SB524

Creates the Louisiana Jump Start Modernization Act. (8/1/26) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Introduced·5/4/26

Establishes the Louisiana Jump Start Career Diploma Program with a four-stage K-12 framework and career counseling standards.

The Louisiana Jump Start Modernization Act establishes a four-stage K-12 framework for career and technical education, from career awareness in kindergarten through sixth grade to career completion in eleventh and twelfth grades. It mandates that each student have an Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) starting in seventh grade, connecting their career interests to approved Jump Start pathways.

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Finance Committee
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Committee decision

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History

May 5

Senate

Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

May 5

Senate

Rules suspended. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

May 4

Senate

Substitute for Senate Bill No. 520. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.