2023 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 37
BY SENATOR MCMATH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request 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 public school students' preparation for public postsecondary education.
WHEREAS, research has shown that the majority of future jobs will require a
postsecondary education credential; and
WHEREAS, the high-school-to-postsecondary education pipeline needs to be robust
to ensure that students are properly prepared to enter either the workforce or the
postsecondary education arena upon completion of high school; and
WHEREAS, in recent years much emphasis and funding have focused on ensuring
students have the skills and the knowledge to pursue their career and educational dreams
after graduating from high school; and
WHEREAS, the appropriate data may help identify any specific needs in the current
education-to-career pipeline; and
WHEREAS, data collected and analyzed pursuant to R.S. 17:3914(N), including
trend data, may help identify ways to maximize funding and assist more students in earning
college course credits, career training, and in-demand career credentials while the students
are still enrolled in high school.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of
Regents to collaborate to publish on their respective websites an annual report detailing the
degree of public school students' preparation for public postsecondary education.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the
report include the number and percentage of public high school graduates who enroll in a
public postsecondary education institution within one year of graduation and who are
required to take a remedial or corequisite course in English or math and the number and
percentage of current twelfth-grade students who are not enrolled full-time at a public
secondary school, and further requests that the data be provided in the aggregate and by each
public school.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the
report include the number and percentage of public high school students who are dual
enrolled and who take career training courses and courses for industry-based certifications,
and that the report identify the source of the funds used for the courses and training and the
amount from each source, including the Minimum Foundation Program, federal Title I, Carl
D. Perkins, and TOPS Tech Early Start.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the Board of Regents, the commissioner of higher education, the president of
the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the state superintendent of
education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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