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LouisianaHB 10622026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the membership, powers, and duties of the board of directors of the Special School District

Sponsored By: Kathy Edmonston (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Free learning materials for district students

The Special School District board can authorize the superintendent to choose free textbooks and other learning materials. These materials are for students enrolled in schools and programs under the board’s control. Choices must follow Louisiana Department of Education guidelines.

New leadership rules for Special School District

The Special School District board selects the superintendent and must arrange a performance review every year. The board sets policies and delegates duties; the superintendent or a designee handles district administration and carries out those policies. The board can hire a superintendent recruiting service under the Louisiana Procurement Code. Officials and organizations required to submit board nominees must send their lists to the governor by August 1 each year. The law removes the requirement for at least one governor-appointed member from each public health region. It also removes the limit of two members from any one region.

Special School District board faces tighter limits

The law removes the Special School District board’s listed powers to buy land or equipment and improve facilities. It also removes listed powers to lease district property, sell or exchange unneeded property, and issue program certificates or diplomas. Cooperative education agreements with other public agencies need the superintendent’s recommendation and board approval. Approval is limited to funds specifically set aside for those agreements. The law removes the board’s broader power to make other contracts it considers necessary.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/28/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 911.

    6/12/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/12/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/29/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/29/2026Senate

  6. Called from the Calendar.

    5/28/2026Senate

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/28/2026Senate

  8. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  9. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/27/2026Senate

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

    5/26/2026Senate

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

    5/25/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/21/2026House

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/16/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (11-0).

    4/15/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

    3/31/2026House

  20. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/30/2026House

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