TEACHERS: Authorizes principals to notify the parents of any child assigned to the classroom of an uncertified teacher, teacher with a non-standard certificate, or teacher authorized to teach without certification
This bill allows school principals to inform parents if their child is taught by an uncertified teacher, someone with a non-standard certificate, or a teacher authorized to teach without certification. Under the new rules, principals have the option to send these notifications rather than being strictly required to do so. The law also specifies that the notice must include details about the type of non-standard certificate held or the reason for the teacher's authorization to teach without one. This change applies directly to school administrators and families in districts where such teaching situations occur.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 22, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Jessica Domangue
RRepublican
Co
Joy Walters
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Bryant
DDemocratic
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