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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 102
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARRAS
A RESOLUTION
To designate Thursday, April 28, 2016, as Louisiana Community and Technical College
System Workforce Experience and Taste of Louisiana Day at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, Louisiana's community and technical colleges have provided high-
quality academic and workforce training programs since the creation of the system in 1999
and offer credentials such as certificates, technical diplomas, industry-based certifications,
and associate degrees in high-demand, high-income industries, and provide workforce
solutions for business and industry; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the thirteen colleges that make up the Louisiana Community
and Technical College System enrolled more than 150,000 students in credit programs, non-
credit workforce training programs, and adult education programs; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, Louisiana's community and technical colleges had 21,743
graduates, its largest graduating class ever, seventy percent of whom graduated in programs
that lead to high-demand, high-income careers; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, Louisiana's community and technical colleges had more than
12,000 students transfer to various four-year universities, and these institutions have worked
collaboratively with the state's baccalaureate degree granting public universities to establish
2 Plus 2 Programs, articulation agreements, and share best practices; and
WHEREAS, according to a recent study, WorkReady U, Louisiana's comprehensive
adult education system designed to serve undereducated and underemployed citizens of the
state, ranked fifteenth in the nation when measured for basic skills attainment, and outpaced
the national measurable skills average and the southern measurable skills average by three
percent and six percent, respectively; and
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WHEREAS, in 2015, six colleges in the Louisiana Community and Technical
College System were named in a recent list of the fastest-growing community and technical
colleges in the nation, and three colleges had their largest graduating classes ever; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's community and technical colleges have made it a priority
to build mutually beneficial partnerships with industry, to make strategic investments, and
to align programs and curricula to meet local and statewide industry needs; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's community and technical colleges have worked diligently
to ensure that students receive a world-class education at an affordable price in a nurturing
and rigorous environment that will prepare them for a rewarding career; and
WHEREAS, the faculty, staff, administration, and system board members and its
employees have dedicated their lives and put their professional reputations on the line for
the advancement of the students and the communities they serve; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is served by the good works of its community and technical
colleges across the state, and the citizens can be confident in looking to the Louisiana
Community and Technical Colleges System for solutions to the state's educational and
workforce development needs.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Thursday, April 28, 2016, as Louisiana
Community and Technical College System Workforce Experience and Taste of Louisiana
Day at the state capitol, and does hereby commend the dedicated work and the contributions
of the employees and students of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
to the great state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System board of supervisors and system
president Monty Sullivan.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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