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Posted 07/30/2007

#1: Adopt the Nation’s Best Ethics Laws

Act 315. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=449912

Alabama Statement of Economic Interests. Montgomery, AL: Alabama
Ethics Commission, 2007.
http://www.ethics.alalinc.net/docs/form_ecint_sample.pdf

The BGA Integrity Index. Chicago, IL: Better Government Association, 2002.
http://www.bettergov.org/pdfs/policy_integrityindex_2002.pdf

Disclosure Ranking 2006. Washington, DC: The Center for Public Integrity,
2006.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/oi/db.aspx?act=rank

Hired Guns: A Comprehensive Look at Lobbying in the 50 States.
Washington, DC: The Center for Public Integrity, 2003. http://www.publicintegrity.org/hiredguns/

House Bill 532. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=448771

House Concurrent Study Request No. 1. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State
Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=436067

House Resolution No. 69. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=440830

Huntley, Susan and Peggy Kerns. “Tough Calls: States Tailor Ethics Oversight.”
National Conference of State Legislatures Legisbrief
15(2): 2007.

Kentucky Initial Legislative Agent/Employer Registration Statement. Frankfort, KY:
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission, n.d.
http://klec.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B3827A35-2DC6-4CBE-A1A2-A6660E7440D4/0/
initialform.doc

Kentucky Legislative Agent’s Updated Registration Statement. Frankfort, KY:
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission, 2001.
http://klec.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/40DCD3C0-FAB2-4F7D-91F6-029F70040594/0/
agentlong.doc

Kerns, Peggy and Nicole Casal Moore. “Ethics Training.” National Conference of State
Legislatures Legisbrief
11(42):2003.

Kerns, Peggy and Nicole Moore. “Regulating Vendor Lobbyists: A New Trend.”
National Conference of State Legislatures Legisbrief
13(18):2005.

“Legislators Split Over House Rules Changes” The Advocate 28 June 2007.

Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State
Legislature, 1979.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/laws/ethiclaw.pdf

Louisiana Disclosure Ranking Report Card. Washington, DC: The Center for
Public Integrity, 2006.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/oi/iys.aspx?st=LA&sub=report

Louisiana Election Campaign Finance. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State
Legislature, 1980.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/laws/campfin.pdf

Louisiana Executive Branch Lobbying. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State
Legislature, 2004.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/laws/execloblaw.pdf

Louisiana Executive Lobbying Expenditure Report. Baton Rouge, LA: Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, n.d.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/forms/pdf/form507.pdf

Louisiana Executive Lobbying Registration/Renewal. Baton Rouge, LA: Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, n.d.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/forms/pdf/form504s.pdf

Louisiana Legislature Income Disclosure Form Calendar Year 2006. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana State Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/06incomeform.pdf

Louisiana Lobby Ranking 2003. Washington, DC: The Center for Public Integrity, 2003.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/hiredguns/nationwide.aspx

Louisiana Lobbying. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 1993.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/laws/lobbylaw.pdf

Louisiana Lobbying Expenditure Report. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Ethics
Administration Program, n.d.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/forms/pdf/form502.pdf

Louisiana Lobbying Registration Form. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Ethics
Administration Program, n.d.
http://www.ethics.state.la.us/forms/pdf/form500s.pdf

Moore, Nicole Casal. “Financial Disclosure.” National Conference of State
Legislatures Legisbrief
12(25):2004.

Moore, Nicole Casal. “Strong Ethics, Strong Democracy. Flexing the Ethics
Muscle.” State Legislatures July/August 2006.

Moore, Nicole Casal and Peggy Kerns. “Lobbyists’ Disclosure and Registration.”
National Conference of State Legislatures Legisbrief
13(37):2005.

Moore, Nicole Casal and Peggy Kerns. “State Ethics Commissions.” National
Conference of State Legislatures Legisbrief
14(23):2006.

“New Budget, Old Politics” The Advocate 24 June 2007.

“PAR Announces Ethics Reform Agenda for 2007.” Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
News Releases
19 March 2007. http://www.la-par.org/article.cfm?id=200&cateid=1

Parent, Wayne. Inside the Carnival—Unmasking Louisiana Politics. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana State University Press, 2004.

