LouisianaLaw protects parent groups using buildings for shared learning
Effective June 8, 2026, qualifying parent groups may use certain buildings for instruction without extra building rules, and agencies may not require them to register.
What it does
When a building already meets occupancy rules for a home, business, or another use, a parent-driven learning microschool can use it without changing its zoning or occupancy category or triggering extra building or fire rules.
Government agencies may not block these groups from using a building for the specified educational purposes or require them or participating parents to register or report.
The law defines which parent groups count as microschools and exempts them from the licensing rules in the cited part. The group must teach children in multiple grade levels in a nontraditional setting.
Argument forParents may have more choice about where they teach together because agencies cannot impose extra building rules or require registration for these groups.
Argument againstWith fewer registration, reporting, and licensing requirements, agencies may have fewer ways to oversee these learning groups.
More detail
A microschool's use of a building does not change its zoning or occupancy category or trigger extra building or fire rules. This applies when a parent-driven learning microschool uses all or part of the building. The building must already meet occupancy requirements for a home, business, or another use.
Government agencies may not restrict or deny the group's use of a building for the specified educational purposes, or require the group or a participating parent to register or report to an agency. This applies to a parent-driven learning microschool and parents who participate in it. The protection covers use for the same or similar purposes identified in the cited statute, regardless of the day, time, or number of hours. Agencies may not require compliance with the specified education law or another provision of that title for this use.
The law defines a parent-driven learning microschool and exempts one from the licensing requirements in the cited part. A microschool is a voluntary parent group that gathers children at mutually agreed times for a personalized learning experience. Children in multiple grade levels must take part for some or all of the school week. Instruction must take place in a home, community space, library, learning center, or another nontraditional setting. Parents, tutors, or instructors may be paid or unpaid.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 885.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 2Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1755). Result: pass.Lower
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1516). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 28Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 27Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 26Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 25Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 21Reported with amendments.Minor
- May 7Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- May 6Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#915). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- May 6Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 5Notice given.
- May 5Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
- Apr 29Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 27Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 27Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23Reported favorably (11-0).Minor
- Apr 1Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Mar 31Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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