The following bills are scheduled to be heard on the Senate Floor on June 2 at 1:00pm:HB 97 - Cortez - Current law forbids anyone less than 15 years of age from participating in any component of a private driver's education class but allows students in 9th grade or above to participate in the classroom portions of such programs offered by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). Proposed law would allow students in 9th grade or above and within 90 days of their 15th birthday to participate in the classroom sections of private driver's education classes, as well as those offered by BESE and LDOE.
HB 251 - P. Smith - Requires the State Superintendent of Education, at a minimum, to possess at the time of appointment, the qualifications adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to be a superintendent in a local school district. The bill also authorizes BESE to establish additional qualifications for the State Superintendent.
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 519 - Cortez - Prohibits retirees from receiving retirement benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) during reemployment unless such retirees are reemployed as classroom teachers in grades K through 12 in the areas of mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, or special education.
HB 556 - Wooton - Eliminates present law prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun within 1,000 feet of a school. The proposed law would allow any holder of a concealed handgun permit to carry his/her handgun within 1,000 feet of a school while retaining the ban on concealed handguns in school buildings, on school property, or in a school bus.
HB 974 - Hoffmann - Allows an applicant who has met 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 f or at least one year. This legislation would extend this waiver to assistant principals who meet these qualifications as well.
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 the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) and other provisions.
HB 1093 - Fannin - Requires the Recovery School District to receive approval from the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for capital expenses and changes orders f or contracts that exceed $100,000.
HB 1180 - P. Smith - Permits local public school boards to use state funds to purchase instructional technology and related hardware.
SB 66- Morrel - Requires each charter school to give preference in its enrollment procedures to students residing within the neighborhood immediately surrounding the school, the geographic boundaries of which shall be determined by the school's chartering authority. Also requires charter schools to enroll no fewer than 30 percent of its students from within the boundaries of this area.
SB 391- Chaisson - Increases the amount of reductions of appropriations/allocations from the state general fund and dedicated funds in any fiscal year in which these two conditions occur: (1) a deficit is projected and (2) reductions of at least seven-tenths of 1 percent in appropriations from the state general fund have already occurred. The proposed constitutional amendment increases the amount of reductions of appropriations or allocations from 5 percent to 10 percent.
SB 392- Chaisson - Increases the amount of reductions of appropriations/allocations from the state general fund and dedicated funds in any fiscal year in which these two conditions occur: (1) a deficit is projected and (2) reductions of at least seven-eighths of 1 percent in appropriations from the state general fund have already occurred. The proposed constitutional amendment increases the amount of reduc tions of appropriations or allocations from 5 percent up to 10 percent.
SB 701 - Marionneaux - Requires persons who do not graduate from high school to serve a minimum of two years in the armed forces.
The following bills are scheduled for debate in the House Education Committee on June 3 at 9:00am:
HB 682 - Hardy - Requires a local school board to provide transportation to suspended or expelled students who remain under its jurisdiction in Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-approved alternative education programs.
SB 509 - Long - Includes the Louisiana S chool for Math, Science, and the Arts in the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP), classifying it as a public secondary education institution for the purposes of the MFP formula.
SB 568- L. Jackson - Authorizes training and instruction for school board members received at any conference presented by the National School Boards Association or by any regional school board association to meet pre-established professional development requirements.
The following bills are scheduled for debate in the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs on June 3 at 9:00am:
SB 743 - Broome - Revises the selection process for members nominated by school clubs and community organizations to the Legislative Yo uth Advisory Council and extends the deadline for that Council to submit an annual report to the governor from February 15 to May 30.
The following bills are scheduled to be heard on the House Floor on June 3 at 2:00pm:
HB 565 - Hardy - School bus drivers, whose first date of employment with the school system is July 1, 2010, or thereafter, will not be eligible for tenure (becoming permanent employees).
SB 302 - Appel - In addition to current performance labels given to public schools and school districts, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will adopt a letter-grade system corresponding to school and district performance scores. For example, a top-performing school would get an "A ."
SB 344 - Duplessis - Lengthens and revises the process that guides local districts in the review of charter school proposals.
The following bills are due for final passage on the House floor, subject to call:
HB 257 - Harrison - Requires local school boards to spend at least five percent of their gross proceeds collected from extracurricular athletic activities and programs to fund academic tutoring for student athletes in grades 5-12.
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.
SB 298- Donahue - Requires the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to broadcast its meetings over the internet and to archive such broadcasts.
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