Sentell, Will. “Option Knocks Blanco Regulations.” The Advocate 24 April 2007.

Shuler, Marsha. “Ethics Bill Dies After Dispute.” The Advocate 29 June 2007.

“Slush Swells Budget Despite Funds’ Demise.” The Advocate 27 June 2006.
http://www.la-par.org/PAR%20News%20Files/Advocate06272006.pdf

South Carolina Lobbyist Disclosure Statement. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State
Ethics Commission, 2005.
http://ethics.sc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F2A6E545-7B73-49F2-8B52-630AB979D48C/
0/LobbyistDisclosure.pdf

South Carolina Lobbyist Registration. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Ethics Commission,
2004.
http://ethics.sc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/882A3F04-C392-
4F1D-A3A5-3BE5AAE0C95E/0/LR607.pdf

State of Georgia Financial Disclosure Statement. Atlanta, GA: Georgia State Ethics
Commission, 2006.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/docs/oi/GA.pdf

Texas Lobby Activities Report. Austin, TX: Texas Ethics Commission, 2005.
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/forms/la.pdf

Texas Lobbyist Registration for 2007. Austin, TX: Texas Ethics Commission, 2007.
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/forms/reg07.pdf

Texas Personal Financial Statement. Austin, TX: Texas Ethics Commission, 2006.
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/forms/pfs07.pdf

Transforming Louisiana into a National Model for Governmental Ethics—A Statewide
Reform Initiative.

Baton Rouge, LA: LA Ethics 1, 2007. http://www.laethics1.com/white%20paper.pdf

Washington Lobbyist Monthly Expense Report. Olympia, WA: Public Disclosure
Commission,
2002. http://www.pdc.wa.gov/filers/blank_forms/acrobat/lobbying/pdcl2.PDF

Washington Lobbyist Registration. Olympia, WA: Public Disclosure Commission,
2003.
http://www.pdc.wa.gov/filers/blank_forms/acrobat/lobbying/pdcl1.PDF

Washington Personal Financial Affairs Statement. Olympia, WA: Public Disclosure
Commission, 2007.
http://www.pdc.wa.gov/filers/blank_forms/acrobat/personal/pdcf1.pdf

White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision. Baton Rouge:
Public Affairs Research Council, 2003.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/whiteethics.pdf

 

 

#2: Prepare Students for a Lifetime of Success

2006 Louisiana KIDS COUNT Special Report on Child Care: Agenda for Children.
New Orleans, LA: Agenda for Children, 2006.
http://www.agendaforchildren.org/documents/childcarereport.pdf

2006-2007 Louisiana’s Educational Programs for “At-Risk” Four-Year-Old Children -
Unpublished Document.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education, 2007.

A Beacon in the South: LA 4 Early Childhood Program. Washington, DC: Council of
Chief State School Officers, 2003.
http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/beaconinthesouth.pdf

Belfield, Clive R. An Economic Analysis of Pre-K in Louisiana. Washington, DC:
Pre-K Now, 2005.
http://www.preknow.org/documents/LAEconAnalysisReport_June2005.pdf

Better Outcomes for All: Promoting Partnerships between Head Start and State Pre-K.
Washington, DC:
Center for Law and Social Policy and PreK Now, 2007.
http://preknow.org/documents/HeadStartPre-KCollaboration_Jan2007.pdf

Blank, Helen. “Diverse Delivery” Childcare and PreK Collaboration. Washington, DC:
PreK Now, 2007.
http://www.preknow.org/documents/nationalcalls/200706_HBlank_pres.pdf

Blending and Braiding Funds to Support Early Care and Education Initiatives.
Washington, DC: The Finance Project, 2003. http://www.financeproject.org/Publications/FP%20Blending%20Funds%201_24.pdf

Career Options for Louisiana Students: 2005-2006 The Career Options Law
Evaluation Report.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education, 2006.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/11039.pdf

