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