Louisiana House of Representatives

David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library

March 2010

Acquisitions | Serials

New Acquisitions List – March 2010

AGRICULTURAL LAW

REPORT TO THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE ON SECURED INTERESTS IN CROPS, SCR NO. 122 OF THE 2008 REGULAR SESSION / La. State Law Institute. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

AUDITS

THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009, SECTION 1512 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS : performance audit, issued February 10, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/C6F7989E10F496AE862576C5006440E6/$FILE/0001511A.pdf

CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA : financial statement audit, issued February 24, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/8308F7FEB4882257862576D40062A8E5/$FILE/00015752.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATE OF LOUISIANA : management letter, issued March 10, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/70425829A98B6272862576E1006B0908/$FILE/00015AC1.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, BATON ROUGE MAIN OFFICE OPERATIONS, STATE OF LOUISIANA : management letter, issued March 10, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E9C031D990509F59862576E1006C2DEB/$FILE/00015AC2.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LOUISIANA : management letter, issued March 24, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/4F373E499EA154F0862576F00071054B/$FILE/00015FAF.pdf

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET SURPLUS, STATE OF LOUISIANA : agreed-upon procedures report, issued February 24, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/BBC0BC5C80E4770B862576D3005560C6/$FILE/000156E6.pdf

INFORMATION REPORT: CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION DIVISION, HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 114 : issued February 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/FFF62358D52C20F9862576D40065B8A9/$FILE/00015753.pdf

LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, STATE OF LOUISIANA : financial statement audit, issued February 24, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/B49D7E44F2D64877862576D30056D87C/$FILE/000156E7.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, STATE OF LOUISIANA : management letter, issued March 24, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/840BD521308B7B3B862576F0006E7AE6/$FILE/00015FAE.pdf

VILLA FELICIANA MEDICAL COMPLEX, OFFICE OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, STATE OF LOUISIANA : procedural report, issued March 10, 2010 / Baton Rouge : La. Office of Legislative Auditor, 2010.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/0B265F3A648526C1862576E1006A37F0/$FILE/00015AC0.pdf

BUDGETS

AN UPDATE ON STATE BUDGET CUTS : governors proposing new round of cuts for 2011; at least 45 states have already imposed cuts that hurt vulnerable residents / Washington, DC : Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2010.

http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-13-08sfp.pdf

CENSUS

COUNTING FOR DOLLARS : the role of the decennial census in the geographic distribution of federal funds / Brookings Institution. Metropolitan Policy Program. -- Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, 2010.

http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/0309_census_dollars.aspx

CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)

MAXIMIZING ENROLLMENT IN LOUISIANA : results from a diagnostic assessment of the state's enrollment and retention systems for kids / National Academy for State Health Policy, 2010.

http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/56388louisiana.pdf

CIVIL PROCEDURE

REPORT TO THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE ON CHANGES TO THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE RELATING TO THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION REQUESTED IN SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION [SCR] NO. 87 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION / La. State Law Institute. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT

ROADMAP FOR RESTORING ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY / La.-Miss. Gulf Coast Restoration Working Group. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Executive Office of the President, 2010.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ceq/100303-gulf-coast-roadmap.pdf

COASTAL ZONE

STUDY OF THE ADEQUACY OF THE INLAND BOUNDARY OF THE COASTAL ZONE OF LOUISIANA / La. Department of Natural Resources. Office of Coastal Management. -- Baton Rouge : La. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, 2010.

Submitted pursuant to SCR 60 of 2009 regular session.

CONGRESS

RECALL OF LEGISLATORS AND THE REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM OFFICE / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2008.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30016.pdf

CORRECTIONS

EDUCATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR DOC OFFENDERS / University of La. at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2009.

Submitted in response to HCR 95 of the 2008 regular session.

EDUCATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR DOC OFFENDERS : sheriff surveys / University of La. at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2009.

Submitted in response to HCR 95 of the 2008 regular session.

