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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires local school boards to share student data with state research system starting November 2026
Last action · June 2, 2026: Effective date: 11/30/2026.Sponsors: Annie Spell and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law now requires local public school boards to directly share student personal and nonpersonal data annually with the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center and the state Department of Education for the data system, effective November 30, 2026. The legislation mandates that personal and nonpersonal data be stored separately, bans the sale of system data to third parties, and requires the Department of Education to establish a parental opt-out process.
Parents of public school students gain a formal opt-out mechanism to withhold high school student from state research data-sharing agreements, while local school governing authorities assume mandatory annual data-reporting obligations.
- Louisiana's Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST) is a state-level data system designed to link education, workforce, and social services data to evaluate and improve public policy outcomes. context
- The Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center is a research organization housed within the University of Louisiana system that analyzes public data to support state governance and research. 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.
local public school governing authorities
Local school boards must directly share annual student personal and nonpersonal data with state research entities.
charter schools
Charter schools are newly made subject to mandatory student information sharing rules despite general statutory exemptions.
parents and students
Parents gain the ability to opt out of student information sharing during school registration, while student data is compiled into unique identifiers for state research.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can parents choose to keep their child's information out of the state research system?
Will student personal data be exposed or sold to outside entities?
How are personal and nonpersonal student records handled in the database?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Jun 2, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 661.
- Jun 2, 2026HouseEffective date: 11/30/2026.
- May 28, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 27, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 26, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 19, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- May 6, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- May 5, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- May 5, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReported with amendments (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Mandatory Charter School Data Inclusion
The bill explicitly strips charter schools of their standard exemption regarding student information sharing, bringing them under the same data-reporting requirements as traditional public schools.
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