HLS 23RS-2157 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 3, 2023, as Literacy Day at the state
capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Wednesday, May 3, 2023, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, 72% of Louisiana's fourth grade students do not read proficiently, and
4dyslexia is a specific learning disability that affects as many as one in five people, 20% of
5the population; and
6 WHEREAS, students who do not read proficiently by the end of the third grade are
7four times more likely to drop out of school, and those who have not mastered at least a
8basic level of reading proficiency are nearly six times as likely to leave school without
9earning a diploma; and
10 WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy & Learning was founded in 1992 and is
11celebrating its thirty-first anniversary facilitating leading-edge scientific research,
12knowledge, and best practices that improve teaching and increase student learning; and
13 WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy & Learning uses its nearly three hundred years
14of combined professional education experience to focus on closing the achievement gap by
15increasing teacher effectiveness and advancing public education reform by providing
16educators who teach our most at-risk children with professional learning that is specific and
17targeted to the needs of those students and their fellow teachers; and
18 WHEREAS, with an "in the trenches" approach, the Center for Literacy & Learning
19tackles real-time challenges such as remediating struggling readers, differentiating
20instruction for diverse learners, and building and sustaining collective capacity; and
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HR NO. 110
1 WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy & Learning and the state Department of
2Education have created a key partnership emphasizing the importance of improving our
3state's literacy rates and launched the Literacy Coach Program in 2020; as of the 2022-2023
4school year, the Literacy Coach Program has served twenty local education agencies across
5eighteen parishes and sixty-five schools and provided fifty-two literacy coaches; and
6 WHEREAS, in 2019, the Center for Literacy & Learning successfully advocated for
7the legislative creation of the Early Literacy Commission, consisting of a body of experts
8guiding the future of literacy policy and programming; and
9 WHEREAS, improving literacy rates in Louisiana is necessary to increase Louisiana
10students' success in all other areas of their education.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
12Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the dedicated work of the Center for
13Literacy & Learning; does hereby extend gratitude for its work in improving reading
14proficiency for all of Louisiana's students; and does hereby designate Wednesday, May 3,
152023, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
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)]
HR 110 Original 2023 Regular Session Hughes
Designates May 3, 2023, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
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