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LouisianaHB 10032026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

SCHOOLS: Provides relative to overcapacity of schools within certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsored By: Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Education

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Louisiana schools must track excess capacity

Louisiana school boards must set policies to track and address excess school capacity, with separate standards for K–8 and grades 9–12. Measures must include enrollment and student population forecasts, seats available for school programs, and building-use targets. Superintendents must report by November 15 each year using the latest enrollment data. Excess-capacity status lasts until a later report finds it has ended. Recommendations for the next school year must consider academic standards. They are due by December 15, or at the charter renewal presentation if earlier. Superintendents can implement them unless two-thirds of the full board rejects them within 30 days after submission or by December 31, whichever comes first.

Excess capacity limits new school openings

While a district has excess-capacity status, no new school can open for the affected grade levels. Changing an existing school's operator because the prior operator failed district academic standards does not count as opening a new school. Boards can also end charter contracts early to address excess capacity, consistent with district policy. These rules limit school openings and allow existing charter schools to close before their contracts expire.

Orleans can withhold vacant charter facilities

Orleans Parish can get an exemption from offering school property to charter groups for lease or purchase. The exemption applies when a school building is vacated while excess-capacity status is in effect. The superintendent must recommend the exemption, and a majority of the school board must approve it. This limits charter groups' access to vacant facilities.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Aimee Adatto Freeman

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 137 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/27/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 91 • No: 1

House vote • 4/8/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 687.

    6/1/2026House

  2. Effective date: 06/01/2026.

    6/1/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/29/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/28/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/27/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/26/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/25/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/21/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

    4/29/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/28/2026Senate

  13. Called from the calendar.

    4/27/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/27/2026House

  15. Called from the calendar.

    4/22/2026House

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/22/2026House

  17. Notice given.

    4/22/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

    4/22/2026House

  19. Notice given.

    4/21/2026House

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

    4/21/2026House

  21. Called from the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  22. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  23. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/14/2026House

  24. Notice given.

    4/14/2026House

  25. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/14/2026House

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