HLS 16RS-703 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 123
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
HIGHER EDUCATION: Requests that the Board of Regents study the compensation of
public postsecondary education system presidents and other system officers and
board members
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Board of Regents to study the compensation of public postsecondary
3 education system presidents and other system officers and board members and to
4 report its findings to the legislature at least sixty days prior to the 2017 Regular
5 Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
6 WHEREAS, setting the state on a path of fiscal responsibility requires a thorough
7review of all areas of state operations and spending; and
8 WHEREAS, there are numerous areas within state government in which reforming
9the current policies and practices will produce savings or additional revenues for the state,
10including the area of public postsecondary education; and
11 WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5(D) of the Constitution of Louisiana provides for
12the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Board of Regents, including the requirement
13that the board formulate and make timely revision of a master plan for postsecondary
14education; and
15 WHEREAS, the Board of Regents, through the development and implementation of
16the Master Plan for Postsecondary Education: 2011, adopted several broad goals, one of
17which is to achieve greater accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness in the postsecondary
18education system; and
19 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the state and its citizens to ensure that the
20long-term viability of the state's public postsecondary education system is sustained and that
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1limited resources are used more effectively and efficiently; thus, all state expenditures
2relative to public postsecondary education merit a thorough examination, including the
3compensation of public postsecondary education system presidents and other system officers
4and board members.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
6urge and request that the Board of Regents conduct a study of the compensation of public
7postsecondary education system presidents and other system officers and board members,
8recognizing that such compensation encompasses not only base salaries but also personal
9emoluments, including but not limited to car or housing allowances.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature requests that the Board of Regents
11identify peer systems and the compensation of system executives based upon the most recent
12data available from the Southern Regional Education Board, or if not available from the
13Southern Regional Education Board, then from such reliable sources as the Board of Regents
14selects.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature requests that the Board of Regents
16report its findings to the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on
17Education, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget at least sixty days prior to the
18convening of the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the
20commissioner of higher education and the chairman of the Board of Regents.
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)]
HCR 123 Original 2016 Regular Session Hensgens
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Requests that the Bd. of Regents study the compensation of public postsecondary education
system presidents and other system officers and board members and to report its findings to
the legislature at least 60 days prior to the 2017 R.S.
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