The following bills are scheduled for final passage on the Senate floor on Monday, April 19.
SB 309 - Lafleur - Currently, parents or guardians are notified of their responsibility to ensure their child’s participation in school after habitual absence or tardiness through a conference. The proposed law would change the notification from a conference to a letter and would require this notification to be given "on or before" the third such absence or tardiness, rather than "upon" it, as present law requires.
SBs 444, 445, 446 and 447 - Lafleur - These bills repeal education pilot programs that are outdated and no longer in existence.
SB 448 - Lafleur - Repeals the requirement that the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), the Board of Regents, and postsecondary management boards develop an academic assistance program in public high schools for college-bound students unprepared for college work.
SB 492 - Nevers - Brings the governing boards of charter schools under the financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics Code.
SB 536 - Nevers - Creates the crime of simple burglary of a school. Simple burglary is the unauthorized entry of any facility with the intent to commit theft.
The following bills will be heard on Tuesday, April 20 during the House Committee on Education meeting at 9 am.
HB 251 - P. Smith - Requires the State Superintendent of Education, at a minimum, to possess at the time of appointment, the qualifications adopted by BESE to be a superintendent in a local school district. The bill also authorizes BESE to establish additional qualifications for the State Superintendent.
HB 399 - Pearson - Exempts local school boards from granting sabbatical leave requests during a fiscal year when the Legislature does not approve an increase of at least 2.75 percent in the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula.
HB 400 - Pearson - Exempts districts from being required to provide employees with extended sick leave during a fiscal year in which the Legislature does not approve an increase of at least 2.75 percent in the MFP formula. Present law requires districts to provide up t o 90 days of extended sick leave in each six-year period (for personal illness or illness of an immediate family member), even if an employee has no remaining regular sick leave balance.
HB 403 - Pearson - Requires BESE to broadcast all regular, special, and committee meetings over the internet and further requires all such broadcasts to be archived and made accessible for at least one year.
HB 405 - Dixon - Requires BESE to establish and adopt rules and regulations on the use of physical restraint and/or seclusion of students.
HB 425 - Hoffmann -Allows an applicant who has m et other requirements and has one year successful employment as an assistant principal in a Louisiana public school to be excluded from Praxis requirements. Currently, Louisiana waives Praxis requirements for an individual who has previously served as an out-of-state principal for at least four years and who has been successfully employed in Louisiana as a principal for at least one year. This legislation would extend this waiver to assistant principals who meet these qualifications, as well. This measure also authorizes the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE), with BESE approval, to establish and collect fees for certification services.
HB 633 - P. Smith - Increases period of paid sick leave for school support workers injured or disabled under certain circumstances. This proposed law would increase paid sick leave from 90 days to on e calendar year.
HB 1014 - Norton - Requires local school boards to provide planning time to each teacher -- a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day that is duty-free and a minimum of 45 minutes daily or its weekly equivalent. These planning times and lunch periods will not result in a longer school day. Current law states that the availability of state funding for this purpose is a condition for the effectiveness of the present law. This proposed measure removes the funding requirement of present law.
HB 1029 - Hoffmann - Deletes a course on Free Enterprise as a prerequisite to high school graduation and instead requires that Free Enterprise instruction be included in Civics. Expands the Civics requirement to one full year (except students who have already taken Civics and/or Free Enterprise). Makes the same changes to TOPS and other provisions.
HB 1225 - Dixon - Requires BESE to give written reports to the Legislature about the standards and criteria used to approve alternative schools and programs. Alternative schools are schools for K-12 students who have been suspended or expelled. The bill also provides guidelines for these reports.
HB 1239 - Dixon - Requires BESE to adopt rules and regulations to address the physical abuse of public school teachers and other school employees by students. The bill mandates that records be kept of such incidents, that teachers and other school employees be provided with approp riate protective equipment, that support services are provided to victims of such abuse, and that victims are given the opportunity to switch positions to avoid the student abuser.
The following bills will be heard on Tuesday, April 20 during the House Committee on Governmental Affairs meeting at 9 am.
