EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides relative to special education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
This bill updates Louisiana's special education laws by requiring school board members to receive training on special education policies and mandating that local school districts report annual financial and academic data to special education advisory councils. It extends the time limit for filing special education due process hearings from one to two years and allows for a non-adversarial early resolution process where resulting agreements can be enforced in court. Additionally, the legislation requires the state board to establish rules for behavioral health services and mandates that public schools install cameras in classrooms within 90 days of a parent's request.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 23, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 2, 2024
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tony Bacala
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
John Wyble
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Michael Melerine
RRepublican
Co
Pat Moore
DDemocratic
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