Close-Up on Education Accountability. Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research
Council of Louisiana, 2004.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/Closeup4.pdf

Cunha, Flavio and James J. Heckman. Investing in Our Young People. Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago, 2006.
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/061115.education.pdf

Developing the Minds of the Very Young…Why It’s So Important to Louisiana’s Future.
Baton Rouge, LA: Council for a Better Louisiana, 2006. http://www.cabl.org/pdfs/PreK_Briefing.pdf

Dickens, William T., Isabel Sawhill, and Jeffrey Tebbs. “The Effects of Investing in
Early Education on Economic Growth.” Policy Brief #153. Washington, DC:
The Brookings Institution, 2006.
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb153.pdf

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale—Revised. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana
Department of Education, 2005. http://www.doe.state.la.us/LDE/uploads/4582.pdf

From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adulthood -
Louisiana. 
Bethesda, MD: Editorial Projects in Education, 2007.
http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2007/17shr.la.h26.pdf

Haskins, Ron and Isabel Sawhill. “The Future of Head Start.” Welfare Reform and
Beyond #27.
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2003.
http://www.brookings.org/es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb27.htm

Head Start by the Numbers: Louisiana. Washington, DC: Center for Law and
Social Policy, 2005.
http://www.clasp.org/ChildCareAndEarlyEducation/map111506la.pdf

Heckman, James J. “Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children is an Economically Efficient Policy.”
Early Childhood Education Summit III, April 6, 2006, Center for Child Development,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Department of Education.

Jacobs, Leslie. Building a Better Future for Louisiana Students through High School Redesign.
Baton Rouge, LA: High School Redesign Commission, 2007.

LA 4 Evaluation and Research Results December 2006. Lafayette, LA:
University of Lafayette Center for Child Development, 2006.

LA 4 Prekindergarten Program Guidelines and Implementation Handbook.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education, 2006.
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/6453.doc

Linsmeier, David. WI Four Year Old Kindergarten Community Approaches.
Washington, DC: PreK Now, 2007.
http://www.preknow.org/documents/nationalcalls/200706_DLinsmeier_pres.pdf

Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund—Annual Report Fiscal Year 2004.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of the Treasury, 2005.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/5824.pdf

Louisiana Prekindergarten Program Guidelines. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Department of Education, 2007.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/11103.doc

Louisiana—Quality Rating System. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education, n.d.
http://www.qrslouisiana.com/Portals/QRSLA/Resources/QRS%20
Proposed%20Model%202007.pdf

Louisiana Secondary Career and Technical Education 2005 Portfolio. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana
Department of Education, 2005. http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/8643.pdf

Louisiana Standards for Programs Serving Four-Year-Old Children—Bulletin 105.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education, 2003.
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/5381.doc

Louisiana’s High Schools Being Redesigned with the Future in Mind. Baton Rouge, LA:
High School Redesign Commission Report, 2006.
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/9884.pdf

Lynch, Robert G. Early Childhood Investment Yields Big Payoff. San Francisco, CA:
WestEd, 2005.
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/pp-05-02.pdf

Moleski-Rice, Sara. State PreKindergarten Programs: A National Provider Perspective. Washington,
DC: PreK Now, 2007.
http://www.preknow.org/documents/nationalcalls/200706_SRice_pres.pdf

Nagle, Geoffrey and Dek Terrell. Investing in the Child Care Industry: An Economic Development
Strategy for Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Social Services, 2005.
http://www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OFS/Investing_In_The_Chi1.pdf

Pre-Kindergarten in the South—The Region’s Comparative Advantage. Atlanta, GA: Southern
Education Foundation, 2007. http://www.southerneducation.org/pdf/Pre-KSouthReport-Final.pdf

Public Education in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area: An Agenda for Reform. Baton Rouge, LA:
Baton Rouge Area Chamber, 2006. http://www.brac.org/uploads/research_part5.pdf

Quality Counts at 10: Louisiana. Bethesda, MD: Editorial Projects in Education, 2006.
http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2006/17shr.la.h25.pdf

