BATON ROUGE - Today, Governor John Bel Edwards announced that he signed the following bills into law:
ACT 496 – SB 227: Provides for the issuance of REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and special identification cards
ACT 497 – SB 260: Provides relative to local charter authorizers and Type 1B charter schools
ACT 498 – SB 262: Provides relative to state content standards and related tests and assessments
ACT 499 – SB 301: Creates the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2016
ACT 500 – SB 303: Provides for educational programs in juvenile justice facilities
ACT 501 – SB 324: Raises the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system and creates the Louisiana Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee
ACT 502 – SB 397: Provides relative to the Specialized Provider Licensing Act
ACT 503 – SB 470: Provides relative to reduction of TOPS award amounts of TOPS recipients in the event of insufficient funding
ACT 504 – SB 477: Provides relative to the use of student growth data in teacher evaluations
Click here for a full list of bills signed into law for the 2016 Regular Legislative Session.