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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 92
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 8 through 12, 2017, as Louisiana Charter Schools Week in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, charter schools, by law, are independent, tuition-free public schools of
choice that are given greater educational and operational autonomy in exchange for the
state's highest level of performance-based accountability; and
WHEREAS, charter schools increase learning opportunities for all pupils and provide
parents and students with expanded choices within the public school system; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has been a responsible partner in improving its public school
system to offer a competitive public education; and
WHEREAS, a first-class education prepares children to love lifelong learning and
develop the skills which enable them to participate in the technologically advanced global
economy; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana public charter schools have brought forth new ideas,
enthusiasm, and strength to its public school system and helped enact one of the top ten
strongest charter school laws in the nation; and
WHEREAS, in the past twelve years, Louisiana has seen more than an eight-fold
increase in the number of operating charter schools and a thirty percent increase over the
past two years in the number of students attending those schools resulting in Louisiana now
hosting approximately seventy-eight thousand children in its one hundred forty-five public
charter schools; and
WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana joins the Louisiana Association of Public Charter
Schools in celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of charter schools to public
education; and
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WHEREAS, Louisiana charter schools ensure students have access to a high quality
public school education regardless of race, socioeconomic status, academic proficiency,
special need, or personal circumstance.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate May 8 through 12, 2017, as Louisiana Charter Schools Week in
Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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