Requests that the state Department of Education create a task force to research family and parent engagement in education and to submit a written report to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the House Education Committee by December 31, 2025
Directs the state Department of Education to study reporting by school systems of incidents of school employees committing child abuse and sexual assault against students
Requires city, parish and other local public school boards to adopt and implement a program to facilitate behavior health intervention and referral for treatment. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Subjects students who complete approved home study programs and satisfy certain academic requirements to the same ACT requirements as graduates of public and approved nonpublic high schools for qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Requires the Louisiana Educational Television Authority (LETA) to include funds for French language educational programming in its annual budget request to the division of administration