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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 17
BY REPRESENTATIVE MINCEY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To continue and provide with respect to the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention
Task Force that was created pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 39 of the
2021 Regular Session of the Legislature.
WHEREAS, the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force was
created in the 2021 Regular Session pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 39 to
study the declining enrollment in teacher preparation programs and to study strategies and
best practices by which the state, and individual school districts where there are teacher
shortages, can increase rates of employment and retention of teachers; and
WHEREAS, the task force has met ten times since its inception, bringing together
key stakeholders who have contributed greatly to its work; and
WHEREAS, the task force released a preliminary report in December 2021 and a
final report in January 2023 which included responses to research questions posed in House
Concurrent Resolution No. 39 and demonstrated a commitment to strengthening the pipeline
of great teachers into classrooms across Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, there remain opportunities for the task force to help address teacher
shortages and identify ways to improve employment and retention of teachers in Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
continue the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force through July 13,
2025.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall submit written reports of its
findings and recommendations.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the reports shall be submitted to the governor,
the state superintendent of education, the House Committee on Education, the Senate
Committee on Education, the president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education, and the commissioner of higher education by February 1, 2024, and February 1,
2025.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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