Ranking of State Child Care Center Standards and Oversight. Arlington, VA: National Association
of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2007.
http://www.naccrra.org/policy/docs/scorecard/Scorecard.pdf

“Regents Measures Encourage College Access and Success Through Dual Enrollment.
Board of Regents Media Release
23 June 2005.
http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/PubAff/2005/DualEnroll06-23-05.pdf

Ryan, Joel and Ben Allen. Position Paper: A Vision for Head Start and State
Collaboration.
Alexandria, VA: National Head Start Association, 2003.
http://www.nhsa.org/download/research/StateCollaboration.pdf

School Readiness Tax Credits. Baton Rouge, LA: BrightStart Initiative, 2007.

Schumacher, Rachel, Danielle Ewen, Katherine Hart, and Joan Lombardi. All Together
Now: State Experiences in Using Community-Based Child Care to Provide Pre-Kindergarten.

Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy, 2005.
http://www.clasp.org/publications/all_together_now.pdf

Schumacher, Rachel, Katie Hamm, Anne Goldstein, and Joan Lombardi.
Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives.
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy, Zero to
Three, and the Children’s Project 2007.
http://www.clasp.org/ChildCareAndEarlyEducation/StartingOffRight/5008_Clasp.pdf

Sentell, Will. “Grads Lack Ability at Jobs; Industry Claims Schools Behind”
The Advocate 23 April 2007.

The State of Preschool: 2006 State Preschool Yearbook. New Brunswick, NJ:
The National Institute for Early Education Research, 2007. http://nieer.org/yearbook/pdf/yearbook.pdf

State-Funded Pre-Kindergarten—What the Evidence Shows. Washington, DC:
United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2003.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/state-funded-pre-k/index.htm

Success by Ten: Intervening Early, Often, and Effectively in the Education of
Young Children.
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2007.
http://www3.brookings.edu/views/papers/200702ludwig-sawhill_pb.pdf

Title I Prekindergarten Program Guidelines. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of
Education, 2004.
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/6783.pdf

White Paper on Elementary and Secondary Education. Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research
Council of Louisiana, 2003.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/whiteelemsec.pdf

 

#3: Develop the Skilled Workforce We Need

The 2005 Southern Workforce Index: Louisiana. North Carolina: Southern
Growth Policies Board, 2005.
http://www.southern.org/pubs/workforceindex2005/la.pdf

The 2007 State New Economy Index. Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO:
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the Kaufmann Foundation, 2007.
http://www.kauffman.org/item.cfm?item=766

Action Plan 2006. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Economic Development Council, 2006.
http://www.lded.state.la.us/uploads/pdf/ActionPlan2006FINAL.pdf

CenterWork 8(4): 1997. http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/CW84/

Clagett, Mary Gardner. Workforce Development in the United States: An Overview.
Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy, 2006.
http://skillscommission.org/pdf/Staff%20Papers/ACII_WIA_Summary.pdf

Dateline 2010: Strategic Plan. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Community and Technical
College System (LCTCS), 2006. http://www.lctcs.state.la.us/assets/2005StrategicPlan.pdf

Education Watch Louisiana: Key Education Facts and Figures—Achievement,
Attainment and Opportunity From Elementary School through College.
Washington, DC:
Education Trust, 2006.
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/summaries2006/Louisiana.pdf

Elements of Change: The Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s 2007 Agenda. Baton Rouge,
LA: Baton Rouge Area Chamber, 2007. http://www.brac.org/uploads/2007AdvocacyAgenda.pdf

“Enrollment and Funding Changes, Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities, 2001 to
2004.” SREB Fact Book on Higher Education: Louisiana Featured Facts. Atlanta, GA:
Southern Regional Education Board, 2005.
http://www.sreb.org/main/EdData/FactBook/2005StateReports/Louisiana05.pdf

Enrollment Trends Fall 1999 to Fall 2006. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Community and
Technical College System (LCTCS), 2006.
http://www.lctcs.net/assets/IR/EnrollmentTrends.pdf

Fahy, Pat. Workforce Development in the State of North Carolina: An Overview.
Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy, 2005.
http://www.skillscommission.org/pdf/Staff%20Papers/North_Carolina_Workforce.pdf

