Requires the use of video cameras in classrooms where special education services are provided to certain students with exceptionalities (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to consider the potential fiscal impact on local school systems when reviewing a Type 2 charter school proposal
Requests BESE to study the rate of suspensions and expulsions in La. and to submit a written report of findings and recommendations to the House and Senate education committees prior to the 2011 R.S.
Requests BESE to study feasibility of consolidating administration and evaluation of the LA4 and 8(g) prekindergarten programs, to ensure that school districts receive necessary support, and to adopt identical standards for programs
Directs public postsecondary education management boards and the Board of Regents to publish certain performance and cost data relative to public postsecondary education in La.
Requests the Dept. of Social Services and the Dept. of Education to work collaboratively to ensure that children enter kindergarten ready to learn and to submit an annual school readiness report to the governor, legislative education committees, and BESE
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to make changes to the Minimum Foundation Program formula beginning with the formula adopted for the 2010-2011 school year