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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 845
BY REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS
CURRICULA: Requires the state Dept. of Education to develop curriculum guides for all
public schools
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(E), relative to education standards and curriculum; to2
require the state Department of Education to develop curriculum guides for use by3
all local public schools; to require that such guides contain certain minimum4
components; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:24.4(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง24.4. Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program; statewide standards for8
required subjects; Louisiana Educational Assessment Program; parish or city9
school board comprehensive pupil progression plans; waivers10
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E.(1) The state Department of Education shall, with the approval of the State12
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, as part of the Louisiana13
Competency-Based Education Program, shall develop and establish statewide14
content standards for required subjects to be taught in the public elementary and15
secondary schools of this state. The statewide content standards for required subjects16
shall be implemented by the state Department of Education as approved by the State17
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, with recommendations prior to18
approval and advice from the educational personnel in the public schools and19
colleges and universities of this state.20 HLS 14RS-420 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 845
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(2) The state Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board1
of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall develop statewide curriculum guides2
for required subjects for use by each city, parish, and other local public school3
beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Such curriculum guides shall contain,4
at a minimum, grade appropriate skills and competencies, suggested activities,5
suggested materials of instruction, unit plans, and scope and sequences.6
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014; if vetoed by the governor8
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,9
2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.10
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Reynolds HB No. 845
Abstract: Requires the state Dept. of Education to develop curriculum guides for required
subjects for use by all public schools (including charter schools) and specifies
minimum components to be contained in such guides.
Present law provides for the La. Competency-Based Education Program, including the
development and implementation of statewide standards for required subjects and the La.
Educational Assessment Program (LEAP). Requires the state Dept. of Education to develop,
with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE),
statewide content standards for required subjects for public elementary and secondary
schools. Requires implementation of the standards by the department , with
recommendations prior to approval and advice from the educational personnel in the public
schools and colleges and universities of this state.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally requires the department, with BESE
approval, to develop statewide curriculum guides for required subjects for use by all local
public schools beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Requires that the curriculum
guides contain, at a minimum, grade appropriate skills and competencies, suggested
activities, suggested materials of instruction, unit plans, and scope and sequences.
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 17:24.4(E))