LouisianaSchool employees report threats; schools may request security reviews
School employees must report threats, and schools may request free security reviews when the state has enough funding and staff.
What it does
School employees who learn of a threat of violence or terrorism must immediately tell local law enforcement and, unless they are the administrator, the school administrator.
Public, charter, and nonpublic schools may request a free security review when funding and staff are available. The report suggests ways to address risks, but schools do not have to make those changes.
A school that substantially follows a security review's advice gets a presumption that it used reasonable care. The school may use relevant review findings or actions taken in response as a defense in a civil case.
Schools seeking grants to carry out a security review's findings or suggested options receive funding priority, but that priority does not guarantee an award.
Argument forThreat reports could help state police prepare for future threats, and schools may request free reviews that identify security risks and possible ways to address them.
Argument againstSchools may receive no review if funding or staff are unavailable, and they do not have to make the suggested security changes.
More detail
School employees must immediately report threats to local law enforcement and, unless they are the administrator, to the school administrator. It covers full-time and part-time administrators, teachers, counselors, bus operators, and other school employees. The duty applies when an employee learns of a threat through spoken, written, or electronic communication. Employees must report immediately after learning of the threat.
The Louisiana Fusion Center may conduct a physical security review when a school requests one and must provide a written report with findings and suggested options. Public elementary and secondary schools, charter schools, and nonpublic schools may request a review. A public school may receive no more than one review every three years. Reviews are conducted only as funds, staff, and other resources allow. They are free to the school, district, and governing authority. Schools do not have to carry out the suggested options. The findings are advisory and do not create a legal duty or standard of care. A public school may receive no more than one review every three years; the fusion center schedules reviews as resources allow.
Schools that substantially follow a review's findings or options receive a rebuttable presumption that the property was not unreasonably dangerous and that the school used reasonable care. This applies in civil cases involving a school, school board, or school governing authority. Only a school, school board, or governing authority may offer the review as a defense in a civil case. For a claim about an unsafe condition on school property, it may offer only the relevant part of the review. The presumption may be challenged. Actions taken in response to a review may also be used as a defense.
Grant funding is prioritized for schools seeking money to carry out findings or options in a security review report. Eligible schools include public elementary and secondary schools and nonpublic schools approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Schools may apply for grants, but priority does not guarantee an award.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 901.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date 8/1/2026.
- May 29Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.To Governor
- May 28Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.Minor
- May 27Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- Vote recorded CONCUR (#1421). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1530). Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Received from the House with amendments.Minor
- May 25Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 25Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- May 19Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 12Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- May 11Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- May 7Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#658). Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 5Reported with amendments.Minor
- Apr 20Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 15Reported favorably.Minor
- Mar 31Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Mar 30Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Introduced
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