Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors submit a proposal to the Board of Regents for establishing an associate of applied science degree program in process technology and that the Board of Regents approve it
Provides for criminal background checks relative to early learning centers, school employees, registered family child care providers and in-home providers (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Relative to service as a member of a traditional or charter school board, requires a high school diploma to be eligible and provides that a person who has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to certain crimes is not eligible
Provides relative to exemptions from laws, rules, and regulations applicable to public school boards and the schools and employees under the jurisdiction of each with certain exceptions
Increases time period that publishers have to respond to textbook reviews and provides relative to the local purchase of textbooks not reviewed by the the state Dept. of Education