House | ||
| SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Provides relative to requirements for enrollment of economically disadvantaged students in charter schools for children of military personnel | ||||
| HB880 | COX | Pending House Education | ||
| STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Provides relative to student discipline | ||||
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| HCR11 | NORTON | Pending House Education | Considered 4/11/18 | |
| EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Requests that the state Dept. of Education include school-level and system-level data in annual report of status of health and physical education in public schools and that schools and school governing authorities respond to the department's survey relative to such report | ||||
| HCR12 | BAGLEY | Pending House Education | Sched. for 4/5/18 | |
| TEACHERS: Creates a task force to study issues related to teacher shortages in Louisiana (OR NO IMPACT See Note) | ||||
| HCR15 | JORDAN | Pending Senate referral | Sched. for 4/16/18 | |
| COLLEGES/SOUTHERN U: Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors submit a proposal to the Board of Regents for establishing an associate of applied science degree program in process technology and that the Board of Regents approve it | ||||
69 bills in HOUSE LEGISLATION