HB 78 - Ligi - Transfers certain adjudications and hearings functions of the Departments of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Social Services (DSS), and Education (LDOE) to the Division of Administrative Law, except where the delegation of such functions and adjudications is specifically prohibited by federal law. Requires that DHH, DSS, and LDOE work with the Division of Administrative Law to complete the transfer to the Division of Adjudications and the personnel, equipment, furniture, and budgets related to handling such a djudications, no later than Jan. 1, 2011.
HB 665 - R. Jones - Transfers certain adjudications and hearings functions of the Departments of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Social Services (DSS), and Education (LDOE) to the Division of Administrative Law, except where the delegation of such functions and adjudications is specifically prohibited by federal law. Requires that DHH, DSS, and LDOE work with the Division of Administrative Law to complete the transfer to the Office of Adjudications and the personnel, equipment, furniture, and budgets related to handling such adjudications no later than Jan. 1, 2011.
HB 1006 - Harrison - Makes the Office of the State Superintendent of Education an elected, rather t han an appointed office. Calls for the State Superintendent to be elected beginning with the election of statewide elected officials in 2011 and requires that the State Superintendent shall have the qualifications and salary of statewide elected officials.
The following bills will be heard on Wednesday, April 21 during the House Committee on Education meeting at 9 am.
HB 50 - Chaney - Changes membership composition of textbook adoption committees and requires BESE to establish a new procedure for public inspection and review of textbooks under consideration for state adoption.
HB 177 - Pope - Requires the state to pay the cost of transporting students attending approved nonpublic schools.
HB 216 - Foil - Establishes the School Choice Pilot Program for certain students with exceptionalities in certain parishes, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Establishes program eligibility requirements for students and participating nonpublic schools. Mandates that program administration and implementation be performed by LDOE.
HB 561 - Baldone - Provides that certain educational diagnosticians, who hold a valid Louisiana teaching certificate, state educational diagnostician certification, and the Nationally Certified Educational Diagnostician (NCED) credential, are eligible to receive an annual salary supplement of $5,000 (subject to appropriation of funds).
HB 739 - Hoffmann - Pertains to employment of members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) who are retired. Present law states that the salary of any retiree who is reemployed as a full-time teacher will be based on the salary schedule based on prior years of teaching service and pertinent experience. This proposed law would provide that the salary of any retiree who is first reemployed as a full-time teacher, on or after July 1, 2010, will be negotiated and agreed to in writing by the retiree and the employer.
HB 1055 - Richmond - Eliminates the Division of Adult and Family Services within LDOE and transfers the responsibility for adult and family services programs from BESE to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS).
HB 1209 - R. Jones - Creates the Louisiana Educators Professional Practices Commission to investigate allegations of certain educator misconduct in schools. Grants the Commission authority to suspend and revoke teacher and principal certificates, subject to appeal by BESE.
The following bills are scheduled for House floor debate on Wednesday, April 21.
HB 303 - Henry - Allows students in state-approved home study programs to be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at high schools that are members of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The bill also outlines the guidelines and procedures for students seeking to participate, such as residency and consent from school pri ncipals.
The following bills are scheduled for House floor debate on Thursday, April 22.
HB 46 - Hutter - Requires public school governing authorities to provide 7th -12th grade students enrolled in Heath Education classes with age- and grade-appropriate classroom instruction relative to dating violence. Also provides guidelines for such instruction.
HB 388 - P. Smith - Current policy allows teachers to take a leave of absence of up to three years to teach at a charter school. During that three-year period, teachers would have the right to return to the district at any time. This bill removes the leave of absence provision from law.
HB 580 - P. Smith - Designates the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and the Louisiana Special Education Center as "Board Special Schools" (under the jurisdiction of BESE); authorizes such schools to share services and functions under certain conditions; and allows children with orthopedic impairments to enroll in these schools.
HB 1180 - P. Smith - Permits local public school boards to use state funds to purchase instructional technology and related hardware.
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