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HB 316 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

EDUCATION: Provides relative to student literacy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HB 316 requires Louisiana teacher education programs to include specific literacy training for educators preparing to teach students in kindergarten through third grade and for secondary teachers working with grades 4-8. It mandates that programs cover foundational literacy skills (like phonemic awareness and dyslexia support) and adolescent literacy strategies (including science-of-reading approaches for content-area learning). The bill also requires public schools to annually review student literacy plans for grades 4-8 and consolidate related improvement plans into single documents. These changes directly affect teacher training institutions, public schools, and students in grades 4-8 by establishing new standards for literacy instruction and intervention planning.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationMandates literacy training for K-8 teachers in foundational and adolescent literacy strategies, directly enhancing educator preparedness and student literacy outcomes per bill summary.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 24, 2026 Signed Jun 25, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB316 Original → HB316 Act 964 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates Louisiana's literacy laws to mandate specific, science-of-reading-based training for teacher education programs and requires schools to include numeracy improvement plans in student reviews. The changes aim to standardize reading instruction by explicitly banning the 'three-cueing systems' model and ensuring teachers are trained in foundational skills like phonics and phonemic awareness.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of required teacher training to include specific prohibitions against flawed reading models and adds a requirement for numeracy improvement plans to student review processes.
REQUIREMENT

Teacher education programs must now include specific instruction on how to identify and understand the negative impacts of the 'three-cueing systems' model, which is considered a flawed method of teaching children to read.

Teacher training for special education and secondary education candidates must now explicitly cover the science of reading, including phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, and morphology.

Student plan reviews must now include 'Individual numeracy improvement plans' alongside existing reading and intervention plans.

The bill adds new statutory references to R.S. 17:100.13(N) and (O), expanding the legal framework for literacy and numeracy support.

Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2026 · House Apr 28, 2026

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
May 25, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
28 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
10
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 18, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (17-0).
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-1).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of John Wyble
John Wyble
RRepublican
LA
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