House Concurrent Resolution 39 of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session creates the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force. The legislation requires the Task Force to study the declining enrollment in teacher preparation programs and review strategies that can be utilized by the state and individual school districts in locations of teacher shortages to reverse declines. This Task Force is charged to provide a written report of findings and recommendations to the Governor, State Superintendent of Education, President of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, House Committee on Education, and Senate Committee on Education no later than January 31.Task Force Meetings
Task Force Members
Member Seat Information Rep. Mark Wright The chairman of the House Committee on
Education or his designee Dr. Esrom Pitre The chairman of the Senate Committee on
Education or his designee Em LeBlanc Cooper A representative of the Louisiana Department
of Education designated
by the state superintendent
of education.Dr. Kim Hunter Reed The Commissioner of Higher Education
or her designee. Dr. Janet Pope A representative of the Louisiana School Boards
Association designated
by the governing authority of
the association.Dr. Karen Peace A representative of the Louisiana Association of
School Executives designated
by the governing authority of the association.Sandy Holloway The president of the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education or his designee. Mike Faulk A representative of the Louisiana Association of
School Superintendents designated
by the
governing authority of the association.Bruce Chaffin A representative of the Louisiana State Association of
School Personnel Administrators designated
by the
governing authority of the association.Dr. Paula Calderon A representative of the Louisiana Association of
Colleges for Teacher Education designated
by the
governing authority of the association.Joy Rimmer A representative of the Associated Professional
Educators of Louisiana, who is a certified teacher with
one to five years
of classroom experience,
designated by the governing authority
of the association.Edward Parks A representative of the Louisiana Federation of
Teachers, who is a certified teacher
with six to twenty
years of classroom experience, designated byGladys Mouton A representative of the Louisiana Association of
Educators, who is a minority certified teacher
with at
least five years of classroom experience, designated
by the governing authority of the association.Barry Erwin The president and chief executive officer of the
Council for A Better Louisiana or his designee. Alex Jarrell The executive director of the Louisiana Association
of Public Charter Schools or his designee. Sen. J. Rogers Pope The president of the Senate or his designee. Rep. Buddy Mincey The Speaker of the House of Representatives
or his designee.