Authorizes a local public school district to enter into an agreement with a higher-performing district to manage and operate one or more of its low-performing schools. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Revises the weekly hours of operation that qualify a facility for definition as a child day care center and full-time child day care center (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Directs Bd. of Regents to submit by April 15, 2016, a report outlining initiatives the board, in consultation with management boards, will take to ensure greater efficiency in postsecondary education for the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year and beyond
Repeals requirement that students pursuing a career diploma take the ACT or WorkKeys test and prohibits requiring any student to take any ACT assessment
Prohibits the administration of assessments that contain a question proposed or developed by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers consortium or any other federally funded consortium of states
Requires that student identification cards issued by public postsecondary education institutions meet certain requirements (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Requires public school governing authorities in Orleans Parish to offer sex education instruction to students in certain grades (EG +$500,000 LF EX See Note)