Creates the Stimulating More Advanced Research and Technology (SMART) Program and the SMART Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to support research at public postsecondary education institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for the transfer of academic credit from public postsecondary education institutions that grant bachelor's degrees to institutions that grant associate's degrees
Prohibits promotion to the fourth grade of certain students whose reading deficiencies have not been remedied by the end of the third grade (RE1 INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company v. State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development
Appropriates funds for payment of the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Benjamin Wayne Owen v. State of Louisiana, Dept. of Transportation and Development, et al.