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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Department of Health ordered to develop trauma-informed training program for school personnel
Last action · April 28, 2026: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Education.Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
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What This Bill Proposed
HEALTH: Provides relative to the creation of a trauma-informed training program (EG +$210,433 GF EX See Note)
- House Bill 902 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature by Representative C. Denise Marcelle. context
- The measure directs the Louisiana Department of Health to create a specialized training program addressing adverse childhood events for school employees. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Child education personnel
Louisiana Department of Health
The department is tasked with developing, designing, and delivering the statewide trauma-informed training program.
Department of Education
The department is authorized to consult with the Department of Health in developing the training curriculum.
Key Facts
- The Louisiana Department of Health must develop a comprehensive, evidence-based, statewide trauma-informed training program for child education personnel.
- Adverse childhood events (ACEs) are defined as potentially traumatic events occurring before age eighteen, including abuse, neglect, household substance abuse, domestic violence, parental incarceration, and other chronic stress.
- Child education personnel include teachers, administrators, school counselors, social workers, nurses, paraprofessionals, classroom aides, and school resource officers.
- The training program must educate personnel on the prevalence and impact of ACEs and help identify common signs and symptoms of trauma in children and adolescents.
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- The training must provide supportive, non-punitive strategies for responding to trauma-related behaviors and promote culturally responsive approaches.
- The program must include guidance on referral pathways to school-based or community-based mental health services and emphasize educator self-care and secondary trauma prevention.
- The Department of Health is authorized to consult with the Department of Education, child welfare agencies, and mental health professionals during curriculum development.
- The training may be delivered through in-person instruction or online modules.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 28, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Education.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-7).
- Apr 15, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseReported with amendments (8-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
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- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Mandatory Trauma Training Integration
The legislation formally establishes statutory definitions and a statewide framework for addressing adverse childhood events within public schools through the Louisiana Department of Health.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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