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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 65
BY SENATOR CROWE
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural
Development to study increasing the per pupil amount spent on vocational
agriculture, agribusiness, and agriscience programs in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, R.S. 17:181 provides that effective with the 1997-1998 school year and
thereafter, the governing authority of each public secondary school shall allocate annually
to each secondary school in the school system, in addition to any other funding, not less than
fifty dollars per student enrolled at the school in a vocational agriculture, agribusiness, or
agriscience program for use in providing adequate instructional materials and supplies for
such students; and
WHEREAS, last year, according to the Louisiana State University Agricultural
Center, Louisiana's farmers and ranchers generated over eleven billion dollars in income,
which is a Louisiana record; and
WHEREAS, agricultural and agribusiness education is essential for the continued
development of this important business sector of Louisiana's economy; and
WHEREAS, over fifteen years have passed since Louisiana increased the minimum
amount the governing authority of each public secondary school allocates for each pupil
enrolled in a vocational agriculture, agribusiness, or agriscience program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture
and Rural Development to study increasing the per pupil amount spent on vocational
agriculture, agribusiness, and agriscience programs in Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural
Development and the state superintendent of education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE