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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 15
BY SENATORS MILLIGAN, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUIE, CATHEY,
CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FIELDS, FOIL, HENRY, HEWITT,
JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MIZELL, MORRIS,
PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER,
WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a
Purple Star School Award Program, administered through the state Department of
Education, to recognize schools that evidence a major commitment to serving
students and families connected to the United States Armed Forces.
WHEREAS, Louisiana is a member state of the Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature ratified this membership in 2009 through the
enactment of R.S. 17:1915; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Purple Star School Award Program shall serve
to recognize military-friendly schools that have demonstrated a major commitment to
military-connected students and families; and
WHEREAS, selected schools should, at a minimum, designate a staff member as a
military liaison to serve as the primary point of contact for military-connected students and
families, who will work to identify special considerations needed by military-connected
students and families, and who will help to develop training to inform teachers and other
school personnel of those special considerations; and
WHEREAS, each Purple Star School should have a dedicated page on its website
featuring resources for military-connected students and their families; and
WHEREAS, each Purple Star School should maintain a student-led transition
program to provide peer support for military-connected students; and
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WHEREAS, the governing authority of each designated school should adopt a
resolution stating the commitment of the support for military-connected students and
families and have assigned a central office staff member to be the contact for the school
based liaison and military-connected students and families; and
WHEREAS, each Purple Star School should be selected by the State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education based upon rules and guidelines adopted for this
purpose; and
WHEREAS, each school recognized as a Purple Star School should receive a Purple
Star School Award certificate to display at the school and on the school's website to help
military families identify schools committed to serving their students.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a Purple Star
School Award Program, administered through the state Department of Education, to
recognize schools that evidence a major commitment to serving students and families
connected to the United States Armed Forces.
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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