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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 973 allows career coaches to assist with student high school graduation plans
Last action · March 17, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Sponsor: Dennis Bamburg
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana HB 973 permits career coaches to assist students, alongside parents and school counselors, with the development, review, and signing of individual high school graduation plans. The measure also establishes that pre-revision meetings between parents and counselors or coaches can be held individually, in person or virtually, unless the parent opts out.
Changes who is authorized to guide students through high school curriculum planning and graduation requirements by officially incorporating career coaches alongside traditional school counselors.
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.
students
Students receive assistance with their Individual Graduation Plans from career coaches in addition to school counselors.
school counselors
School counselors share responsibilities regarding the development, review, and revision of student graduation plans with career coaches.
career coaches
Career coaches gain statutory authorization to assist students and parents with high school graduation plans and pre-revision meetings.
parents or legal guardians
Parents work with career coaches or school counselors on graduation plans and participate in mandatory individual pre-revision meetings unless they opt out.
Key Facts
- Allows a career coach, alongside or instead of a school counselor, to assist students and parents in developing an Individual Graduation Plan by the end of the eighth grade.
- Permits a career coach to assist students and parents in choosing high school curriculum frameworks and course sequences by the end of the tenth grade.
- Requires completed graduation plans to be signed by the student, parent or legal guardian, and either the school counselor or career coach.
- Mandates that a school counselor or career coach meet individually with a student's parent or legal guardian in person or virtually prior to revising a graduation plan, unless the parent opts out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a career coach take the place of a school counselor for graduation plans?
Is a parent meeting required before changing a student's graduation plan?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 17, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Mar 16, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title. Lies over under the rules.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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