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Research has shown that the quality of care and education during children’s early years will influence their life outcomes as well as the condition of the society and workplaces of their generation. Unfortunately, quality early care and education is out of reach for many low-income families.
Legislators made significant progress toward many of the RESET agenda’s goals.
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Expand access to high-quality early learning experiences for economically disadvantaged children from birth to age three – making sure all children enter kindergarten ready to learn.
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Raise education attainment in Louisiana and strengthen the state’s workforce by increasing the number of citizens with a high-quality postsecondary credential – building the talent pool Louisiana needs for today’s economy.
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Build on Louisiana’s strong education policies to improve theacademic outcomes of Louisiana’s public-school students.
Session relishes stability but not reform. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the 2019 legislative season was the lack of extraordinary sessions.
Louisiana should reset the focus of postsecondary education with the specific goals of providing greater affordability for Louisiana students, equitably increasing the education attainment levels of its citizens and enhancing the competitiveness of its institutions.