HLS 20RS-982 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 23
BY REPRESENTATIVE FIRMENT
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary School on
being named 2020 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary School on being named 2020
3 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year.
4 WHEREAS, Jessica Borland is a graduate of Grant High School in Grant Parish; she
5graduated from Northwestern State University, where she received a bachelor's degree in
6psychology in 2004; and
7 WHEREAS, prior to teaching, she worked as an optician; in 2008, Ms. Borland
8accepted her first teaching position as an Algebra I and geometry teacher at Grant High
9School; in 2011, she transferred to South Grant Elementary School, where she currently
10teaches fourth grade math; in 2013, Ms. Borland received her elementary education
11certification from Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, in 2018, Ms. Borland was named the math content leader at South Grant
13Elementary School, and, in May of the same year, she was named the school's "Teacher of
14the Year"; she has also served as a lead sponsor of the 4-H Club for four years, and she
15served on the school improvement team for three years; and
16 WHEREAS, on July 19, 2019, at the annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence
17Symposium and Celebration in Baton Rouge, Ms. Borland was honored as the 2020
18Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year; and
19 WHEREAS, Jessica Borland is an example of hard work and dedication and her
20commitment to education and to the youth of Louisiana is certainly worthy of recognition.
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HR NO. 23
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary
3School on being named the 2020 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Louisiana
4Department of Education and does hereby extend sincere hopes and best wishes for
5continued success as she educates Louisiana's children.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
7Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary School.
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 23 Original 2020 Regular Session Firment
Commends Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary School on being named the 2020 La.
Elementary Teacher of the Year by the La. Dept. of Education.
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