Fahy, Pat. Workforce Development in the State of Texas: An Overview. Washington, DC:
National Center on Education and the Economy, 2006.
http://www.skillscommission.org/pdf/Staff%20Papers/Texas_Workforce.pdf

First-Year Persistence, Progression and Graduation Rates in Public Universities,
Colleges, and Technical Institutes or Colleges.
Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional
Education Board, 2005.
http://www.sreb.org/main/EdData/DataLibrary/03/highered/graduates/graduates.asp

From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth through Adulthood -
Louisiana.
Bethesda, MD: Editorial Projects in Education, 2007.
http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2007/17shr.la.h26.pdf

Full-Time-Equivalent Enrollment in Public Colleges and Universities, 2005-06.
Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board, 2007.
http://www.sreb.org/main/EdData/DataLibrary/03/highered/enrollment/
enrollment.asp

“Governor’s Budget Proposal Acknowledges Economic Value of Colleges
and Universities” Board of Regents Press Release 15 March 2007.
http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/PubAff/2007/budget3-07.pdf

A Governor’s Guide to Creating a 21st-Century Workforce. Washington, DC:
The National Governor’s Association, 2002.
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/AM02WORKFORCE.pdf

Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace.
Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, 2007.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/College%20Tuition%202007.pdf

“Income of US Workforce Projected to Decline if Education Doesn’t Improve.” Policy Alert.
San Jose, CA: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2005.
http://www.highereducation.org/reports/pa_decline/pa_decline.pdf

Investment in State Postsecondary Education—What do Students Pay?
What do States Pay? And What Should Each Expect in Return? Louisiana.
Boulder, CO: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, n.d.
http://www.higheredinfo.org/catcontent/students_states/LouisianaProfile.pdf

Leaders and Laggards: Louisiana Report Card on Educational Effectiveness.
Washington, DC: United States Chamber of Commerce, 2006.
http://www.uschamber.com/assets/icw/07reportcard/
state_reports/state_report_LA.pdf

Louisiana Board of Regents’ Graduation Rates. Baton Rouge, LA: Board of Regents, 2006.
http://www.regents.state.la.us/Reports/transfers.htm#grs

The Louisiana Economic Development and Worker Training Survey. Baton Rouge, LA:
Council for a Better Louisiana, 2004.
http://cabl.org/pdfs/CABL_Employer_Survey3.pdf

Louisiana’s Demand-Driven Two-Year Workforce Investment Plan. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Department of Labor, 2005.
http://www.laworks.net/forms/wia/WIA_2year_PY05-PY07_Plan_Draft.pdf

Louisiana Vision 2020: Master Plan for Economic Development—2003 Update.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Economic Development Council, 2003.
http://vision2020.louisiana.gov/text_only_FINAL.pdf

Louisiana Workforce Competitiveness Task Force Fact Book. Boulder, CO: National
Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 2005.
http://www.laworkforce.net/taskforce/LA_Fact_Book.pdf

Mack, LaToya. “Study Shows Benefits of Community Colleges” Kinston Free Press
2 April 2005.
http://www.lenoir.cc.nc.us/nsite/aboutlcc/news/ccstudy.htm

Master Plan for Public Post-Secondary Education: 2001. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana
Board of Regents, 2001. http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/Planning/masterplan2001.pdf

Measuring Our Progress: Louisiana’s Place in the New Economy—The People’s
Agenda Report Card 2001.
Baton Rouge, LA: Council for a Better Louisiana, 2001.
http://www.cabl.org/pdfs/New_Ecomony_Report.pdf

Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education. Washington, DC:
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006.
http://measuringup.highereducation.org/_docs/2006/statereports/LA06.pdf

The Next Generation of Workforce Development Project: A Six-State Policy
Academy to Enhance Connections Between Workforce and Economic
Development Policy.
Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, 2004.
http://www.doleta.gov/reports/searcheta/occ/
papers/FINAL_DOL_Workforce_Academy_Report.pdf

Orientation to the Texas Workforce Network—An Employer Driven Workforce System.
Austin, TX: Texas Workforce Commission, 2007.