PRISON COUNT 2010 : state population declines for the first time in 38 years / Washington, DC : Pew Center on the States, 2010.

http://www.pewtrusts.org/

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

THE STATE OF SENTENCING 2009 : developments in policy and practice / Washington, DC : Sentencing Project, 2010.

http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/s ssr2009Update.pdf

CRIMINAL STATISTICS

CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007 : statistical tables / U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1743

DIABETES

LOUISIANA DIABETES REPORT, 2007 EDITION / La. Department of Health and Hospitals. La. Diabetes Control Program. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010.

http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-247/7056.pdf

DISASTER RECOVERY

FILLING THE CIVIL-SOCIETY VACUUM : post-disaster policy and community response / Arlington, Va. : Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2009.

http://mercatus.org/publication/filling-civil-society-vacuum-post-disaster-policy-and-community-response

REPAIRING AND RECONSTRUCTING DISASTER-DAMAGED ROADS AND BRIDGES : the role of federal-aid highway assistance / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://opencrs.com/document/RS22268/2010-02-22/?24663

DISASTER RELIEF

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS IN DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33330/2010-01-28/?24532

DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://opencrs.com/document/R40708/2010-01-26/?24521

FEDERAL STAFFORD ACT DISASTER ASSISTANCE : presidential declarations, eligible activities, and funding / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33053/2010-01-27/?24534

FEMA DISASTER COST-SHARES : evolution and analysis /  Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41101 20100309.pdf

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

IT'S YOUR BUSINESS : domestic violence in the workplace / La. Department of Justice. Office of Attorney General. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Justice, [2009]

LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ORDERS OF PROTECTION / La. Department of Justice. Office of Attorney General; La. Supreme Court. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Justice, [2009]

SELECTED STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [TITLE PAGE] LOUISIANA LAWS AFFECTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [COVER] / La. Department of Justice. Office of Attorney General. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Justice, [2009]

DRUG ABUSE

LOUISIANA'S SAFE AND DRUG FREE SUMMIT 2009 / La. Office of the Governor; La. Department of Justice. Office of Attorney General; La. Department of Education; La. Department of Health and Hospitals. -- Baton Rouge : La. Office of the Governor, 2009.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

RETHINKING THE DELTA : Louisiana's five-year regional development plan / La. Office of the Governor; La. Department of Economic Development. -- [s.l.] Delta Regional Authority, 2009.

http://www.dra.gov/pdfs/LA 2009%20DRA%20Plan.pdf

EDUCATION

EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS : a new path for federal and state education policy. Findings and recommendations of the NCSL Task Force on Federal Education Policy / NCSL. Task Force on Federal Education Policy. -- Denver : NCSL, 2010.

http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=19634

GUIDE FOR PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE / International Association of Chiefs of Police. -- Alexandria, Va. : International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2009.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pdf/IACP_School_Violence.pdf

A MATTER OF DEGREES : preparing teachers for the pre-K classroom / Washington, DC : Pew Center on the States, 2010.

http://www.preknow.org/documents/teacherquality_march2010.pdf

PAPERWORK REDUCTION AND SIMPLIFICATION PLAN : report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education of the Louisiana Legislature. Submitted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to HCR 180 of the 2007 Louisiana regular legislative session / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; La. Department of Education. -- Baton Rouge : University of La. at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, 2010.

REGULATING THE SCHOOL USE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES : a report pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution no. 33 of the 2009 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, prepared for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Louisiana Department of Education / Tulane University. Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives; La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; La. Department of Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

REPORT OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 192 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 192 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study all issues relative to placing advertisements on the exterior of school buses.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 193 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 193 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in consultation with the Louisiana School Boards Association and the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the Charter School Demonstration Law.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 165 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 165 urges the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop, adopt, and implement a policy, as part of the school and district accountability system, to provide for an alternate method of assessing the overall performance of certain types of public schools.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 68 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 68 of the 2009 regular session requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the standards it uses to approve alternative education programs as such standards relate to providing sufficient counseling services and appropriate security.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 131 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 131 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt policies detailing all of the options and strategies available to schools in danger of being taken over by the state and placed under the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 151 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 151 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the feasibility and advisability of returning certain schools that have been transferred to the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District to the local school systems from which they transferred under certain circumstances.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 211 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 211 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a policy requiring each public school that has been labeled as an academically unacceptable school pursuant to policies developed and adopted for implementation of the school and district accountability system to extend the school day to 480 minutes until such time as the school improves and is no longer labeled as academically unacceptable.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 213 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the need and benefits of developing and implementing a uniform ten-point grading scale in all public elementary and secondary schools.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 232 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 232 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the feasibility and advisability of developing policies and procedures for revoking a teacher's certificate upon allegations of sexual misconduct with a student.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 27 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

SCR 27 urges and requests the High School Redesign Commission to study the feasibility of establishing a statewide uniform grading scale for use in all public high schools.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 67 OF THE 209 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2009.

