East Baton Rouge Parish School Board adopts resolution opposing current versions of Louisiana bills to create Saint George school system

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Monday adopted a resolution opposing the current versions of Louisiana Senate Bill 25 and Senate Bill 234, legislation that would create a Saint George Community School System and seek a constitutional amendment for its funding.

The action, moved by Vice President Goday and seconded by Board Member Lanis, passed on a roll-call vote after public comment and more than an hour of board debate. President Stewart read the resolution into the record before the vote.

The resolution says the bills, as written, "place unfair burdens on the remaining students and residents of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System" and requests that the Louisiana House Education Committee delay action until amendments addressing the board's concerns are made. It also directs the board's general counsel to deliver a certified copy of the adopted resolution to each member of the East Baton Rouge Parish legislative delegation.

Board members and public speakers focused on several concrete concerns the resolution lists: an unfunded liability…