Right Here, Right Now! Louisiana’s Urgent Agenda for a Knowledge Economy Workforce.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Workforce Commission, 2002.
http://www.laworkforce.net/rhrn/Right_Here_Right_Now.pdf

Senate Bill No. 337. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=447383

Shuler, Marsha. “Senate Backs Proposal to Fund College Projects” The Advocate
15 June 2007.

A Study of the Governance Structure of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
(LCTCS).
Boulder, CO: National Center for Higher Education Management
Systems, 2005.
http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/Planning/
SCR%20163LTC%20report%2004252005New1.pdf

Systemwide Strategic Enrollment Analysis: Report of Findings and Recommendations.
Baton Rouge, LA: Board of Regents, 2001.
http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/Planning/NoelLevitzFindings.pdf

A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education. Washington, DC:
US Department of Education, 2006.
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/final-report.pdf

Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on The Skills
of the American Workforce.
Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the
Economy, 2006.
http://www.skillscommission.org/pdf/exec_sum/ToughChoices_EXECSUM.pdf

Using Skill Standards and Certifications in Workforce Investment Board Programs.
Washington, DC: Workforce Excellence Network, 2002.
http://www.nawb.org/pdf/using_skill.pdf

White Paper on Higher Education. Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research Council of
Louisiana, 2003.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/WhiteHigherEd.pdf

 

#4: Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

A Pre-Katrina Look at the Health Care Delivery System for Low-Income People in
New Orleans.
Washington, DC: The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2006.
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7442.pdf

America’s Health Rankings—A Call to Action for People and Their Communities.
Minnetonka, MN: United Health Foundation, 2006.
http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/index.html

CABL Position on Health Care Reform/PricewaterhouseCoopers Recommendations.
Baton Rouge, LA: Council for a Better Louisiana, 2006.
http://www.cabl.org/pdfs/CABL_Position_on_Health_Care_Reform.pdf

“CABL Survey Shows Citizen Support for Health Care Reform.” CABL News Release
16 October 2006.
http://cabl.org/default.aspx?pane_0=library_pressrelease_healthcare_
survey&pane_2=library_menu&pane_3=library_submenu&pane_4=library_header
&pane_5=library_rightmenu&pane_8=library_press_release_title&
foldheader=foldinglist-panel5item1_0_3

Clark, Steve. “New Bonding Between LSU and Private Hospitals Stands to
Catalyze the Baton Rouge Biomed Industry.” Baton Rouge Business Report 14 February 2006.
http://www.businessreport.com/newsDetail.cfm?aid=8032

Comparative Data Report on Medicaid. Atlanta, GA: Southern Legislative Conference,
Council of State Governments, 2006.
http://lfo.louisiana.gov/files/publications/2006Medicaid.pdf

Concept Paper for a Redesigned Health Care System for Region 1. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative, 2006.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications.asp?ID=288&Detail=1417

Goidel, Kirby and Dek Terrell. Louisiana’s Uninsured Population -
A Report from the 2005 Louisiana Health Insurance Survey.
Baton Rouge, LA:
The Public Policy Research Lab, 2005.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/
pubs-92/dhhreport-new1-19-2007.pdf

Hurricanes and Health Care Reform: Can Louisiana Turn a Disaster Into an Opportunity?

Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, 2006.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/Hurricanes
%20&%20Health%20Care%20Reform%202006.pdf

Louisiana Health Insurance Survey 2005 Summary. Baton Rouge, LA: Department
of Health and Hospitals, 2005.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/reports.asp?ID=92&Detail=210

Louisiana Healthcare Issues. Stanford, CA: The Center for Deliberative Democracy, 2005.
http://cdd.stanford.edu/docs/2005/btp-cities/batonrouge.pdf

Moller, Jan. “Plan for New Hospital Calling for $1.2 Billion—Critics Blast Expense,
Size of LSU Proposal.”
The Times Picayune
21 April 2007.