SCR 67 urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study and make recommendations regarding establishing a criteria to be used when considering the renewal of the charter of a charter school that has been labeled academically unacceptable.

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 54 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 54 urges and requests the State Department of Education to compile statistics for each city, parish, and other local public system relative to where teachers employed by each system who became certified in 1999 or thereafter received their bachelor's degrees.

EDUCATION TESTING

REPORT THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 194 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 194 urges the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study issues related to LEAP with respect to students with disabilities and limited English proficient students.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE REFERENCE MANUAL / La. Department of Justice. Office of Attorney General. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Justice, 2009.

EMPOWERMENT ZONES

REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS : Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities / Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2010.

Includes Ouachita Parish case study.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10464r.pdf

FLOOD INSURANCE

MANDATORY FLOOD INSURANCE PURCHASE IN REMAPPED RESIDUAL RISK AREAS BEHIND LEVEES / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41056 20100201.pdf

FOOD

FOOD ENVIRONMENT ATLAS / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, 2009.

http://ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/

FREEDOM OF RELIGION

FREEDOM OF RELIGION : report to the Louisiana Senate in response to SR 142 of the 2009 regular session / La. State Law Institute. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE

THE BIG RESET : state government after the Great Recession / Washington, DC : NGA Center for Best Practices, 2010.

http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/1002STATEGOVTAFTERGREATRECESSION.PDF

HOMEOWNER INSURANCE

HR 71 (2009 REGULAR SESSION) : feasibility of prohibiting insurers from imposing more than a two percent deductible / La. Department of Insurance. Office of Property and Casualty Insurance. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Insurance, 2010.

JUVENILE CORRECTIONS

REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL TO THE LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 77 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION REGARDING JUVENILE DETENTION STANDARDS / La. Judicial Council of the Supreme Court. -- New Orleans : 2010.

JUVENILE JUSTICE

BACK ON TRACK : supporting youth reentry from out-of-home placement to the community / National Alliance to End Homelessness; Sentencing Project. -- Washington, DC : Sentencing Project, 2009.

http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/CC youthreentryfall09report.pdf

LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM EVALUATION

ENSURING THE PUBLIC TRUST 2008 : how program policy evaluation is serving state legislatures / National Legislative Program Evaluation Society; NCSL. -- Denver : NCSL, 2008.

http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/Monitordocs/reports/pdf/EPT2008.pdf

MEDICAID

ABUSE AND FRAUD, IT'S A CRIME / La. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General. Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Justice, [2009]

EVALUATION OF ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENTS : report prepared in response to HCR 190 of the 2009 regular session / La. Department of Health and Hospitals. Office of Aging and Adult Services. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2010.

MEDICAL PERSONNEL

SAFE AT HOME? DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OTHER SCREENING POLICES FOR HOME CARE WORKERS / AARP Public Policy Institute. -- Washington, DC : AARP, 2009.

Includes NCSL 50-state chart on criminal background check policies and a summary of each state's approach.

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/ltc/2009-12.pdf

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS

HISTORY OF THE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA / LSU. Center for Energy Studies. -- New Orleans : U.S. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service, 2008.

PENSIONS

THE PENSION FACTOR : assessing the role of defined benefit plans in reducing elder hardships / Washington, DC : National Institute on Retirement Security, 2009.

http://www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=285

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

A NEW PARADIGM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : how higher education institutions are working to revitalize their regional and state economies / Albany, NY : Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2010.

http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/education/2010-03-18-A_New_Paradigm.pdf

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

RESPONSE TO ACT 309 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION / Baton Rouge : La. Board of Regents, 2010.

POVERTY

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY : MEASURING POVERTY / Washington, DC : Urban Institute, 2010.

http://www.urban.org/publications/412028.html

REAPPORTIONMENT

THE REALIST'S GUIDE TO REDISTRICTING : avoiding the legal pitfalls / Chicago : American Bar Association, 2010.

RETIREMENT FUNDS

COST ANALYSIS OF NO. 367 OF 2007 REGULAR SESSION R.S. 11:266.1(D) (LOUISIANA DIRECTED BROKERAGE BILL) / La. State Employees' Retirement System. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

SCHOOL FINANCE

REPORT TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 164 OF THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE / La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

HCR 164 requests an in-depth study of the financial burden on local school systems imposed by the rising costs of providing health care benefits for school system retirees, particularly for school systems losing student population to the Recovery School District or for other reasons.

