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ENROLLEDHCAHB268 224 1500 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Education to Original House Bill No.
268 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative CARVER,Carver BAMBURG,AMENDMENT BAYHAM,NO. BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BRYANT, COX, DEWITT, EGAN, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFLEUR, MANDIE LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, NEWELL, SAWYER, THOMPSON, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
17:183.2(A),1 2925(B)(1),Onpage1,deleteline2andinsert"ToamendandreenactR.S.17:183.2(A),2925(B)(1),and and 3005(C)(8) and to enact R.S.
17:2926(A)(5)17:2926(A)(5), and 3996(B)(24), (30), (44), and (51), relative to public school students;students;" AMENDMENT NO.
2 On page 1, line 4, after "Plans;" and before "and" insert "to require Louisiana Works to provide relativeinformation about workforce priorities annually to career-relatedpublic activitiesschool forgoverning certainauthorities;toprovideforalignmentofstudentactivitieswith students;thesepriorities;toprovidefor the advisement policy developed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education;
to provide relative to Individualizedelementaryschool Graduationcounselors;" Plans;AMENDMENT NO.
to3 requireOn Louisianapage Works1, todelete provideline information6 aboutand workforceinsert prioritiesthe annuallytofollowing: public school governing authorities;
to"Section provide1. for alignment of student activities with these priorities;
to provide for the advisement policy developed by the State Board of Elementary and SecondaryEducation;toproviderelativetoelementaryschoolcounselors;toprovide for applicability;
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
17:183.2(A), 2925(B)(1), and 3005(C)(8) are herebyamended and reenactedandreenacted and R.S.
17:2926(A)(5) andis 3996(B)(24), (30), (44), and (51) are herebyenacted toto" readAMENDMENT asNO. follows:
§183.2.4 On page 1, at the end of line 15, insert "Louisiana Works shall provide annuallya listing of high-demand sectors byregion and statetopublicschoolgoverningauthorities, which shall select activities that align with these sectors to the greatest extent feasible." AMENDMENT NO.
Career5 optionOn descriptionpage A.(1)2, Tobetween preparelines students3 forand choosing4, ainsert career option at the highfollowing: school level, in grades six through eight, schools shall incorporate activities which expose students to career and technical and academic fields of study.
Such"(v) activitiesA maycareer includefieldtrips,guestspeakers,communityservices,andotheractivitiesdesignedinterest Pageinventory." 1AMENDMENT ofNO. 4 CODING:
6 Onpage2, line5, delete"individualizedgraduationplan"andinsert"IndividualGraduation Plan" AMENDMENT NO.
7 On page 2, line 7, after "with" and before "least" insert "at" AMENDMENT NO.
8 On page 2, line 8, after "Subsection" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 9 and insert "during each school year." AMENDMENT NO.
9 On page 2, at the end of line 24, delete the period "." and insert "as provided in R.S.
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26810 ENROLLEDOn topage introduce2, studentsafter toline occupations25, ininsert demandthe infollowing: Louisiana.
At"§2926. least six activities shall be conducted at each grade level during each school year as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
Louisiana Works shall provide annually a listing of high-demand sectors by region and state to public school governing authorities, which shall select activities that align with these sectors to the greatest extent feasible.
(2)(a) Eachschoolyear,atleastthreeofthesixactivitiesforeachgradelevel shall meet one of the following criteria:
(i) An activity that provides direct interaction with an employer.
(ii) Anactivitythatinvolvescareerpathwayinstructionlinkedtohighschool course options.
(iii) An activity that provides a work-based learning exposure.
(iv) A career interest inventory.
(b) At least one activity shall be documented for each school year in each student's Individual Graduation Plan developed pursuant to R.S.
17:2925.
(3) Each school that enrolls students in grades kindergarten through five shall provide students with at least one career awareness experience or activity in a categoryprovidedinSubparagraph(2)(a)ofthisSubsectionduringeachschoolyear.
(4) Each school board shall certifyannual compliance for the schools under its jurisdiction to the state Department of Education and maintain auditable records of activities by grade relative to the requirements of Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Subsection.
* * * §2925.
Individual graduation plans * * * B.
ToprovideafoundationforthedevelopmentoftheIndividualGraduation Plan, schools shall:
(1) Provide career awareness and exploration activities to all students in grades six through eight that create linkages between what a student does in school and what he wants to achieve in life.
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268 ENROLLED inventories in sixth grade and updated career interest inventories in seventh and eighth grades and information to assist them in the career decisionmaking process and may include job shadowing, job mentoring, and job internships.
as provided in R.S.
17:183.2(A).
* * * §2926.
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop anadvisementpolicyforthemiddleandhighschoolgradesthatlocalschooldistrictsan advisement policy for the middle and high school grades that local school districts can use to equip school counselors with the skills and information needed to:
* * * (5)(5)Documentatleastonemiddleschoolcareer-relatedactivityinthe Documentstudent's atIndividual leastGraduation onePlan middle school career-related activity in the student'sIndividualGraduationPlanasprovidedinR.S.17:183.2(A)andensurethat career interest inventories are updated in seventh and eighth grades as provided in R.S.
17:183.2(A) and ensure that career interest inventories are updated in seventh and eighth grades as provided in R.S.
ElementaryElementaryschoolcounselors;availability;guidelines;requirements; school counselors;
availability;
guidelines;
requirements;
Such school counselors shall provide preventive and developmental counselingservicestocounseling allpublicelementaryschoolstudentsservices inkindergartenthrough grade six in order to prepareall thempublic forelementary middle,school junior,students inkindergartenthroughgradesixinordertopreparethemformiddle,junior, and senior high school responsibilities and their social and physical development.
* * * (8) Consult with teachers in implementing a career development program which, at the elementaryelementaryschool school level, includes self-awareness,self-awareness,job job awareness, and prevocationalorientationandinprovidingthatstudentsinkindergartenthroughfifthprevocational orientation and in providing that students in kindergarten through fifth grade participate in at least one career awareness experience or activityduringactivity during each school year as provided in R.S.
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268 ENROLLED §3996.
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:
* * * (24) Career-related activities, R.S.
17:183.2(A).
* * * (30) Career-related activities, R.S.
17:2925(B)(1).
* * * (44) School counselor documentation of career-related activities, R.S.
17:2926(A)(5).
* * * (51) Schoolcounselorconsultationwithteachersoncareer-relatedactivities, R.S.
17:3005(C)(8).
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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