HLS 15RS-2399 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Cox Communications for its Connect2Compete Internet-
adoption program
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Cox Communications for its efforts in bridging the digital divide for low-
3 income families in communities throughout the state of Louisiana through its
4 Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program.
5 WHEREAS, approximately eighty percent of teachers assign online homework to
6students; less than half of low-income kindergarten through twelfth grade students have
7broadband at home, compared to more than ninety percent of higher-income families; and
8 WHEREAS, students who have access to a computer and broadband at home have
9a significantly higher graduation rate than students without access to computers and
10broadband; and
11 WHEREAS, thirty percent of Americans face the risk of becoming isolated because
12of their lack of necessary internet skills and internet service; and
13 WHEREAS, students without broadband and digital skills are faced with obstacles
14in the classroom and in the job market; and
15 WHEREAS, more than eighty percent of Fortune 500 companies require online job
16applications and fifty percent of jobs in today's job market require technology skills; and
17 WHEREAS, Cox Communications, through its Connect2Compete Internet-adoption
18program, has provided low-income families in Louisiana with the necessary tools to succeed
19in today's world.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
21Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Cox Communications for its efforts in
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1bridging the digital divide for low-income families in communities through its
2Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
4to Cox Communications.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 71 Original 2015 Regular Session James
Commends Cox Communications for its efforts in bridging the digital divide through its
Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program.
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