SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Provides for the methodology the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education uses to count students for purposes of the minimum foundation program (MFP) formula (OR +$100,000 GF EX See Note)
HB 185 requires Louisiana's State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to count students for school funding using average daily attendance (total student attendance days divided by school session days) instead of current methods. This change directly affects public schools receiving state funding through the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula. The bill mandates the State Board to develop and adopt specific rules for implementing this new counting method. The bill is currently pending in the Education Committee after being referred in March 2025.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Last action Apr 14, 2025
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Committee
2
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
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