HB 1003 — SCHOOLS: Provides relative to overcapacity of schools within certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

HLSENROLLED 26RS-1443 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

1003 BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN SCHOOLS:AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides relative to overcapacityof schools within certain school districts AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

(b) The policy shall establish quantitative standards for overcapacity of schools with jurisdiction over grades kindergarten through eight and schools with Pagejurisdiction 1over ofgrades 5nine CODING:through twelve.

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1003 jurisdiction over grades nine through twelve.

(c)Page The1 localof superintendent4 shallCODING: submit a written report utilizing the most recentenrollmentdataavailabletotheschoolboardbyNovemberfifteenthannually.

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1003 ENROLLED (c) The local superintendent shall submit a written report utilizing the most recentenrollmentdataavailabletotheschoolboardbyNovemberfifteenthannually.

The local superintendent shall submit the recommendations by December fifteenth of the same calendar year that the local superintendentsubmitssuperintendentsubmitsthereportpursuantto thereportpursuanttoSubparagraph(c)ofthisSubparagraph(c)ofthis Paragraph,or at the school board or committee meeting where charter renewal recommendations arepresented,whicheveroccursfirst.Indeterminingtherecommendations,thelocal superintendent shall consider relevant factors including but not limited to district accountability policies and academic performance standards.

(e) ThelocalsuperintendentmayimplementrecommendationssubmittedtoThelocalsuperintendentmayimplementrecommendationssubmitted to theboardpursuanttoSubparagraph(d)ofthisParagraph,unlesstheboardrejectsthe recommendations by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the board within thirty days after submission of the recommendations to the board, or by December thirty-first of the same calendar year as submission of the recommendations to the board, whichever occurs first.

Page(2) 2Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,administrativerule,orterms of 5any CODING:charter contract or agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply when a status of overcapacityis in effect:

Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored(a) areThe additions.local school board may terminate a charter contract prior to its expirationto addressovercapacityofschools,providedtheterminationisconsistent with the policy adopted pursuant to the Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

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1003 (2) Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,administrativerule,orterms of any charter contract or agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply when a status of overcapacityis in effect:

(a) The local school board may terminate a charter contract prior to its expirationto addressovercapacityofschools,providedtheterminationis consistent with the policy adopted pursuant to the Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

If the local school board changes the operator of an existingPage schooldueto2 failureto meet district academicperformancestandards, such school shall not be considered a new school for purposes of this4 Subparagraph.CODING:

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1003 ENROLLED existingschooldueto failureto meet district academicperformancestandards, such school shall not be considered a new school for purposes of this Subparagraph.

In thecaseofaType2charterschool created as a result of a conversion, the immovable property, including any unimproved property, and all other schoolschoolboardpropertywithin boardpropertywithin the existing school shall be made available to that chartering group.

In return for the use of the facility and its contents, the chartering group shall pay a proportionate share of the local school board's bonded indebtedness to be calculatedcalculatedin in the same manner as set forth PageinR.S.17:1990(C)(2)(a)(i). 3 of 5 CODING:

Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscoredIfsuchfacilitieswereconstructedatnocosttothelocal areschool additions.board, then such facilities including all equipment, books, instructional materials, and furniture within such facilities shall be provided to the charter school at no cost.

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1003 in R.S.

17:1990(C)(2)(a)(i).

Ifsuchfacilitieswereconstructedatnocosttothelocal school board, then such facilities including all equipment, books, instructional materials, and furniture within such facilities shall be provided to the charterschool at no cost.

* * * Section 2 This Act shall become effective upon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature byPage the3 governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the4 ConstitutionCODING: of Louisiana.

If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1003 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Freeman Abstract:

Requires a local school board to establish a policy relative to systemwide overcapacity.

Present law provides for the return of certain charter schools from the Recovery School District to the transferring local school system.

Proposed law retains present law and requires the local school board to adopt a policy relative to systemwide overcapacityof operating schools.

Requires the establishment of the following: