Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to grant five-year teaching certificates to applicants who hold out-of-state teaching certificates and who meet other criteria (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests the state Department of Education, Department of Children and Family Services, and Louisiana Department of Health to collaborate to increase mental health counseling in public schools
Requests that the Southern University Board of Supervisors establish a mayor's institute at the Nelson Mandela College of Government and Social Sciences
Requests that the Southern University Bd. of Supervisors take steps necessary to establish a school of pharmacy and reestablish a school of architecture on the campus of Southern University at Baton Rouge
Provides relative to a disciplinarian or other school administrator to ride on a school bus transporting students to and from school. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to explore the creation of an appeals process for certain students who do not pass state-administered, end-of-course assessments required for high school graduation
Requires that any communication issued to students or parents relative to immunization requirements include information on exemptions from compliance with such requirements (Item #42) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Prohibits certain schools from being members of any interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not have certain persons as members of its executive committee. (gov sig) (Item #42)