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Committee reviews 2026 legislative priorities; staff highlights MFP proposal raising level‑three supplement
Summary
The committee heard an overview of the 2026 legislative session and the district’s priorities; staff highlighted HCR20 as a proposed MFP component that would raise supplemental level‑three funding from $100 to $147 per student and said the district is tracking more than 125 bills this session.
Juliana Lund, the board’s executive director of government affairs and policy and compliance, told the committee the Louisiana Legislature convened March 9 and will adjourn no later than June 1, and that, as of the presentation, there were roughly 995 House bills, 413 Senate bills and nearly 100 resolutions filed. She said the board’s legislative priorities mirror last year’s and focus on protecting and increasing funding, whole‑child services, prekindergarten access, teacher compensation and equity‑oriented juvenile justice reforms.
Lund highlighted House Concurrent Resolution 20 as the legislative component of the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) the district is tracking. “In HCR20 we do see an increase in the supplemental dollars in level three … we do see a nice increase from 100 to 147 per student in level three,” she said, while noting HCR20 had been filed recently and had not yet been scheduled for committee hearings.
Board members used the presentation to ask how the district’s Grow‑Achieve‑Thrive accountability changes would be reflected in priorities and to confirm the HCR20 identifier. The board moved the 2026 legislative priorities to the full board for adoption and authorized the superintendent to direct the district’s legislative activities consistent with those priorities.
The presentation underscored the district’s active bill‑tracking efforts; staff said they are monitoring more than 125 bills they consider potentially relevant to district operations and will update the internal bill tracker as filings evolve.
Next steps include a mid‑session update to the board in April or May and a summer overview; the committee recorded no final legislative endorsements at this meeting other than forwarding the priorities to the full board.
