SLS 23RS-187 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 37
BY SENATOR MCMATH
STUDENTS. Requests BESE and the Board of Regents to publish certain information
annually relative to college and career readiness outcomes.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board
3 of Regents to collaborate to publish an annual report on their respective websites that
4 details public school students' preparation for public postsecondary education.
5 WHEREAS, research has shown that the majority of future jobs will require a
6 postsecondary education credential; and
7 WHEREAS, the high-school-to-postsecondary education pipeline needs to be robust
8 to ensure that students are properly prepared to enter either the workforce or the
9 postsecondary education arena upon completion of high school; and
10 WHEREAS, in recent years much emphasis and funding have focused on ensuring
11 students have the skills and the knowledge to pursue their career and educational dreams
12 after graduating from high school; and
13 WHEREAS, the appropriate data may help identify any specific needs in the current
14 education-to-career pipeline; and
15 WHEREAS, data collected and analyzed pursuant to R.S. 17:3914(N), including
16 trend data, may help identify ways to maximize funding and assist more students in earning
17 college course credits, career training, and in-demand career credentials while the students
18 are still enrolled in high school.
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SLS 23RS-187 ORIGINAL
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2 urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of
3 Regents to collaborate to publish on their respective websites an annual report detailing the
4 degree of public school students' preparation for public postsecondary education.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the
6 report include the number and percentage of public high school graduates who enroll in a
7 public postsecondary education institution within one year of graduation and who are
8 required to take a remedial or corequisite course in English or math and the number and
9 percentage of current twelfth-grade students who are not enrolled full-time at a public
10 secondary school, and further requests that the data be provided in the aggregate and by each
11 public school.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the
13 report include the number and percentage of public high school students who are dual
14 enrolled and who take career training courses and courses for industry-based certifications,
15 and that the report identify the source of the funds used for the courses and training and the
16 amount from each source, including the Minimum Foundation Program, federal Title I, Carl
17 D. Perkins, and TOPS Tech Early Start.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
19 president of the Board of Regents, the commissioner of higher education, the president of
20 the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the state superintendent of
21 education.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by LG Sullivan.
DIGEST
SCR 37 Original 2023 Regular Session McMath
Urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board
of Regents to collaborate to publish an annual report on their respective websites that details
the preparation of public school students for public postsecondary education.
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