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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Establishes Center for Safe Schools and Advisory Council for School Security
Last action · June 8, 2026: Effective date: 06/08/2026.Sponsor: Jack McFarland
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana has enacted House Bill 821, establishing the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to take over security programs formerly housed under Title 29. The measure also creates a 13-member School and Nonprofit Security Advisory Council to guide interagency coordination, training standards, and grant funding priorities.
Centralizes all state-level school and nonprofit security operations, resource allocation, and threat assessment programs under a newly formed administrative center and advisory council.
- The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice coordinates criminal justice programs and state-level safety initiatives. context
- Prior school and nonprofit security programs were previously regulated under Title 29 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes pertaining to emergency assistance and preparedness. 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.
schools and school governing authorities
Schools receive technical assistance, training, emergency response plan support, and statewide safety frameworks administered by the new center.
nonprofit organizations
Nonprofits are included in security programs, information sharing, and threat assessment systems formerly administered under Title 29.
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
The commission houses the new Center for Safe Schools and retains implementation authority for security programs and procurements.
Key Facts
- Establishes the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Transfers school and nonprofit security programs formerly administered under Title 29 to the new center.
- Directs the center to develop a comprehensive statewide school safety framework in consultation with the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, including behavioral threat assessment models.
- Requires the center to provide training and technical assistance on emergency operations planning, emergency drills, threat assessment, facility security, digital safety, and vulnerability assessments.
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- Authorizes the center to establish emergency notification systems and anonymous reporting systems.
- Establishes the School and Nonprofit Security Advisory Council consisting of 13 specific members, including agency heads, law enforcement representatives, and educational association appointees.
- Requires the advisory council to meet at least quarterly, review statewide security frameworks, and issue an annual report by July first.
- Provides that the advisory council shall not enter into contracts, expend funds, procure goods, or promulgate rules, leaving implementation authority with the commission.
- Repeals R.S. 29:726.5, 726.5.1, and 726.6 in their entirety, dissolving the prior Louisiana Commission on School and Nonprofit Security.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the new advisory council have the power to spend money or award grants?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
24 actions- Jun 8, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 846.
- Jun 8, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/08/2026.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 27, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- 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.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- May 26, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- 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, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 5, 2026SenateCommitteeRules suspended. Reported favorably.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseReported with amendments (14-0).
- Apr 1, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Consolidation of Security Oversight
The state dissolved the prior Commission on School and Nonprofit Security under Title 29 and transferred its functions, records, and successor advisory role into the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.
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0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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