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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires Department of Education to study moving high school sports regulation to nonprofit cooperative agreement
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Mike Johnson
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana House Bill 406 requires the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of shifting high school sports regulation to a with a nonprofit corporation. The department must submit a written report of its findings and conclusions to specified legislative committees by March 1, 2027.
Changes future oversight of high school sports by exploring whether to replace private association control with a state-monitored nonprofit subject to public audit, open meetings, and public records laws starting in the 2028-2029 school year.
- House Concurrent Resolution No. 24 of the 2025 Regular Session created a special committee to study the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's policies and governance. 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.
public high schools
Participating schools would be barred from belonging to other intrastate athletic associations and would be governed by rules under a cooperative endeavor agreement.
nonpublic high schools that receive state funds
State-funded nonpublic schools would be subject to the new athletic regulations and participation restrictions starting in the 2028-2029 school year.
student athletes
Athletic competitions, eligibility standards, safety regulations, and appeals processes would be governed under new state board rules and a cooperative endeavor agreement.
state Department of Education
The department is tasked with conducting the feasibility study, exploring potential nonprofit partners, and submitting a comprehensive report to legislative committees by March 1, 2027.
Key Facts
- The state Department of Education must conduct a study on regulating interscholastic high school athletics through a cooperative endeavor agreement with a nonprofit corporation.
- The study assumes the nonprofit corporation would be subject to audit by the legislative auditor, the Open Meetings Law, and the Public Records Law.
- The study assumes all athletic competitions for public high schools and state-funded nonpublic high schools would follow state law, state board rules, and the cooperative endeavor agreement.
- The cooperative endeavor agreement would include regulations on eligibility, student health and safety, penalties, appeals, administration, and game play.
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- The measure assumes that no state-funded public or nonpublic high school would be permitted to belong to any intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic association.
- The new regulatory structure is assumed to apply beginning with the 2028-2029 school year.
- The department must submit its written report to the House and Senate education and fiscal committees no later than March 1, 2027.
- The report must include potential nonprofit partner corporations, an implementation plan and timeline, funding considerations, transitional considerations, and legislative recommendations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 432.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 22, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 21, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
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- May 20, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 20, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- 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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Transition from Private to Regulated Public Oversight
The legislation builds upon findings from a 2025 legislative committee study pointing to transparency and accountability concerns under private athletic association governance.
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