ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 80
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON
A RESOLUTION
To commend Louisiana Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP) and to designate Thursday, May 2, 2019, as GEAR UP Day
at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, Louisiana GEAR UP delivers support to low income, minority, and
disadvantaged students who may be the first in their families to attend college; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana GEAR UP is sustained by public and private partnerships,
enlisting the powerful resources of government, business, and community to support
students as they prepare to enter and succeed in college; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana GEAR UP is administered by the Louisiana Office of Student
Financial Assistance, a program of the Board of Regents, and has supported over twenty-
three thousand Louisiana students in seventy-five schools located in twenty-two districts
throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana GEAR UP offers students college and career readiness
interventions such as tutoring, mentoring, financial literacy, campus trips, and peer
leadership clubs; Louisiana GEAR UP currently serves more than eleven thousand middle
and high school students in more than sixteen schools and fifteen parishes; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize Thursday, May 2, 2019, as GEAR UP Day
at the state capitol and to welcome the outstanding students from Louisiana GEAR UP as
they share how this exceptional program has impacted them and over twenty-three thousand
other students.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the exceptional efforts of Louisiana Gaining
Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, a program that delivers
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support to thousands of students and does hereby designate Thursday, May 2, 2019, as
GEAR UP Day at the state capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
program coordinator of Louisiana GEAR UP.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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