HB274

Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Introduced·2/23/26

Louisiana HB274 amends eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program, allowing certain convicted individuals to qualify.

Louisiana HB274 modifies the M.J. Foster Promise Program's eligibility criteria to include individuals with specific criminal convictions. The bill retains the ineligibility for those convicted of certain violent crimes but allows eligibility for those convicted of other specified offenses. This change aims to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries for the financial assistance program targeting students in public postsecondary institutions or proprietary schools.

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Current
Education Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Mar 9

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

Feb 27

House

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Feb 23

House

Prefiled.