HLS 18RS-1866 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 75
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Country Music Television, the Louisiana Community
and Technical College System, Louisiana Calling, and Courtney Cole on the CMT
Empowering Education Tour
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Country Music Television, the Louisiana Community and Technical College
3 System, and Louisiana Calling on the Empowering Education Tour that included
4 eight tour stops and featured Louisiana native and rising country music star,
5 Courtney Cole.
6 WHEREAS, the Country Music Television (CMT) Empowering Education Tour is
7a multi-faceted partnership that aims to increase the number of work-ready residents in rural
8communities; CMT Empowering Education is a comprehensive educational campaign that
9provides both an online resource and on-the-ground support to aid prospective students in
10overcoming obstacles to furthering education; the initiative is founded on education research
11and insights through a partnership between Viacom and the Bill & Melinda Gates
12Foundation; and
13 WHEREAS, Louisiana has unprecedented demand for skilled workers throughout
14the state, and positions such workers would fill often require training or education beyond
15a high school diploma; in 2017, CMT, the Louisiana Community and Technical College
16System (LCTCS), and Louisiana Calling committed to work alongside community and
17technical colleges in a statewide campaign to connect Louisianans with the many available
18opportunities for workforce training and education in their communities; and
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1 WHEREAS, each of the eight schools selected as tour stops was chosen based on
2demonstrated need and the potential for how this partnership could make a positive impact
3in the community surrounding the school; and
4 WHEREAS, CMT's tour stopped at Baton Rouge Community College, Bossier
5Parish Community College, Central Louisiana Technical Community College, Fletcher
6Technical Community College, Louisiana Delta Community College, Northshore Technical
7Community College, River Parishes Community College, Reserve campus, and SOWELA
8Technical Community College; and
9 WHEREAS, in 2017, Louisiana's community and technical colleges served and
10provided instruction and workforce training to more than one hundred thirty-one thousand
11students; the system has more than twenty-four thousand graduates, and more than fifteen
12thousand of its students have transferred to four-year universities; and
13 WHEREAS, Louisiana Calling’s mission is to help Louisianans discover and
14appreciate the many educational pathways that lead to the highly valued jobs and sustainable
15careers that are available in Louisiana today; and
16 WHEREAS, Louisiana native Courtney Cole is one of CMT's "Next Women of
17Country" and an advocate for education; Courtney returned to her home state in the spring
18for the tour, performing free concerts at the eight selected community and technical colleges;
19and
20 WHEREAS, the CMT Empowering Education campaign touched thousands of
21Louisiana's people and merits a sincere expression of recognition.
22 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
23Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the investment in and commitment to the
24people of Louisiana made by Country Music Television, the Louisiana Community and
25Technical College System, Louisiana Calling, and Courtney Cole through the Empowering
26Education Tour.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
28to the chief executive officer of Country Music Television.
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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)]
HR 75 Original 2018 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Commends Country Music Television, the La. Community and Technical College System,
Louisiana Calling, and Courtney Cole for their work on the Empowering Education Tour.
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