Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study the feasibility of developing an accountability system for nonpublic schools participating in the voucher program comparable to the accountability system for public schools
Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education report to the legislative health and welfare committees on the implementation of laws limiting student access to certain foods and beverages in public schools
Provides for parent petitions relative to the transfer of certain schools from the Recovery School District back to the local school system (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Requires the state to pay the transportation costs for students attending approved nonpublic elementary and secondary schools (OR +$15,942,355 GF EX See Note)
Authorizes the Bossier and Caddo parish school boards, in accordance with specified guidelines and limitations, to transport to school any student who resides one mile or less from the school (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to eligibility of certain home study students to participate in interscholastic athletics at secondary schools that are members of the LHSAA (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
(Constitutional Amendment) Requires credit for a course covering the U.S. Constitution for a student to receive a baccalaureate degree from a Louisiana public college or university (OR +$3,400,000 EX See Note)