HLS 20RS-1649 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 92
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
COLLEGES/COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL: Urges and requests the Louisiana
Community and Technical College System to pilot a regional approach for the
delivery of commercial driver's license training and certification
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to establish
3 a pilot program to provide for the regional delivery of commercial driver's license
4 training and certification.
5 WHEREAS, according to data extracted from the Louisiana Workforce
6Commission's long-term employment projections contained within its occupational forecast,
7the truck transportation sector is projected to realize significant growth in all regions of the
8state of Louisiana; and
9 WHEREAS, this significance is based on regions that are projected to have a ten
10percent or greater increase from 2016 or are projected to have employment opportunities that
11exceed one thousand; and
12 WHEREAS, regional labor market areas one, New Orleans, and three, Houma-
13Thibodaux, collectively are projected to employ five thousand five hundred seventy-four
14commercial driver's license holders through the year 2026; and
15 WHEREAS, regional labor market areas four, Lafayette, five, Lake Charles, and six,
16Central Louisiana, collectively are projected to employ three thousand forty-nine
17commercial driver's license holders through the year 2026; and
18 WHEREAS, regional labor market areas seven, Shreveport-Bossier, and eight,
19Monroe, collectively are projected to employ four thousand three hundred six commercial
20driver's license holders through the year 2026; and
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1 WHEREAS, regional labor market area two, Baton Rouge, is projected to employ
2four thousand eighty-six commercial driver's license holders through the year 2026; and
3 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System operates
4twelve colleges across the state of Louisiana and serves every region of the state of
5Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System is a collection
7of institutions of higher education established to provide technical instruction and prepare
8Louisiana's citizens for improved quality of life, workforce success, and continued learning;
9and
10 WHEREAS, the significant cost of establishing a commercial driver's license training
11program makes it difficult to operate such programs at each individual college; and
12 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System currently
13provides instruction in diesel technology to assist diesel technicians with the operation of
14maintenance centers for fleet upkeep and preservation; and
15 WHEREAS, the professional trucking industry reported that the industry continues
16to struggle with recruiting and retaining a qualified professional workforce; and
17 WHEREAS, a regional approach will enhance the Louisiana Community and
18Technical College System's ability to scale up and provide training on a more significant
19level during the day, evening, and on the weekend which will allow more Louisiana citizens,
20who desire to earn a short term credential, to earn a salary as a professional truck driver in
21our state; and
22 WHEREAS, the expansion of training in these programs would serve to stimulate
23the economy of the state of Louisiana by certifying additional drivers to transport products
24to and from the state and technicians to provide maintenance for trucking fleets and provide
25a response to fulfill the increased need for drivers, which was brought on by COVID-19 and
26the preexisting driver shortage experienced in the transportation industry.
27 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
28urge and request the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to develop a pilot
29program in which multiple colleges partner to provide instruction and certification for
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1commercial driving and for diesel technicians through a regional service delivery model that
2serves the entire state of Louisiana.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the scale of the pilot program administered by
4the Louisiana Community and Technical College System shall be dependent on appropriated
5funds or funds raised by the colleges.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Community and Technical
7College System shall submit a written report of its findings regarding the development and
8implementation of the pilot program, including any recommendations for related legislation,
9to the Senate and House Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and
10the Senate and House Committees on Education not later than sixty days prior to the
11beginning of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
13to the president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System and the
14commissioner of higher education.
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)]
HCR 92 Original 2020 Regular Session Pierre
Urges and requests that the La. Community and Technical College System establish a pilot
program to provide for the regional delivery of commercial driver's license training and
certification.
Requires that the La. Community and Technical College System submit a report of its
findings to the Senate and House Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public
Works and the Senate and House Committees on Education no later than 60 days prior to the
2022 Regular Session.
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