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SCR 39 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

BESE: Requests BESE to make accessible to athletic directors and coaches a training program covering important safety information for the prevention and treatment of injuries in student athletes.

This concurrent resolution requests Louisiana's State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to make a safety training program accessible to high school athletic directors and coaches. The training would cover injury prevention and treatment topics like concussions, heat-related injuries, CPR, mental health awareness, and proper equipment use, based on data showing many coaches lack this training. It does not create new law but formally urges BESE to implement this program to address documented gaps in youth sports safety education. The Louisiana legislature passed the resolution unanimously in May 2025, with no opposition.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationUrges BESE to implement safety training for coaches on injury prevention, enhancing student athlete safety within K-12 athletic programs.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareIncludes mental health awareness and injury prevention training in safety program, directly supporting healthcare services for student athletes as per bill summary.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill mandates safety training for school coaches (employees) on injury prevention, directly improving workplace safety standards per Labor & Employment topic description.90% confidence
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Governor
Introduced May 14, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

SCR39 Original → SCR39 Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 11, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was converted from an original draft to its final enrolled version, updating the header information to reflect the official 2025 Regular Session and adding the names of the sponsoring senators. The core policy language urging the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide safety training for student athletes remains substantively unchanged, with only minor phrasing adjustments made for clarity and formal tone.
TECHNICAL

Updated the document header to change the bill number from 'SLS 25RS-1524' to 'SCR 39' and added the names of the sponsoring senators, Edmonds and Barrow.

Refined the opening request language to use more formal phrasing, changing 'make accessible' to 'make a training program accessible' and 'injuries' to 'injuries to student athletes'.

Adjusted the formatting of the 'WHEREAS' clauses to ensure consistent line breaks and paragraph structure in the final enrolled text.

Removed the 'DIGEST' section and legislative services notes at the end, as these are administrative summaries not part of the final law.

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 27, 2025
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, concurred in by vote of 97 yeas, 0 nays.
lower
Jun 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
May 28, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Rick Edmonds
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
LA
6
Co
Photo of Regina Barrow
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
LA
15