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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 391 Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Board of Regents
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Sponsor: Dixon McMakin
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What This Bill Proposed
HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS: (Constitutional Amendment) Abolishes the Board of Regents
Changes the governance structure of public higher education in Louisiana by eliminating state-level coordination through the Board of Regents and reallocating quality trust fund distributions directly to the four university system s.
- The Louisiana Board of Regents was established under the state constitution to plan, coordinate, and budget for all of public postsecondary education. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Louisiana State University System
University of Louisiana System
Southern University System
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 25, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
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Decentralization of Higher Education Governance
The measure shifts state-level coordination responsibilities away from a single overarching board and distributes functional oversight directly to individual university system management boards.
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www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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