Louisiana HR 175: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 1, 2024, as Literacy Day at the state capitol

Bill Text

ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 175
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEGEL
A RESOLUTION
To designate Wednesday, May 1, 2024, as Literacy Day at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, 72% of Louisiana's fourth grade students do not read proficiently;
literacy is a foundation of a student's academic success; students who do not read
proficiently by the end of the third grade are four times more likely to drop out of school,
and those who have not mastered at least a basic level of reading proficiency are nearly six
times more likely to leave school without earning a diploma; and
WHEREAS, dyslexia is a specific learning disability that affects as many as one in
five people; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy and Learning was founded in 1992 and has been
implementing instructional and coaching practices, based on scientific research, knowledge,
and best practices, that improve teaching and increasing student learning; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy and Learning uses its 347 years of combined
professional education experience to focus on closing the achievement gap by increasing
teacher effectiveness, by advancing public education reform, and by providing educators
who teach the most at-risk children with professional learning that is specific and targeted
to the needs of those students and their fellow teachers; and
WHEREAS, with a literacy wraparound approach, the center provides services to
educators, families, and communities to support both in- and out-of-classroom learning; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Literacy and Learning and the Louisiana Department of
Education created a key partnership emphasizing the importance of improving our state's
literacy rates and launched the Literacy Coaching Program in 2020, through which our
literacy and learning specialists served twelve local education agencies, fifty-three individual
schools, and forty-five literacy coaches in the 2023-2024 school year; and
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HR NO. 175 ENROLLED
WHEREAS, improving the literacy rate in Louisiana is necessary for developing a
robust workforce, creating high-quality jobs, and strengthening our economy.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Wednesday, May 1, 2024, as Literacy Day
at the state capitol; does hereby recognize the work of the Center for Literacy and Learning;
and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that efforts to improve literacy in Louisiana
continue.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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