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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana allows local school boards to hire family members of board members and superintendents for specific support roles
Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law now permits local school boards to hire immediate family members of school board members and superintendents as s, custodians, or cafeteria workers, provided they meet job qualifications. The affected official must themselves from any promotion or assignment decisions involving the family member.
Changes restrictions for public school districts, allowing districts to employ relatives in specific support staff positions under mandatory recusal rules for the related official.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
immediate family members of school board members and superintendents
Immediate family members become eligible for employment by local school boards as paraprofessionals, custodians, or cafeteria workers.
school board members and superintendents
Officials must recuse themselves from any promotion or assignment decisions involving an employed immediate family member.
local school boards
School boards gain the authority to hire immediate family members of board members and superintendents for specific support positions.
Key Facts
- Local school boards are authorized to employ immediate family members of school board members and superintendents as paraprofessionals, custodians, or cafeteria workers.
- The hired family member must meet the required criteria and qualifications for the position.
- Any school board member or superintendent whose immediate family member is employed under this provision must recuse themselves from decisions involving the employee's promotion or assignment.
- The prior statutory exception under R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(a)(v) is repealed.
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- The law becomes effective on 08/01/2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 15, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 169.
- May 15, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 13, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 13, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 12, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 7, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- May 6, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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