HLS 20RS-2402 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 52
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
COLLEGES/COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL: Requests that the Board of Supervisors
of Community and Technical Colleges and Board of Regents study and report
relative to changes needed for community and technical colleges in response to
COVID-19
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and the
3 Board of Regents to study and make recommendations relative to any academic,
4 operational, structural, or technological changes that should be considered for the
5 institutions of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System in response
6 to COVID-19 and to submit to the speaker of the Louisiana House of
7 Representatives and the House Committee on Education an initial written report by
8 June 2, 2020, and final written report by not later than 60 days prior to the 2021
9 Regular Session of the Legislature.
10 WHEREAS, COVID-19 has dramatically altered the ways that the people of
11Louisiana work and learn; and
12 WHEREAS, the impact of COVID-19 on the state, national, and global economy has
13been significant, will continue for some time, and will require creative strategies to ensure
14that Louisiana continues to meet the needs of students and employers through the delivery
15of educational services; and
16 WHEREAS, Louisiana's community and technical colleges are faced with a
17landscape that has shifted dramatically in terms of educational delivery, funding, and market
18demands; and
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1 WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon the state to move decisively and strategically in
2order to ensure that Louisiana is a leader in the development of talent that will drive the
3state's economy; and
4 WHEREAS, the ability of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
5(LCTCS) to succeed in fulfilling its mission to rapidly train the workforce of today and
6prepare students for transferring to state universities is more important than ever due to the
7need to rapidly stimulate the state's economy; and
8 WHEREAS, there is a growing need for the provision of online education, which will
9require strategic investments and creative strategies to ensure that rural areas both increase
10and maintain opportunities for rural students to access this education; and
11 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, as the
12LCTCS management board, and the Board of Regents, as the coordinating body for
13postsecondary education, are best positioned to evaluate and make recommendations relative
14to how LCTCS institutions can continue to effectively fulfill their mission in a landscape
15significantly altered by COVID-19.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request Board of Supervisors of Community
18and Technical Colleges and the Board of Regents to study and make recommendations
19relative to any academic, operational, structural, or technological changes that should be
20considered for the institutions of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
21in response to COVID-19.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting this study, the boards shall
23consider how to minimize administrative costs while broadening access to education
24provided by LCTCS institutions and not closing any LCTCS campuses.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any monetary savings derived from the
26implementation of recommendations resulting from this study shall be used to continue
27fulfillment of the LCTCS mission statewide.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the two boards shall either separately or jointly
29submit a written report of findings, including any recommendations for changes in policy
30or state law relative to the issues studied, to the speaker of the Louisiana House of
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1Representatives and the House Committee on Education; an initial report shall be submitted
2not later than June 2, 2020, and a final report shall be submitted not later than sixty days
3prior to the beginning of the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
5chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, the chairman
6of the Board of Regents, and the commissioner 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)]
HR 52 Original 2020 Regular Session Schexnayder
Requests that the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and Bd. of
Regents study and make recommendations relative to any changes that should be considered
for the institutions of the La. Community and Technical College System in response to
COVID-19 and submit to the speaker and the House Education Committee an initial report
of findings by June 2, 2020, and a final report by not later than 60 days prior to the 21RS.
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