STATE EMPLOYEES

STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS / Denver : NCSL, 2010.

http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14345

TANF

COHABITATION AND MARRIAGE RULES IN STATE TANF PROGRAMS / Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009.

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/CohabitationMarriageRules/index.pdf

TAXATION

STATE TAX CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE RECESSION / Washington, DC : Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2010.

http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-8-10sfp.pdf

TAX POLICY HANDBOOK FOR STATE LEGISLATORS / NCSL. Fiscal Affairs Program. -- 3rd ed. -- Denver : NCSL, 2010.

http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/TaxPolicyHandbook3rdEdition.pdf

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE : recent trends / CanagaRetna, Sujit M. / CSG. Southern Legislative Conference. -- Atlanta : 2010.

http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/FAGO/GovConf_Feb2010.pdf

USUFRUCT

PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN RESPONSE TO 2006 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28, RELATING TO THE LAWS OF USUFRUCT AND NAKED OWNERSHIP / La. State Law Institute. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

VETERANS

VETERANS' BENEFITS : pension benefit programs / Washington, DC : U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2010.

http://opencrs.com/document/RS22804/2010-02-26/?24662

VETERINARY MEDICINE

STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING FOOD SUPPLY, VETERINARY MEDICINE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A VETERINARY WORKFORCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RURAL PARISHES IN LOUISIANA : response to HCR #183 / LSU. School of Veterinary Medicine. -- Baton Rouge : 2010.

Report to the House and Senate Committees on Education.

New Editions of Serial Titles – March 2010

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

FARMS, LAND IN FARMS AND LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS : [yr] summary / National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2008-

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1259

ANNUAL REPORT

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, FISCAL YEAR ____ (TITLE PAGE) LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE ANNUAL REPORT (COVER TITLE) / La. Commissioner of Insurance. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Insurance, 2001-

http://www.ldi.state.la.us/guides_and_forms/AnnualReports.htm

LOUISIANA DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT / Baton Rouge : La. Developmental Disabilities Council, 2006-

http://www.laddc.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2009-Annual-Report.pdf

LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL : annual report to Governor for fiscal year 20-- / Baton Rouge : La. Office of State Inspector General, 2006-

http://oig.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/reports/2010/Annual%20Report%202009.pdf

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE INSURANCE FRAUD AND AUTO THEFT UNIT ANNUAL REPORT / La. State Police. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2008-

TRAUMATIC HEAD AND SPINAL CORD INJURY TRUST FUND PROGRAM [YR.] ANNUAL REPORT / La. Department of Social Services. Rehabilitation Services. -- Baton Rouge : La. Department of Social Services, 2007-

ARTS

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS ANNUAL SURVEY : fiscal year / Washington, DC : National Assembly of States Arts Agencies, 2006-

BUDGETS

GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE BUDGET STATE OF LOUISIANA EXECUTIVE BUDGET AND GOVERNOR'S SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS / Louisiana. -- Baton Rouge : La. Division of Administration, 1955-

http://doa.louisiana.gov/opb/pub/ebsd.htm

TAX EXEMPTION BUDGET / Baton Rouge : La. Department of Revenue, 1982/83-

http://www.rev.state.la.us/sections/publications/sp.asp

CHILD HEALTH

SHAPING A HEALTHIER GENERATION / Washington, DC : NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009-

CHILD WELFARE

STATE CHILD WELFARE LEGISLATION, [YRS.] / Denver : NCSL, 2004-

http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=19921

CORRECTIONAL STATISTICS

JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY CENSUS : selected findings / U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006-

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/228128.pdf

DRUGS, CRIMINAL

DRUG ASSET RECOVERY REPORT / Drug Asset Recovery Team. -- Baton Rouge : La. District Attorneys Association, 1992-

ECONOMIC FORECASTING

THE BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK : fiscal years 2010 to 2020 / Washington : U.S. Congressional Budget Office, 2010.

