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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 63
BY SENATORS JACKSON, ALLAIN, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUIE, CATHEY,
CLOUD, CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, JOHNS,
MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL,
PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, WHITE AND WOMACK
AND REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a
continuous learning task force to assist the state Department of Education in
developing guidance for Louisiana educators to meet the immediate need of
supporting learning outside of our normal practices.
WHEREAS, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the closing of
school buildings across the state; and
WHEREAS, such closure left school leaders and school teachers seeking additional
avenues to best meet the learning needs of all students in new ways; and
WHEREAS, local leaders have to make many decisions tailored to the unique needs
of their student population, staff, and resources; and
WHEREAS, directives from the state may not be flexible enough to allow local
leaders to adequately address all of the needs of their community, but solid guidance with
a consistent framework of expectations from the state may open opportunities and foster
partnerships previously overlooked; and
WHEREAS, other states, such as Kansas, have, in a very short period, seen success
from bringing together various stakeholders and forming a task force to share expertise and
insight to help envision methods to ensure continuous learning in these unprecedented times;
and
WHEREAS, many of Louisiana's students were already struggling to achieve
academic success; and
WHEREAS, all of our students deserve to be provided educational resources now
to ensure they are successful in their studies, even while this pandemic persists.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a
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continuous learning task force to assist the state Department of Education in developing
guidance for Louisiana educators to meet the immediate need of supporting learning outside
of our normal practices.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the membership of the task force shall include
an appointee by the governor; a member of the Louisiana Senate, appointed by the Senate
president; a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker
of the House of Representatives; the state superintendent of education; a member of the Sate
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, appointed by the president of the State
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; a designee of Louisiana Television
Educational Authority; a designee of the Louisiana School Boards Association; a designee
of the Louisiana Public Charter School Association; a designee of the Associated
Professional Educators of Louisiana; a designee of the Louisiana Association of Educators;
a designee of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers; a designee of the Council for a Better
Louisiana; a designee of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; a designee of
the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana; a local school superintendent of a school
district with a student population in excess of ten thousand students and a local school
superintendent of a school district with a student population of less than ten thousand
students, each designated by the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents; a
designee of the Louisiana Principals Association; and two parents of public school children,
one of whom shall be the parent of a child who is designated in need of special education
services, selected by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from nominees
of the individual members of the board.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state
superintendent of education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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