LouisianaSchool boards hear comments; public bodies post meeting records
School boards allow comment before agenda items, while public bodies with websites post meeting notices and adopted minutes under set schedules.
What it does
At covered school board meetings, people must be allowed to comment before each agenda item and before a vote. Boards may set reasonable rules for comments.
Public bodies with websites must post meeting notices online for at least 24 hours before a meeting, excluding weekends and legal holidays. A late posting or website technology failure is not a violation.
Public bodies with websites must post adopted minutes and keep them online for at least three months. Posting is due within 10 days after official-journal publication, or within a reasonable time after the meeting if publication is not required.
Argument forPeople may have a clearer chance to speak before school boards discuss and vote on each agenda item.
Argument againstComment before every agenda item could make school board meetings longer and leave less time for discussion.
More detail
School boards must allow public comment before each agenda item and before taking a vote. This applies to school board meetings covered by the public meetings chapter, except as provided in the referenced subsection B. Boards may set reasonable rules for public comment. Comment must come before each agenda item and before any vote.
Public bodies with websites must post meeting notices online. This applies to public bodies other than the legislature and its committees and subcommittees. The 24-hour online notice period excludes Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. A late online posting or website technology failure is not a violation of the public meetings chapter. The online notice must be available for at least 24 hours immediately before the meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
Public bodies with websites must post adopted meeting minutes and keep them online. This applies to public bodies that have websites and to adopted minutes that are public records and available under the stated rules. If the body must publish minutes in an official journal, it must post them within 10 days after publication there. If the body does not have to publish minutes in an official journal, it must post them within a reasonable time after the meeting. A website technology failure that prevents public access is not a violation. The three-month period starts when the minutes are posted.
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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. 867.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 29Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1748). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 28The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1500). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 27Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- Apr 22Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Apr 21Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#621). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 20Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
- Apr 15Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 14Reported favorably (14-0).Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Mar 30Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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