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LouisianaHB 3212025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

TEACHERS: Provides for teacher certification and professional development with respect to numeracy (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: John E. Wyble (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

New math requirements for teacher certification

Beginning September 1, 2028, applicants who complete an approved Louisiana teacher education program must meet new math-skills requirements for certification. Applicants seeking initial certification for kindergarten through grade 8 can complete the required semester hours or approved numeracy training. Training must fit their certification area and have approval from Louisiana's education department and state education board.

Teachers can receive math training stipends

Public school governing authorities can pay teachers a stipend for numeracy training completed outside their normal workday. They can also offer a stipend along with training time built into the job. Stipends are optional, and the law sets no payment amount or date.

Math teachers get classroom coaching support

Louisiana public school governing authorities must provide on-site numeracy coaches for math teachers in at least kindergarten through grade 3. Coaches demonstrate evidence-based lessons, co-teach or observe instruction, and give feedback. State and federal money can support the law's numeracy requirements only for spending allowed by the applicable funding rules. Implementation depends on the Louisiana Department of Education designating and allocating funds; the law sets no dollar amount. The state education board must adopt rules to carry out the requirements.

Teachers must complete math skills training

Teachers in grades 4–8 must complete at least one approved numeracy course by August 1, 2025. Kindergarten through grade 3 teachers must complete at least one by August 1, 2027. An approved course completed within five years before the applicable deadline counts; older courses do not. Teachers must give proof to their employing school. Teachers hired after July 31, 2025, for grades 4–8, or July 31, 2027, for kindergarten–grade 3, must document completion within two years of employment.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John E. Wyble

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 181 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/11/2025

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

Senate vote • 6/11/2025

Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 353.

    6/20/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/20/2025House

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

    6/12/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/12/2025Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/12/2025House

  6. Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

    6/11/2025Senate

  7. Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.

    6/11/2025House

  8. By a vote of 98 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.

    6/11/2025House

  9. Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.

    6/11/2025Senate

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

    6/11/2025Senate

  11. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/11/2025House

  12. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    6/10/2025Senate

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

    6/10/2025Senate

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

    6/10/2025Senate

  15. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    5/12/2025Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    5/8/2025Senate

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

    4/30/2025Senate

  18. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/29/2025House

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

    4/29/2025Senate

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025.

    4/28/2025House

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

    4/24/2025House

  22. Reported with amendments (11-0).

    4/23/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  24. Prefiled.

    4/2/2025House

  25. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

    4/2/2025House

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