Louisiana HB 614: STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Requires students to attain a minimum ACT score set by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prerequisite to high school graduation and prohibits state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students (OR -$4,300,000 GF EX See Note)

Bill Text

HLS 25RS-785 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 614
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Requires students to attain a minimum ACT score set by the
State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prerequisite to high school
graduation and prohibits state-administered end-of-course assessments for high
school students
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(k), relative to high school graduation requirements; to prohibit
3 state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students; to require
4 students to attain a minimum score on a certain national norm-referenced test as a
5 prerequisite to graduation; to require the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
6 Education set such score by rule such that it does not lower the high school
7 graduation rate; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(k) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §24.4. Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program; statewide standards for
11 required subjects; Louisiana Educational Assessment Program; parish or city
12 school board comprehensive pupil progression plans; waivers
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14 F.(1)
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16 (k) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, there shall
17 be no state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students. As a
18 prerequisite to graduation, a student shall attain a certain minimum composite score
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HLS 25RS-785 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 614
1 on the ACT, a national norm-referenced test, that the State Board of Elementary and
2 Secondary Education shall set by rule such that it does not lower the high school
3 graduation rate.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 614 Original 2025 Regular Session Chassion
Abstract: Requires students to attain a minimum ACT score set by the State Bd. of
Elementary and Secondary Education as a prerequisite to high school graduation and
prohibits state-administered end-of-course assessments for high school students.
Present law requires the state Dept. of Education to implement the La. Educational
Assessment Program (LEAP) with the approval of the State Bd. of Elementary and
Secondary Education (BESE). Requires that BESE implement standards-based assessments
in English language arts, math, science, and social studies and that the tests be administered,
at a minimum, in grades three through 11. Also requires BESE to establish by rule the
adequate test score to determine successful performance of a student on each test. Present
administrative rule requires a student to pass certain end-of-course assessments as a
prerequisite to graduation.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding present law, there shall be no state-administered
end-of-course assessments for high school students. Requires a student to attain a minimum
score on the ACT as a prerequisite to graduation and requires BESE to set this score by rule
such that it does not lower the high school graduation rate.
(Adds R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(k))
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