HLS 22RS-1886 REENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 81
BY REPRESENTATIVE MINCEY
EDUCATION: Creates the Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force to study and
report relative to workforce readiness programs and activities in public schools
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To create the Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force to study workforce
3 readiness programs and activities in the state's public schools, identify successful
4 programs and practices, and develop recommendations for improvement and to
5 provide for submission of an initial and final written report of findings and
6 recommendations by January 16, 2023, and January 15, 2024, respectively.
7 WHEREAS, creating opportunities for students to be prepared to enter the workforce
8or workforce training directly from high school is critical to a growing economy; and
9 WHEREAS, promoting career and workforce readiness should be recognized as
10having the same importance as preparing students for postsecondary education opportunities;
11and
12 WHEREAS, public schools should be afforded support in the effort to promote and
13provide career and workforce opportunities to students; and
14 WHEREAS, identifying programs and practices that have been successful will enable
15the state and public schools to provide better opportunities to students.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
17create the Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force to study workforce readiness
18programs and activities in the state's public schools, identify successful programs and
19practices, and develop recommendations for improvement.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be composed of the
2following members:
3 (1) The speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.
4 (2) The president of the Senate or his designee.
5 (3) The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
6 (4) A representative of the state Department of Education designated by the state
7superintendent of education.
8 (5) The president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or his
9designee.
10 (6) A representative of the Louisiana School Boards Association designated by the
11governing authority of the association.
12 (7) A representative of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents
13designated by the governing authority of the association.
14 (8) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
15or his designee.
16 (9) A designee of the governing authority of the Louisiana Association of Principals
17who is a career and technical education coordinator from a large district (greater than or
18equal to 20,000 students) with a successful career and technical education program.
19 (10) A designee of the governing authority of the Louisiana Association of
20Principals who is a career and technical education coordinator from a small district (less than
21or equal to 3,000 students) with a successful career and technical education program.
22 (11) A designee of the governing authority of the Louisiana Association of School
23Executives who is a principal from a large high school (greater than or equal to 1,500
24students) with a successful career and technical education program.
25 (12) A designee of the governing authority of the Louisiana Association of School
26Executives who is a principal from a small high school (less than or equal to 200 students)
27with a successful career and technical education program.
28 (13) The president and chief executive officer of the Council for A Better Louisiana
29or his designee.
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1 (14) A representative of the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation
2designated by the governing authority of the foundation.
3 (15) A representative of the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation
4designated by the governing authority of the corporation.
5 (16) The secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission or his designee.
6 (17) A representative of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
7designated by the governing authority of the association.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the president of the Louisiana Community and
9Technical College System (LCTCS) shall be responsible for designating LCTCS staff to
10assist the task force in performing its duties, shall serve as chair of the task force, and shall
11call the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than July 15, 2022, and
12at which time the task force shall adopt rules of procedure, a work schedule, and any
13additional measures that it deems necessary for the timely performance of its duties,
14including selection of a vice chair and other officers.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the termination date of the task force shall be
16two years after the convening of its first meeting, unless it is deemed necessary by the
17LCTCS president to extend the task force's operations by another year to monitor and assist
18with implementation of any recommendations.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the task force shall serve without
20compensation.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall submit an initial written
22report of findings of recommendations by January 16, 2023, and a final written report of
23findings and recommendations by January 15, 2024, to the governor, the state superintendent
24of education, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the
25president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the author of this
26Resolution, which shall include recommendations for legislation, if any, relative to the
27following:
28 (1) Current workforce readiness programs and activities in the state's public schools,
29including but not limited to high school vocational education programs, dual enrollment
30programs, and internships.
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1 (2) Successful workforce readiness programs and practices in Louisiana and
2elsewhere, including the identification of best practices from these models to guide the
3expansion of career and technical education program development.
4 (3) Impediments to more successful workforce readiness programs and practices in
5Louisiana, including those in rural communities.
6 (4) Funding mechanisms for workforce readiness programs and activities.
7 (5) Incentives for districts implementing industry-based opportunities on the state
8focus list where students are achieving at the advanced levels.
9 (6) Training opportunities for principals, career and technical education coordinators
10or those in equivalent positions, and teachers or instructors, including recommendations
11related to teacher certification for faculty teaching career and technical education courses.
12 (7) Tax incentive opportunities for businesses and industries participating in training
13programs, apprenticeships, internships, or externships.
14 (8) Industry certifications, including those obtained in traditional and nontraditional
15classrooms.
16 (9) Inclusion of workforce readiness programs and activities in the school and
17district accountability system.
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)]
HCR 81 Reengrossed 2022 Regular Session Mincey
Creates the Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force to study and report relative
to workforce readiness programs and activities in the state's public schools.
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