http://www.cbo.gov/publications/bysubject.cfm?cat=0

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/BudgetOutlook2010_Jan.cfm

EDUCATION

THE BROWN CENTER REPORT ON AMERICAN EDUCATION : how well are American students learning / Brown Center on Education Policy. -- Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, 2005-

http://www.brookings.edu/GS/brown/bc_report/BC_Report_hp.htm

GUIDE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS / Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education, 2009.

http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/index.html http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/gtep.pdf

THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW ORLEANS / Tulane University. Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives. -- New Orleans : Greater New Orleans Education Foundation, 2007-

http://www.coweninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SPENO-2010-Book-WEB-22710.pdf

http://www.coweninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SPENO-2010-Exec-Summ-WEB-2710.pdf

EDUCATION REFORM

CLOSING THE EXPECTATIONS GAP : an annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers / Washington, DC : Achieve, Inc. 2008-

http://www.achieve.org/ClosingtheExpectationsGap2010

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES GUIDE FOR LOUISIANA SCHOOLS / La. Department of Justice; La. Office of the Attorney General; La. Department of Education; La. Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. -- Baton Rouge : LSU Printing Services, 2009.

HEALTH FACILITIES

ASSISTED LIVING STATE REGULATORY REVIEW / Washington, DC : National Center for Assisted Living, 2010.

http://www.ahcancal.org/ncal/resources/Pages/AssistedLivingRegulations.aspx

JUDICIAL SELECTION

REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL IN RESPONSE TO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION #91 OF THE 2007 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE DETERMINATION OF JUDGESHIPS / La. Judicial Council of the Supreme Court. -- New Orleans : 2008-

JUVENILE JUSTICE

JUVENILE JUSTICE STATE LEGISLATION IN [YR.] / Denver : NCSL, 2007-

http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=19713

JUVENILES

KNOW THE LAW : Louisiana laws for youth / La. Office of the Attorney General; West Feliciana Parish. Sheriff's Office. -- Baton Rouge : LSU Graphic Services, [2009]

LABOR STATISTICS

A PROFILE OF THE WORKING POOR, YR. / U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001-

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2008.pdf

LIABILITY

LAWSUIT CLIMATE, RANKING THE STATES : the liability systems survey / Harris Interactive. -- [s.l.] U.S. Chamber of Commerce; U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, 2007-

http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/lawsuit-climate.html

http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/images/stories/documents/pdf/lawsuitclimate2010/2010LawsuitClimateReport.pdf

MEDICARE

MEDICARE AND YOU / Baltimore, Md. : Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2010.

http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10050.pdf

MOTOR VEHICLES

WARD'S MOTOR VEHICLE FACTS AND FIGURES : documenting the performance and impact of the U.S. auto industry / Southfield, Mich. : Ward's Communications, 2009.

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE, FY ---- / Denver : State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2007-

http://www.sheeo.org/finance/shef/SHEF_FY_2009.pdf

PUBLIC HEALTH

SHORTCHANGING AMERICA'S HEALTH : a state-by-state look at how federal public health dollars are spent / Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, 2008-

http://healthyamericans.org

SCHOOL CHOICE

SCHOOL CHOICE YEARBOOK / Alliance for School Choice. -- Washington, DC : Alliance for School Choice, 2009-

http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/UploadedFiles/ResearchResources/ASC_Yearbook_2010_FINAL.pdf

SCHOOL SECURITY

INDICATORS OF SCHOOL CRIME AND SAFETY / U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Center for Education Statistics. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2009.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010012

SOCIAL SECURITY

ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY BULLETIN / Washington, DC : U.S. Social Security Administration, 2010.

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/

STATE OF THE STATE

STATE OF THE STATES / Stateline.org. -- Washington, DC : Pew Center on the States, 2006-

http://www.stateline.org/live/static/Publications

http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/State_of_the_States_2010.pdf

TAXES

THE BEST AND WORST IN STATE TAX ADMINISTRATION : scorecard on tax appeals and procedural requirements / Washington, DC : Council on State Taxation, 2010.

http://www.cost.org/

STATE TAX ACTIONS : special fiscal report / NCSL. Fiscal Affairs Program. -- Denver : NCSL, 1992-

http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20005

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA (TRSL) LOUISIANA INCORPORATED BROKERAGE PROGRAM [BY FISCAL YR.] / Baton Rouge : Teachers' Retirement System of La. 2006-

VITAL STATISTICS

HEALTH, UNITED STATES / Hyattsville, Md. : National Center for Health Statistics, 1995-

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/previous.htm