HB 70 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

TOPS: Revises initial academic eligibility requirements for a TOPS-Tech award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HB 70 revises the initial academic eligibility requirements for the TOPS-Tech award. This bill directly affects high school students in Louisiana who are applying for this specific scholarship program. While the bill's title indicates a change in eligibility criteria, the provided text is an amendment that adjusts a legal reference and does not detail the specific new academic requirements.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB70 Original → HB70 Engrossed · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify eligibility requirements for the TOPS-Tech award by explicitly adding a minimum ACT score of 19 for graduates of approved home study programs, a provision that was previously missing from the text. This change ensures that home study students are treated consistently with other students regarding the specific academic thresholds needed to qualify for the award.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on the TOPS-Tech award eligibility for first-time freshmen, but the applicability is now explicitly extended to include home study graduates under the same scoring rules.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a specific requirement that home study program graduates must achieve a minimum ACT score of 19 to qualify for the TOPS-Tech award, aligning them with existing standards for other students.

Updated the academic criteria section to allow qualification via either a minimum ACT score or the specific provision for home study graduates (R.S. 17:5029(B)(3)).

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors