BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force
HB 71 amends Louisiana law to revise membership on the Dual Enrollment Task Force. The bill adds the chief executive officer of Ellevate Louisiana (or their designee) as a new voting member, increasing the total membership from fourteen to fifteen. This procedural change directly affects the composition of the task force, which advises the state on dual enrollment programs (allowing high school students to earn college credits). The bill does not alter program requirements, funding, or student eligibility.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill updates the membership of the Dual Enrollment Task Force by removing two specific representatives and adding three new ones. The changes reflect a shift in the types of organizations represented on the task force, moving from leaders of specific advocacy groups to executives of broader policy and leadership institutes.
Scope change
The bill modifies the composition of the Dual Enrollment Task Force, changing which organizations are eligible to appoint members.
ELIGIBILITY
Removed the requirement for the president of Council chief executive officer of Leaders for a Better Louisiana to serve on the task force.
Removed the requirement for the executive Louisiana state director of Stand for Children The Education Trust in Louisiana to serve on the task force.
Added the chief executive officer of Leaders for a Better Louisiana as a new required member.
Added the executive director of Stand for Children Louisiana as a new required member.
Added the chief executive officer of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy as a new required member.
Added the chief executive officer of Ellevate Louisiana as a new required member.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2025 · House Apr 24, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 20, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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 · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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