2020 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 72
BY SENATOR BARROW
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the
necessity to suspend all statewide assessments for the 2020-2021 school year, due
to the impact of the school closures caused by COVID-19.
WHEREAS, the governor declared a public health emergency on March 11, 2020,
as a result of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the governor announced the closure of all school
buildings; and
WHEREAS, all school buildings have remained closed since that time; and
WHEREAS, it is still unclear whether schools will be able to reopen in the fall as
scheduled; and
WHEREAS, student anxiety over the virus and unrest caused by school closures will
likely negatively impact student learning and thus future test performance; and
WHEREAS, results from annual mandated statewide assessments have a great
impact on students, teachers, schools, and districts; and
WHEREAS, the health of Louisiana's students, teachers, and other school employees,
and not test results, should be of the utmost concern.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the
necessity to suspend all statewide assessments for the 2020-2021 school year, due to the
impact of the school closures caused by COVID-19.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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