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Message from
Senate President Joel
T. Chaisson, II:
The Louisiana Senate is honored
to have the opportunity to participate in the National
Conference of State Legislature's America's Legislators Back to
School program, now in its 11th year. The members of
the Louisiana Senate are long-time, avid supporters of this
highly successfully civic education effort with 100% of our
members participating in the program during the 2008-09 school
year. We are eager to return to the classroom this school year.
The Louisiana Senate believes it
is imperative that we engage our young people in the process of
representative democracy. The American's Legislators Back to
School program gives us the opportunity to do that, promoting
public service and explaining the consensus and compromise that
is at the heart of the legislative process. At the same time, we
have a chance to visit with teachers, school administrators and
students and discuss their thoughts and concerns.
The America's Legislators Back to
School Program is making a difference in Louisiana. In fact, a
simple visit by one of our members to a classroom a couple of
years ago resulted in a new state law pushed by students that
created the nationally recognized Louisiana Legislative Youth
Advisory Council.
This civic education program is
truly a chance to educate and to be educated, a chance to
nurture civic responsibility in our state's future leaders. The
Louisiana Senate wholeheartedly supports that effort.
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