Gov. John Bel Edwards released a letter sent to the state’s higher education system presidents on Thursday, urging the institutions to review their hazing, drug and alcohol abuse policies.
In the letter, Edwards urges the system presidents to speak to the heads of each university about the campuses’ policies. The governor requested the findings and recommendations be sent to him by Oct. 29.
“It is up to us to do everything within our means to ensure that the students who attend a Louisiana university are safe from harm,” Edwards said in his letter. “Maxwell Gruver and students across the country who died before him deserve our best effort to re-examine our policies, make necessary adjustments, and engage with our students to prevent these instances from happening in the future. We can only confront this often discreet problem if we are open and honest about the progress we’ve made in tackling it and the areas where we absolutely must improve.”
Gov. Edwards urges LSU, other systems to review hazing, alcohol abuse policies
September 22, 2017
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