Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System’s Board consists of 17 members. The LCTCS Board is composed of 15 members appointed by the Governor with consent of the Senate, two from each of the six congressional districts with three at-large members. Each member serves overlapping six-year terms, and the Board is constitutionally required to be representative of the state’s population by race and gender to ensure diversity.
There are two student members – one elected by and from membership of a council composed of the student body presidents of the community colleges and one student elected by and from the membership of a council composed of student body presidents of the technical colleges under the supervision and management of the LCTCS Board. Each student member serves a one-year term.
Central Louisiana Technical Community College is governed by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors. Listed below are the system president, board officers, board members, and student board members (as of publication).
SYSTEM PRESIDENT
Dr. Monty Sullivan
265 South Foster Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
BOARD OFFICERS
Willie Mount, Chair
Alterman "Chip" Jackson, First Vice Chair
Rhoman J. Hardy, Second Vice Chair
STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS
Matthew Durrett
Franchesca Jimenez
BOARD MEMBERS
Paul Price, Jr., Immediate Past Chair
Ellis Bourque
Tari T. Bradford
Cynthia Butler-McIntyre
Timothy W. Hardy
Jennifer Lee
Erika McConduit
Michael “Mickey” Murphy
Stanton Salathe
Stephen Smith
Craig Spohn
Stephen Toups
History of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Louisiana’s post-secondary technical education system was established in 1999 by a Constitutional Amendment. It is constitutionally governed by the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors (LCTCS Board), which was appointed by the Governor. Prior to 1999, the Technical College System was governed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education/Board of Vocational Education.
Since the 1930s, vocational education has been afforded to the citizens of Louisiana through a system of post-secondary technical education, which also provides technical training to secondary high school students. In 1973, the Legislature passed Acts 208 and 209. Act 208 provided for the reorganization of the state trade schools and increased their number from 33 to 53. This act placed a vocational-technical school within a 25-mile driving distance for any citizen requiring vocational training. Act 209 was a companion bill that provided funds for expanding post-secondary vocational-technical education authorized in Act 208.
An initial $100 million in capital outlay investment in Louisiana’s technical training opportunities established Louisiana as a national leader in workforce preparation through post-secondary technical education in up-to-date facilities.
The Louisiana vocational-technical education system originally began as “trade schools” in the thirties and has evolved to vocational schools – vocational-technical schools – vocational-technical institutes – and at present, technical college, as a result of a redesigned curriculum, which blends technical and applied academics ultimately leading to a certificate, diploma, and/or the associate of applied science degree, the credential of preference by many business, industry, and labor interests The LCTCS Board established one technical college comprised of 40 campuses which offer training programs to approximately 50,000 students. The name change to technical college is reflective of the blending of technical and applied academic education. The system is presently providing a standardized curriculum for careers ranging from automotive technology to biomedical technology, which affords students the ability for full transfer of credits from one CLTCC campus to another.