ENROLLEDSCAHB218 3648 3884 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.bySenate Committee on Education to Reengrossed House Bill No.

218by BYRepresentative REPRESENTATIVESLaFleur LAFLEUR,AMENDMENT BOYD,NO. BRASS, CARPENTER, CARVER, CHASSION, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, FISHER, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GREEN, DANA HENRY, JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, TAYLOR, WALTERS, AND YOUNG AN ACT ToenactR.S.17:2113and3996(B)(24),relativetostudentquestionnaires;toprovideforthe inclusion of questions pertaining to food insecurityon a residencyquestionnaire;

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to provide a limitation of liability;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

17:2113 and 3996(B)(24) are herebyenacted to read as follows:

§2113.

Food insecurity A.(1) ThestateDepartmentofEducation,inconsultationwiththeLouisiana Department of Health, shall include questions pertaining to food insecurity on the residency questionnaire administered for purposes of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act.

(2) Each public school shall annually distribute the questionnaire to each student in grades kindergarten through twelve upon enrollment, change of address, and reasonable suspicion of food insecurity by school personnel or school-based health clinics.

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218 ENROLLED federal, state, community, and school resources and services that may be available, including but not limited to public assistance applications, social services, community food banks and food pantries, and school meal programs and food pantries.

Foranyemancipatedminororstudentwhohasreachedtheageofmajority, the school shall provide the information directly to the student.

(2) The information on federal, state, and community resources shall be compiled by the Louisiana Department of Health, which shall provide the information to each school at no cost to the school or its school board.

C.

Responses to the questionnaire shall remain confidential except for disclosure to a student's parent or legal guardian or to the student if he has reached the age of majority or is an emancipated minor and to authorized school personnel responsible for the provision of information as provided in Subsection B of this Section.

D.

No school employee shall use questionnaire responses to make any decision relating to student instruction, academic opportunities, or discipline.

E.

Noschoolboardoremployeethereofshallbeliablefordamagesinacivil actionforinjury,death,orloss to personorpropertythatallegedlyarisesfromanact or omission associatedwith the provisions ofthis Sectionunlesstheact or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.

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Charter schools;

exemptions;

requirements * * * B.

Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a charter school established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and its approved charter and the school's officers and employees shall be exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory requirements that are applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except for the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same grades:

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218 ENROLLED (24) Food insecurity questions on residency questionnaire, R.S.

17:2113.

* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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