HLS 24RS-4035 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 201
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends the Ready Louisiana Coalition and
designates May 21, 2024, as Early Education Day at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Ready Louisiana Coalition and to designate Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as
3 Early Education Day at the state capitol.
4 WHEREAS, the Ready Louisiana Coalition is a bipartisan statewide organization
5formed in 2018 that is comprised of over one hundred sixty businesses, chambers, advocacy
6organizations, and early care and education professionals seeking sufficient investment in
7quality, affordable early care and education in Louisiana; and
8 WHEREAS, members of the Ready Louisiana Coalition believe that investing in
9quality, affordable early care and education will prepare students for a smart start in life,
10enable families to be productive in the workforce, and serve as an economic engine for local
11communities; and
12 WHEREAS, research shows that early experiences affect the development of the
13brain architecture, providing the foundation for all future learning, health, and social
14behaviors; and
15 WHEREAS, early years form the basis for cognition, literacy and learning, social and
16emotional development, physical development, and more; and
17 WHEREAS, ninety percent of brain development takes place between birth and age
18four; and
19 WHEREAS, because these early years are when the very foundation of the brain is
20built, children who begin school behind generally remain behind; and
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1 WHEREAS, children who receive quality, affordable early care and education
2experience long-term improved outcomes in education, health, and social behaviors; and
3 WHEREAS, in Louisiana, an average family can spend as much as in-state college
4tuition on child care, which is often a considerable part of their household budget; and
5 WHEREAS, the current lack of quality, affordable early care and education harms
6all families and disproportionately impacts children of color and those in poverty during this
7critical age for early brain development; and
8 WHEREAS, lack of quality, affordable early care and education not only affects the
9workforce of tomorrow but also has a substantial impact on the workforce of today, in terms
10of both worker participation and productivity in Louisiana; and
11 WHEREAS, research has shown that there can be a thirteen percent return on public
12investment in quality, affordable early care and education; and
13 WHEREAS, child care issues and lost workforce participation and productivity have
14resulted in more than a $1.3 billion loss for Louisiana's economy; and
15 WHEREAS, the over one hundred sixty organizations from across Louisiana that
16comprise the Ready Louisiana Coalition are working to provide access to quality, affordable
17early care and education that will improve children's outcomes, strengthen their families, and
18build the economy.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
20Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Ready Louisiana Coalition and does
21hereby designate Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as Early Education 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 201 Original 2024 Regular Session Brass
Commends the Ready La. Coalition and designates May 21, 2024, as Early Education Day
at the state capitol.
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