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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires a uniform statewide dual enrollment application process and standard tuition rate for high school students
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: See Act.Sponsor: Ken Brass
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law now requires the Board of Regents and public postsecondary institutions to establish a uniform, statewide application process and a standard tuition rate for high school programs by the 2027-2028 school year.
High school students across Louisiana will use a single centralized system to apply for college courses while public colleges must adopt standardized tuition rates and implementation plans.
- Dual enrollment programs allow high school students to earn college credits while completing their secondary education requirements. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
high school students
High school students will apply to dual enrollment programs through a new uniform statewide application process.
public postsecondary education institutions
Institutions must participate in the statewide application process unless they submit written notice of non-participation.
public postsecondary education management boards
Management boards must adopt standard tuition rates and implementation plans in coordination with the Board of Regents.
Key Facts
- The Board of Regents, in coordination with Louisiana public postsecondary education institutions, must establish and administer a uniform, statewide application process for high school students applying for dual enrollment.
- Public postsecondary education institutions must participate in the statewide application process unless they provide written notice of non-participation to their management board.
- Each public postsecondary education management board, in consultation with the Board of Regents, must adopt a standard uniform dual enrollment tuition rate for all dual enrollment courses.
- Management boards must coordinate with the Board of Regents to adopt institutional implementation plans focused on student access, efficiency, and cost savings.
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- Local public school boards retain the ability to develop and continue interinstitutional articulation and transfer agreements with public postsecondary institutions.
- The provisions of the Act must be implemented no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 438.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: See Act.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 22, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 21, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 20, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 19, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 4, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateRules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Centralization of Dual Enrollment
The state is shifting from fragmented institutional application procedures to a mandatory uniform statewide application process and standard tuition rate.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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