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HB128

HB128 Sponsored by Rickey Hardy
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Establishes minimum academic eligibility requirements for participation by certain students in interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities

HB182

HB182 Sponsored by Rickey Hardy
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Requires BESE to adopt rules and regulations to allow certain students to participate in graduation ceremonies
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Requires parents or others having control of a child entering kindergarten to submit certification that the child has been administered a vision screening (OR NO IMPACT EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Prohibits not promoting or graduating any student solely based on the student's performance on any LEAP tests, including the graduation test
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Effective date 6/29/05.

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Provides relative to alternative educational programs for certain adjudicated students and those in the custody of the office of youth development (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Latest Action: 06/24/2005 - HCSR1: Approved on 5/27/2005.

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Requests the House and Senate education committees to study the advantages and disadvantages of requiring the grouping of public school students by similar abilities or achievement levels for instructional purposes
Latest Action: 06/06/2005 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Provides for an extension of time to claim educational benefits for members of the La. National Guard who are on inactive ready reserve status. (OR -$307,632 SG RV See Note)

SB129

SB129 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Effective date 8/15/2005.

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Provides for expanded participation in the START program. (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Places three year moratoria on not promoting or graduating any student solely based on the student's performance on any LEAP tests, including the graduation test. (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Latest Action: 05/12/2005 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Commends the recipients of the 2005 Louisiana Young Heroes Award.

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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE to study the issue of harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students and to report written findings to the House and Senate education committees at least 60 days prior to the beginning of 2009 R.S.
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE, in consultation with the LHSAA, to study and make recommendations relative to minimum academic eligibility requirements for student participation in interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Effective date: June 25, 2008.

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Provides relative to the classroom placement of certain children
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Provides relative to academic eligibility requirements for participation by certain students in interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE to study and make recommendations relative to the state's participation in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Provides eligibility for certain home study students to participate in public school interscholastic extracurricular activities. (8/5/08)

SB447

SB447 Sponsored by Bill Cassidy
Latest Action: 07/06/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08.

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Requires the Recovery School District and local school boards that have transferred schools to the district to enter into cooperative agreements to allow students to enroll in schools under their respective jurisdiction under certain circumstances. (8/15/08)

SB304

SB304 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Provides relative to the use of corporal punishment in public schools. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Requires public schools to provide at least 30 minutes of physical activity each school day for students in the seventh and eighth grades

SB279

SB279 Sponsored by A.G. Crowe
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Limits, in specified circumstances, excluding certain students from extracurricular interscholastic athletic activities. (gov sig)