SLS 19RS-464 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 72
BY SENATORS WHITE AND THOMPSON
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Layni LeBlanc on being the first woman from Louisiana
to serve as a national officer of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Layni LeBlanc on being the first woman from Louisiana to serve as a national
3 officer of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
4 WHEREAS, Layni was elected as the National Future Farmers of America "FFA"
5 secretary during the 91st National FFA Convention and Expo held October 24-27, 2018, in
6 Indianapolis, Indiana; and
7 WHEREAS, Layni is the first Louisiana FFA member elected as a national officer
8 in thirty-one years, the fifth overall since 1930, and the first female from the state in history;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, as a national FFA officer, students are tasked with advocating for
11 agricultural education and throughout the year they make FFA chapter visits and meet with
12 agricultural stakeholders; and
13 WHEREAS, as part of her duties as a national officer, Layni will travel to forty states
14 and Japan to promote agriculture and the FFA; and
15 WHEREAS, she will serve the national secretary on a team of five other officers
16 from different states; and
17 WHEREAS, with more than six hundred seventy thousand members in all fifty
18 states, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, the National FFA Organization has
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1 a strong presence as the largest student-led organization in the nation; and
2 WHEREAS, Layni is a graduate of Walker High School and is currently a junior
3 studying animal science at Louisiana State University College of Agriculture and the Honors
4 College; and
5 WHEREAS, she has been a member of FFA since her freshmen year of high school
6 when she decided to take an agriscience class because it was the closest subject that related
7 to her love of animals; and
8 WHEREAS, Layni decided to run for national office to build relationships across the
9 country, to serve with a team of people, and to grow and learn from the members of FFA;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Layni embodies the FFA motto, "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,
12 Earning to Live, Living to Serve" and gives other members encouragement as they
13 experience the opportunities of the organization.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15 commend and congratulate Layni LeBlanc on being the first woman from Louisiana to serve
16 as a national officer of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that her notable accomplishment is hereby recorded
18 for posterity and that the Legislature of Louisiana also extends enduring appreciation for the
19 tremendous pride and honor she brings to her family and friends, her community, and the
20 state of Louisiana.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
22 Layni LeBlanc.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SCR 72 Original 2019 Regular Session White
Commends Layni LeBlanc on being the first woman from Louisiana to serve as a national
officer of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
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