COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Award Program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
This bill amends the M.J. Foster Promise Award Program to allow the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance to set specific rules about when students must attend school to qualify for the award. The primary change adds a new provision requiring the agency to define the required attendance period during the year, ensuring clarity on eligibility requirements. These adjustments apply directly to students participating in the program and the administrative body managing it. The legislation does not alter the core funding or award amounts but rather clarifies the administrative guidelines for maintaining eligibility.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2024 · House May 14, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed
Total votes 38
Apr 15, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 25, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
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