HB 50 — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Education

HLSENROLLED 26RS-273 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

50 BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEGEL SUNSETAN LAW:ACT To enact R.S.

Re-creates the Department of Education AN ACT To enact R.S.

49:191(1)(g), relative to the Department of Education, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department of EducationandthestatutoryentitiesEducationandthestatutoryentitiesmadeapartofthedepartmentbylaw;to madeapartofthedepartmentbylaw;toprovideprovide for the effective termination date for all statutoryauthoritystatutoryauthorityfor for the existence of such statutoryentities;

to provide for an effectivedate;effectivedate;andtoprovideforrelatedmatters.

andto provideforrelatedmatters.

49:193, the Department of Education and the statutory entitiesmadeapartofthedepartmentbylawshallbere-createdeffectiveJune30,2026,and all statutoryauthoritytherefor is continued in accordanceaccordancewith with the provisions of Part XIIofXII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

However, the Department of Educationmaybere-createdpriorto suchdateinsuchdateinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofPartXII accordancewith theprovisions ofPartXII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

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if vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on June 30, 2026, or on the day following such approval bytheby the legislature, whichever is later.

DIGESTSPEAKER ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeOF Services.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 50 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Schlegel Abstract:

Re-creates the Department of Education for four more years.

Changes termination date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2031.

Present law (sunset law) provides that the Dept.

of Education and all the statutory entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate their operations on July 1, 2026, and that all legislative authorityfor such entities shall ceaseas of July1, 2027, unless the legislature enacts a bill authorizing the re-creation of the department and its statutory entities prior thereto.

Proposedlawprovidesforthegeneralre-creationofthe Dept.ofEducationanditsstatutory entities, effective June 30, 2026, in accordance with the sunset law.

Supersedes the provisions of the sunset law which set out the procedure for review and re-creation and which require a separate bill to re-create each statutory entity within the department along with additional provisions.

July 1, 2031, is the new termination date, and the termination would begin July 1, 2030, unless the department is again re-created.

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HLS 26RS-273 ENGROSSED HB NO.

50 Effective June 30, 2026.

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49:191(3)(b);

Repeals R.S.

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