Creates the Task Force on Career Alignment to study ways to implement education-to-career counseling to assist public college and university students to obtain employment in Louisiana after graduation.
Requires students to attain a minimum ACT score set by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prerequisite to high school graduation and prohibits state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students (OR -$4,300,000 GF EX See Note)
Requires all public high school students to have access to available vocational and technical courses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for mental health days for faculty, staff, and students in public education institutions. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Authorizes nonpublic school students to participate in public school activities. (8/1/25)
Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires the Workforce Investment Council to perform an annual return on investment analysis relative to industry-based credentials earned in high school and provides for student data collection and sharing for this purpose (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
To express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and former students and players of James W. Simmons Jr. on the occasion of his passing.
To urge and request BESE to procure an annual license for a 3D game-based learning platform that aligns with chemistry and physical science standards with real-world technologies to provide improved career opportunities for junior high and high school students.