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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 95
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Education to conduct a survey on any barriers that
prevent schools and governing entities from entering into joint-use agreements and
issue a report with a plan to promote such agreements.
WHEREAS, joint-use agreements are formal contracts between local governing
entities and school districts that allow for joint-use of properties and facilities; and
WHEREAS, examples of joint-use agreements include opening school basketball
courts for public use after school hours, allowing school sports teams to use city-owned
recreation centers, or letting an intramural team host games on school property; and
WHEREAS, potential benefits of joint-use agreements for schools, governing
entities, community organizations, and neighborhood residents include increases in
opportunities to be physically active, cost-sharing of school or government property and
promotion of social cohesion and neighborhood engagement; and
WHEREAS, during the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature, the legislature
enacted Act 351, which limited the liability of schools and governmental entities that enter
into joint-use agreements; and
WHEREAS, despite the passage of Act 351, a vast majority of schools still have not
utilized joint-use agreements.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Education to conduct a survey on the number of joint-
use agreements in place in the state and the barriers that prevent schools and governing
entities from entering into joint-use agreements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall issue a report that includes
a strategic plan to promote and facilitate joint-use agreements across the state to the
Legislature and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education no later than
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
state superintendent of education and the president of the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES