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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 224
BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLER
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct a
study relative to the number of students attending charter schools who, based on the
attendance zones of the local public school system where they reside, would have
otherwise attended a public school that received a letter grade of "D" or "F" or any
variation thereof for the most recent school year pursuant to the school and district
accountability system and to submit a written report of findings to the House
Committee on Education not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2015
Regular Session of the Legislature.
WHEREAS, charter schools in Louisiana are public schools and receive public funds
to operate, and the number of charter schools in this state is increasing; and
WHEREAS, many who champion charter schools have stated publicly that charter
schools are needed in order to serve students who would otherwise attend a failing public
school; and
WHEREAS, there is uncertainty as to how many students who attend charter schools
would otherwise have attended schools that have been deemed to be failing pursuant to the
school and district accountability system.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education to conduct a study relative to the number of students attending charter
schools who, based on the attendance zones of the local public school system where they
reside, would have otherwise attended a public school that received a letter grade of "D" or
"F" or any variation thereof for the most recent school year pursuant to the school and
district accountability system and to submit a written report of findings to the House ENROLLEDHR NO. 224
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Committee on Education not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2015 Regular
Session of the Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state
superintendent of education.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES