TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)

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History

1. 2025
   1. Jun 20Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 347.Became Law
   2. Jun 20Effective date: See Act.
   3. Jun 16Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. Jun 12Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
      • Vote recorded ADOPT (#996). Result: pass.Upper
      • Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1261). Result: pass.Lower
   5. Jun 12Rules suspended.
   6. Jun 12Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
   7. Jun 12Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
   8. Jun 12Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
   9. Jun 12Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
   10. Jun 12Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   11. Jun 12Signed by the President of the Senate.
   12. Jun 11Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Jenkins, and Womack.
   13. Jun 11Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
   14. Jun 10House conferees appointed: Turner, Schlegel, and Bourriaque.
   15. Jun 10Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
   16. Jun 9Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
       • Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#994). Result: pass.Lower
   17. Jun 9Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
   18. Jun 8Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
       • Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#685). Result: fail.Upper
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#684). Result: pass.Upper
   19. Jun 8Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
   20. Jun 8Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
   21. Jun 4Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
   22. Jun 4Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   23. Jun 1Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
   24. Jun 1Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
   25. May 29Reported with amendments.Minor
   26. May 21Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   27. May 20Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   28. May 19Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#435). Result: pass.Lower
       • Vote recorded RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPRO (#433). Result: fail.Lower
       • Vote recorded AMENDMENT # 3149 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#434). Result: fail.Lower
       • Vote recorded AMENDMENT # 3138 BY TURNER, MOTION TO ADOPT (#432). Result: pass.Lower
   29. May 15Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
   30. May 14Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   31. May 13Reported with amendments (18-0).Minor
   32. Apr 22Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
   33. Apr 16Reported with amendments (11-0).Minor
   34. Apr 14Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   35. Mar 21First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/21/2025.
   36. Mar 17Prefiled.Minor
   37. Mar 17Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.Introduced