ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
A RESOLUTION
To commend Cox Communications for its efforts in bridging the digital divide for low-
income families in communities throughout the state of Louisiana through its
Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program.
WHEREAS, approximately eighty percent of teachers assign online homework to
students; less than half of low-income kindergarten through twelfth grade students have
broadband at home, compared to more than ninety percent of higher-income families; and
WHEREAS, students who have access to a computer and broadband at home have
a significantly higher graduation rate than students without access to computers and
broadband; and
WHEREAS, thirty percent of Americans face the risk of becoming isolated because
of their lack of necessary internet skills and internet service; and
WHEREAS, students without broadband and digital skills are faced with obstacles
in the classroom and in the job market; and
WHEREAS, more than eighty percent of Fortune 500 companies require online job
applications and fifty percent of jobs in today's job market require technology skills; and
WHEREAS, Cox Communications, through its Connect2Compete Internet-adoption
program, has provided low-income families in Louisiana with the necessary tools to succeed
in today's world.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Cox Communications for its efforts in
bridging the digital divide for low-income families in communities through its
Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Cox Communications.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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