Below are updates on selected education-related bills up for consideration before the 2013 Legislative Session of the Louisiana Legislature:
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Provides for parent petitions relative to the transfer of certain schools from the Recovery School District back to the local school system |
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Delays implementation of certain teacher evaluation program requirements relative to termination proceedings and restricts use of evaluation results |
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Prohibits certain public high school students from being administered tests pursuant to La. Educational Assessment Program or the La. school and district accountability system with certain exceptions |
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Provides relative to the assignment of performance-based letter grades to public schools and school districts |
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Provides relative to the eligibility of nationally certified school teachers, counselors, and psychologists for specific salary adjustments |
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Provides relative to charter schools |
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Provides for the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program |
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Provides relative to performance-based scores and letter grades assigned to public schools and school districts |
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Requires the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt rules and regulations providing for parental choice relative to state standardized testing for students with disabilities |
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Provides relative to salary supplements for public school educational diagnosticians |
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Provides relative to the process for discharging, demoting, or disciplining a permanent public school teacher |
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Requires the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to adopt rules requiring high school students to complete at least one course offered by a BESE-authorized online or virtual course provider as a prerequisite to graduation |
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Creates and provides for Type 3B charter schools and provides for charter school funding |
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Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of certain students |
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Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study the feasibility and advisability of pursuing a residential charter school model in La. |
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Creates and provides for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board and school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. |
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Provides for empowered community schools. |
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Constitutional amendment to grant the Southeast Baton Rouge community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes relative to MFP funding and raising revenue for schools. |
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Provides relative to tenure for teachers and certain other school employees. |
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Provides legislative approval of the MFP formula for FY 2013-2014 as adopted by BESE on March 8, 2013. |
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Requests the Department of Education to plan and conduct the Louisiana Teacher Empowerment, Learning and Leading Survey (La TELLS) Initiative. |
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Requests BESE and the Department of Education to withdraw from the Common Core State Standards Initiative and cease all activities related to implementation of such standards. |
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