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SLSSCASB269 26RS-1903648 ENGROSSED2201 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session SENATEAmendments BILLproposed NO.bySenate Committee on Education to Original Senate Bill No.
269 BYby SENATORSenator EDMONDSEdmonds SCHOOLS.AMENDMENT NO.
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(8/1/26) AN ACT To enact R.S.
17:282.3, relative to student success;
to provide for preventive education and high school programs of study;
to provide for success sequence;
to provide for definitions;toprovideformethods;toprovideforlegislativefindings;toprovidefor rules;
to provide for guidance;
to provide for dissemination of information and materials;
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
R.S.
17:282.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
§282.3.
Success sequence A.
The legislature finds and declares that data from the United States BureauofLaborStatisticsNationalLongitudinalSurveyofYouthandscientific studies show the following evidence is established:
(1) Married couples who have children have higher family incomes and lower poverty rates than their unmarried counterparts.
The 2021 census data showed that less than ten percent of children in two-parent homes lived in poverty,whilemorethanthirtypercentofchildreninsingle-parenthomeslived in poverty.
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269 (2) Over the past forty-five years, the number of children living with married parents has declined significantly.
(3)Children that arerearedinstable,married-parentfamiliesaremore likely to excel in school, and generally earn higher grade point averages than children who are not.
(4)Childrenthatarerearedbymarriedparentsareapproximatelytwice as likely to graduate from college than children who are not.
(5) Children that are not reared in a home with married parents are statistically twice as likely to end up in jail or prison before reaching thirty years of age.
(6)Childrenthatarerearedbyasingleparentaremorethanthreetimes as likely to live in poverty than children raised by married parents.
(7) Among millennials who finished high school, enteredthe workforce, and were married before having children, ninety-seven percent did not live in poverty when they reached adulthood.
B.
The purpose of this Sectionis todecreasethelikelihood that students will grow to adulthood and repeat the patterns that have been statistically proven to increase rates of poverty.
C.Asused in this Section,"successsequence" means an evidence-based methodthataperson completescertainlifegoals inacertainordertominimize the risk of poverty and maximize the likelihood of economic self-sufficiency.
D.
Success sequence education shall be as follows:
(1) Obtain a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential.
(2) Enter into the workforce full time, either immediately following the attainment of a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential, or following the attainment of a postsecondary degree or credential.
(3) Marry before having children.
E.
As part of any preventive program or high school program of study providedtostudentsinaccordancewithregulationsadoptedbytheStateBoard Page 2 of 4 Coding:
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269 of Elementaryand Secondary Education, eachpublic and approved nonpublic school shall provide to each student information regarding the evidence-based findings of the success sequence to help themavoid poverty, forge a path to the middle class, and realize the American Dream.
F.ThestateDepartmentofEducationmayengageresearchinstitutions, nonprofit organizations, and other interested stakeholders in an effort to assemble pertinent guidance, make public service announcements, videos, handouts, and other supplemental materials to assist schools in implementing the provisions of this Section.
Section 2.
This Act is known and may be cited as the "Charlie Kirk Success Sequence Act".
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 269 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Edmonds Proposed law provides that the legislature finds that data from the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics National Longitudinal Survey of Youth show all of the following:
(1) That couples who have children within marriage have higher family incomes and lower poverty rates than their unmarried counterparts.
(2) That 2021 census data showed that less than 10% of children in two-parent homes lived in poverty, while more than 30% of children in single-parent homes lived in poverty.
(3) Over the past 40 years, the number of children living with married parents has declined significantly.
(4) Children that are reared in stable, married-parent families are more likely to excel in school, and generallyearnhigher grade point averages than children who are not.
(5) Children that are reared by married parents are approximately twice as likely to graduate from college than children who are not.
(6) Children that are not reared in a home with married parents are statisticallytwice as likely to end up in jail or prison before reaching 30 years of age.
(7) Children that are reared bya single parent are more than three times as likelyto live in poverty than children raised by married parents.
(8) Among millennials who finished high school, entered the workforce, and were married before having children, 97% percent did not live in poverty when they Page 3 of 4 Coding:
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269 reached adulthood.
Proposed law provides that the purpose of proposed law is to decrease the likelihood that students will grow to adulthood and repeat the patterns that have been statistically proven to increase rates of poverty.
Proposed law provides that "success sequence" means a method that a person completes certain life goals in a particular order to reduce the risk of poverty and increase the likelihood of economic self-sufficiency.
Proposedlawprovidesthatsuccesssequenceeducationis tobedoneinthefollowingorder:
(1) Obtain a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential.
(2) Enter into the workforce full time, either immediately following getting a high school diploma, career diploma, or following the attainment of a postsecondary degree or credential.
(3) Marry before having children.
Proposed law provides that the success sequencing education is part of any preventive program or high school program of study.
Proposed law requires that each public and approvednonpublicschoolshallprovidetoeachstudentinformationregardingtheevidence- based findings of the success sequence to help them avoid poverty, forge a path to the middle class, and realize the American Dream.
Proposed law provides that the La.
Dept.
of Education may engage research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and other interested stakeholders in an effortto assemble pertinent guidance, make public service announcements, videos, handouts, and other supplemental materials to assist schools in implementing proposed law.
Proposed law provides that proposed law may be cited as the "Charlie Kirk Success Sequence Act." Effective August 1, 2026.
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