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2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY SENATOR CLOUD
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Commends the dedicated work of the Center for
Development and Learning and recognizes May 6, 2021, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the dedicated work of the Center for Development and Learning and to
3 recognize Thursday, May 6, 2021, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
4 WHEREAS, 74% of Louisiana's fourth grade students do not read proficiently and
5 dyslexia is a specific learning disability that affects as many as one in five people; 20% of
6 the population; and
7 WHEREAS, students who do not read proficiently by the end of the third grade are
8 four times more likely to drop out of school and those who have not mastered at least a basic
9 level of reading proficiency are nearly six times as likely to leave school without earning a
10 diploma; and
11 WHEREAS, Louisiana spends more than $270,000,000 annually to remediate
12 students who read below grade level, making reading both an education and economic issue;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, the Center for Development and Learning was founded in 1992 to
15 develop and disseminate leading-edge scientific research, knowledge, and best practices that
16 improve teaching and increase student learning; and
17 WHEREAS, the Center for Development and Learning focuses on closing the
18 achievement gap by increasing teacher effectiveness and advancing public education reform
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1 by providing educators who teach our most at-risk children with professional learning that
2 is specific and targeted to the needs of those students and their fellow teachers; and
3 WHEREAS, with an in-the-trenches approach, the Center for Development and
4 Learning tackles real-time issues such as a way to remediate struggling readers, differentiate
5 instruction for diverse learners, and build and sustain collective capacity; and
6 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Education has emphasized how important
7 improving our state's literacy rates are and launched a new literacy initiative to spark a
8 reading revival across the state with tools for system leaders, classroom teachers, and family
9 members to support children on their literacy journey; and
10 WHEREAS, improving the literacy rates in Louisiana is necessary to increase
11 Louisiana students' success in all other areas of their education.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
13 does hereby commend the dedicated work of the Center for Development and Learning, does
14 hereby extend gratitude for its work in improving reading proficiency in all of Louisiana's
15 students, and does hereby recognize Thursday, May 6, 2021, as Literacy Day at the state
16 capitol.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
18 Center for Development and Learning.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 68 Original 2021 Regular Session Cloud
Commends the dedicated work of the Center for Development and Learning and recognizes
May 6, 2021, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
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