SB 290 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides for concurrence of a public school system prior to changing certain information assigned to a student in the data collection system. (gov sig)

SB 290 requires Louisiana's state Department of Education to obtain approval from a local public school system before changing a student's "exit code" in the state data system if it differs from the code assigned by the school. This directly affects the state education department and local school systems, as it mandates their collaboration before altering certain student data. The key provision adds a requirement to existing law, ensuring schools have a say in how their students' data is recorded in the state system. This is a procedural change to data management, not a substantive education policy shift. The bill is currently pending in the Education Committee.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB290 Original → SB290 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill converts a draft Senate Bill into an enacted law by adding official signatures from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the Governor. The substantive legal text regarding the requirement for the Department of Education to obtain local school system concurrence before changing student exit codes remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the spacing of asterisks in the statute.

TECHNICAL

Added official signatures and approval dates to transform the document from a proposed bill into an enrolled Act.

Adjusted the page count and header information to reflect the final enrolled version.

Minor formatting change: reduced the spacing between asterisks used as placeholders in the statutory text.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2026 · House May 13, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Apr 21, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 7, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

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