Tell the Senate: Stop the unfunded mandate!

The Senate will consider a bill on May 30 that would impose an unfunded mandate on local school boards.

SB 209 by Sen. Mike Walsworth (R-West Monroe) would create an unfunded mandate by requiring access to supplementary, post-secondary dual enrollment coursework to all students in grades 7-12 at no cost to the student. It would remove the basic discretionary authority of local district administrators, and would require a diversion of scarce resources to prioritize college dual enrollment coursework rather than K-12 priorities like Career and Technical Education, etc.

Send a message to the Senate Finance Committee. Tell members that school districts are already underfunded and cannot afford more unfunded mandates from Baton Rouge!