On the Cusp of Real Health Care Reform, or Not? Baton Rouge, LA: Council
for a Better Louisiana, 2006. http://cabl.org/default.aspx?pane_0=library_briefings_healthcarereform3
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Patel, Kavita, Susan Marquis, Sai Ma, and Ben Springgate. Expanding Coverage to the
Uninsured of Louisiana.
Washington, DC: RAND, 2005.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/2005/RAND_WR311.pdf

“Plan to Better Serve Uninsured Advances.” The Advocate 27 June 2007.

Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, LA: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, 2007.
http://www.la-par.org/Publications/PDF/Realigning_Charity_May_2007.pdf


A Report on Health Care Reform in Louisiana June 2004-March 2006.
Baton Rouge, LA: Governor’s Health Care Reform Panel, 2006.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-157/
Final%20Report_HCRP_March2006.pdf

Report on Louisiana Healthcare Delivery and Financing System. New York, NY:
PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2006.
http://www.foundationsforrecovery.org/atf/cf/
{410C1169-2AA0-4033-854D-38B4071A9A31}/
LRA%20PWC%20Report%2004_27_06.pdf

Schwartz, Karyn. Spotlight on Uninsured Parents: How a Lack of Coverage Affects
Parents and Their Families.
Menlo Park, CA: The Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2007.
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7662.pdf

Shields, Gerard. “La. Lawmakers Call for Health-Care Task Force.”
The Advocate
27 March 2007.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/6719302.html

Trends in State Public Health Legislation—Status of 2006 Legislative
Activity. 2006 Year-End Report.

Washington, DC: Council of State Governments, 2006.

“Under the Microscope: States Serve as Laboratories for Universal Health Care
Programs.” State News 50(2): 2007.
http://www.csg.org/pubs/Documents/FebruaryStateNews.pdf

Unsettling Scores: A Ranking of State Medicaid Programs—Louisiana. Washington, DC:
Public Citizen, 2007. http://www2.citizen.org/hrg/medicaid/

 

#5: Build a Superior Transportation System

Act 304. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Legislature, 2006.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=399389

“Available Funding Mechanisms and an Example of What is Possible in Louisiana.”
Presentation by Fluor 23 January 2007.

Five Year Strategic Plan. Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2011. Baton Rouge, LA:
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, 2004. http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/strategicplan.pdf

Hasten, Mike. “Lawmakers Back Road Funding Change.” The News Star 3 April 2007.

“Highway Repair Backlog Growing.” The Daily Advertiser 5 February 2007.

“Louisiana Should Use $273 Million in State Motor Vehicle Sales Taxes for
Road Repairs - Treasurer Kennedy Says Put the Money in Parish Transportation
Trust Fund” Louisiana Department of the Treasury Press Release 11 December 2006.
http://www.treasury.state.la.us/newsroom/pressreleasescurrent/
PR12112006.html

Louisiana’s Mobility Program—Overview. New Orleans, LA: HNTB Corporation, 2007.

Making the Grade in Louisiana: An Analysis of the Ability of Louisiana’s Transportation
System to Meet the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility.
Washington, DC:
TRIP, 2007.
http://www.tripnet.org/LouisianaStudyJan2007.pdf

Marusak, Jennifer. Driving Louisiana Forward—Paving the Way to Job Creation and Economic
Growth in Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, LA: Driving Louisiana Forward, 2007.
http://www.drivinglouisianaforward.com/assets/docs/Press%20Club%200402.pdf

Potential for Louisiana Mega-Projects in a New Funding Era—Public Private
Partnerships and Transportation Mobility Fund.
New Orleans, LA: HNTB Corporation, 2007.

Sentell, Will. “Gains in Education Lauded; Highway Funding Lamented” The Advocate 29 June 2007.

Sentell, Will. “La. Roads Still Rough-Going” The Advocate 12 November 2006.

Solving Louisiana’s Transportation Crisis—A Historic Economic
Development Opportunity.
Baton Rouge, LA: Baton Rouge Area Chamber, 2007.
http://www.brac.org/uploads/TransportationIssueBrief_FINAL051707.pdf 


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Letter to the Editor, Lake Charles American Press

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