---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to expanded academic support. (8/1/21) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to expanded academic support. (8/1/21) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Louisiana SB 234 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c9cdb2e-8161-4bbf-a4d4-13e8ebf0cebf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240659"
source_hash: "208fe726a54685f1138acb36f56d1360bbed3a35a1d5c99b2a48b4c9ce7b3dd4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 234 (2021) — SCHOOLS: Provides relative to expanded academic support. (8/1/21) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB234 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212403)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3356, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227286)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3617, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229092)
4. **SB234 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235557)
5. **SB234 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219311)
6. **SB234 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225851)
7. **SB234 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222633)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1360, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219294)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1825, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222526)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1839, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222623)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #911, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216590)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2048, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224468)
13. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1899, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223068)
14. **SB234 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233537)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1045) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#996) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#402) — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 294. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-02** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-18** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-10** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-03** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c9cdb2e-8161-4bbf-a4d4-13e8ebf0cebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).