Gov. Mike Foster - March 26, 2001
Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2001-03-26
Duration: 00:29:35
Subjects: Foster, Mike, Jr., 1930- | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 2001 | Politics | Government | Education | Teacher pay raises | Educational accountability | Early childhood education | HIGHER EDUCATION | Transportation | Health Care | STATE BUDGET
Contributors:
- Hainkel, John Speaker
- Foster, Mike Speaker
- Cravins, Donald Speaker
Description
Live coverage of Governor Mike Foster’s opening address to the 2001 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature on March 26, 2001. Prior to the speech, State Senator Donald Cravins leads a prayer and Governor Foster presents the first Jimmie Davis Sunshine Award to the widow of Dr. Mervin Trail. During his speech, Governor Foster discusses: funding teacher pay raises at the Southern regional average; the success of the school accountability program; early childhood education; higher education, including fully funding the TOPS program, increasing faculty pay, and spending $25 million on digital technology programs; expediting the completion of the TIMED (Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development) Program; health care; securing the tobacco settlement money; funding drug courts; and his proposed state budget.