republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the governance and funding of the Special School District, which provides special education services through its schools and programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the governance and funding of the Special School District, which provides special education services through its schools and programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Louisiana HB 253 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott McKnight"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/790c9b9d-d0ac-4d80-a920-2b25c7cb111e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240098"
source_hash: "5e2104c2ed981e9423859bb3a47adea721efad02acb6a691ead1611741a2edda"
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 HB 253 (2021) — SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the governance and funding of the Special School District, which provides special education services through its schools and programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB253 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208049)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3757, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231810)
3. **HB253 Act 468** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236379)
4. **HB253 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216738)
5. **HB253 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218641)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1325, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215004)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1552, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216594)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #953, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216777)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2027, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224340)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2054, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224496)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2062, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224534)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2067, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224642)
13. **HB253 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234387)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#484) — **17–0** (fail) · upper
- ADOPT (#1044) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#483) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#909) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1156) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#123) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott McKnight — primary (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29** Effective date: 07/01/2021.
- **2021-06-29** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 468. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-09** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Conference committee report received.
- **2021-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-03** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-03** House conferees appointed: McKnight, Wright, and Ivey.
- **2021-06-02** Senate conference committee members appointed: Hewitt, Fields, and Barrow.
- **2021-06-02** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-02** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-01** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-18** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2021.
- **2021-04-27** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-27** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-22** Reported with amendments (13-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/790c9b9d-d0ac-4d80-a920-2b25c7cb111e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).