HLS 23RS-617 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYD
STUDENTS: Creates a special study committee to study the need for and obstacles to the
installation of sidewalks at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans
1 A RESOLUTION
2To create a special study committee of the House of Representatives to study the need for
3 and obstacles to the installation of sidewalks at Edna Karr High School in New
4 Orleans and to require the committee to report its findings to the House of
5 Representatives no later than sixty days prior to the 2024 Regular Session of the
6 Legislature.
7 WHEREAS, in 2020, Edna Karr High School in New Orleans moved into a new,
8forty-eight million dollar, 153,332 square feet school building; the school building has fifty-
9two classrooms, including four music/performance arts classrooms, and is located on a large
10lot that provides plenty of space for expansion of athletic facilities; and
11 WHEREAS, unfortunately, from a student safety perspective, the school is not
12complete; the school is located on General Meyer Avenue in Algiers, which is heavily
13traveled Louisiana Highway 428, and there are no sidewalks along the road which would
14allow for safer ingress and egress for students at the school; and
15 WHEREAS, students have already been hurt by vehicular traffic on the highway, and
16there is a general fear that more students will be hurt in the future if sidewalks are not
17installed in the area; and
18 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives desires information on why sidewalks in
19the area near Edna Karr High School have not been installed for the safety of the student
20body; and
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1 WHEREAS, furthermore, because the roadway on which the school is located is a
2state highway, the House of Representatives desires information on whether installation of
3sidewalks will be the responsibility of the city of New Orleans or the Department of
4Transportation and Development or a combination of both.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
6Legislature of Louisiana does hereby create a special study committee of the House of
7Representatives to study the need for and obstacles to the installation of sidewalks at Edna
8Karr High School in New Orleans.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the special committee shall be comprised of six
10members, three of whom shall be members of the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial
11and Cultural Affairs appointed by the chairman of that committee and three of whom shall
12be members of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
13appointed by the chairman of that committee.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the chairman of the House Committee on
15Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs shall call the first meeting of the special study
16committee and preside at the first meeting until the committee selects a chairman from
17among its members.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall hold public hearings to
19receive testimony from any interested party and shall specifically solicit advice and guidance
20from the governing authority and officials of Edna Karr High School, the Department of
21Transportation, and the city of New Orleans.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study committee shall report its findings and
23recommendations to the House of Representatives no later than sixty days prior to the
24beginning of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature.
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 8 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Boyd
Creates a special study committee of the House of Representatives to study the need for and
obstacles to the installation of sidewalks at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans.
Provides for six members, three of whom shall be members of the House Committee on
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Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs appointed by the chairman of that committee and
three of whom shall be members of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and
Public Works appointed by the chairman of that committee. Provides that the committee
shall report its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives no later than
60 days prior to the 2024 R.S.
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