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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana regulates charter school financial oversight and federal funding rules under Act 797
Last action · June 8, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Emily Chenevert
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes new administrative rules and oversight obligations for charter schools acting as their own local education agencies, effective August 1, 2026. The legislation authorizes the state Department of Education to retain a 0.25% administrative fee from certain charter school funds and empowers the state superintendent to rescind independent authority if schools fail to meet financial obligations.
Charter schools and local school districts face new administrative requirements and potential financial deductions for oversight, altering how federal and state education funds are managed and monitored.
- Charter schools in Louisiana operate under different organizational types that dictate their relationship with local school boards and state funding formulas. context
- The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula determines the cost of a minimum program of education in Louisiana public elementary and secondary schools. 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.
Type 1, 3, 3B, and 4 charter schools
Charter schools are subject to new administrative rules, potential oversight fee deductions, and possible rescission of independent local education agency status if obligations are unmet.
State Department of Education
The department is granted specific authority to retain administrative fees for financial oversight and monitor charter school compliance.
Key Facts
- Type 1, Type 3, and Type 3B charter schools may be considered the local education agency for federal funding purposes with local school board approval and in accordance with local rules.
- The state Department of Education may withhold and retain an amount equal to one quarter of one percent of certain fee amounts charged to applicable charter schools acting as their own local education agencies for financial oversight and monitoring costs.
- The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education must promulgate rules under the Administrative Procedure Act governing charter schools acting as their own local education agencies.
- The state superintendent of education is authorized to rescind a charter school's authority to act as its own local education agency if it fails to meet established financial and programmatic obligations.
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- Per pupil amounts provided to Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 3B, or Type 4 charter schools are computed annually based on the minimum foundation program formula and student characteristics.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- Jun 8, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 797.
- Jun 8, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 28, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 28, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 27, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 26, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- 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 (13-0).
- 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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