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