LouisianaLouisiana public schools hold yearly safety drills and staff training
Louisiana public school principals hold yearly safety drills, including active assailant practice, and train staff on emergency plans.
What it does
Each public school principal holds safety drills to practice the emergency plan, including an active assailant scenario.
Each public school principal trains teachers and other school employees on the emergency plan, with local emergency officials taking part.
During a high school’s yearly emergency plan review, the principal seeks and considers input from student representatives.
Argument forDrills and staff training may help school employees practice their roles before an emergency.
Argument againstYearly drills, including one during a busy school-day transition, may take time from other school activities.
More detail
Each public school principal conducts safety drills to practice the school’s emergency plan. This applies to each public school. One drill includes an active assailant scenario. Each school year, one drill takes place within the first 30 instructional days, and at least one more takes place during a busy or transition time in the school day.
Each public school principal provides emergency plan training for teachers and other school employees. The training covers all teachers and school employees at each public school. Local law enforcement, fire, public safety, and emergency preparedness officials help prepare and present the training. The training includes an active assailant exercise and is reported to the local superintendent and state Department of Education. The training takes place each school year.
A high school principal seeks and considers student input during the plan’s yearly review. This applies to the annual review of each high school’s emergency plan. Students are represented by the senior class president or student council president and at least one other responsible student chosen by the principal. The principal seeks and considers the input during the annual review.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 821.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1693). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1266). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported with amendments.Minor
- May 4Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Apr 29Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#822). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 27Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 27Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23Reported favorably (14-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
EducationPublic SafetyEmergency Management