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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 40
BY SENATOR MILLIGAN AND REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, EMERSON,
FREEMAN, FREIBERG, HARRIS, JEFFERSON, MCFARLAND,
CHARLES OWEN, SCHAMERHORN, ST. BLANC AND TARVER
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request each city, parish, and other local school board to create a Teachers'
Advisory Council.
WHEREAS, the legislature, BESE, the state Department of Education, and local
governing authorities routinely pass laws, rules, and policies that impact teachers, classroom
activities, and student learning; and
WHEREAS, it is most often teachers who see the direct consequences, intended and
unintended, of those actions; and
WHEREAS, teachers often feel powerless to bring attention to the unintended
consequences and to impact meaningful change that could enhance the learning environment
of students; and
WHEREAS, the feelings of powerlessness are often cited by teachers as the reason
for competent teachers leaving the classroom; and
WHEREAS, many teachers point to the inability to impact classroom policies as
having a greater negative influence on them compared to their pay; and
WHEREAS, providing teachers a method to provide feedback could not only
improve the working environment for educators but also increase learning outcomes for
students.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request each city, parish, and local school board to create the Teachers' Advisory
Council in order to allow teacher input into the decisions that impact student learning.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council be comprised of teachers chosen to
provide diverse views and from among a pool of teachers who have applied to serve on the
Council.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the terms of the members shall be staggered in
a manner to provide for both new insight as well as continuity in the membership.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the first meeting of the Council shall be called
by the leader of the city, parish, or other local school board by August 1, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council shall meet with the leader of the
city, parish, or other local board on a quarterly basis in order to discuss issues, laws, rules,
and policies impacting teachers and their students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in order to provide a feedback loop, after each
meeting of the Council, the leader of the city, parish, or other local school board shall
provide a report to their local school board on the discussions of the Teachers' Advisory
Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
executive director of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents and the executive
director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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