River Parishes Community College

River Parishes Community College was born out of a Senate Concurrent Resolution approved by the 1997 Regular Louisiana Legislative Session. It was the brainchild of State Senator Louis J. Lambert, a native of Sorrento, who along with his colleagues in the legislature, recognized that Louisiana was one of the most populous states in the country without a community college system to serve its citizens. Even though two community colleges had existed in the state for decades, and another was established in 1992, they were not placed within a comprehensive system of their own. In the fall of 1998, Louisiana voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing the Louisiana Community and Technical College System and its Board of Supervisors. River Parishes joined these six other community colleges in the state under the new system: Baton Rouge Community College, Bossier Parish Community College, Delgado Community College, Nunez Community College, Louisiana Delta Community College and South Louisiana Community College. The College is located in the small Ascension Parish town of Sorrento in what is known as the River Parishes region of the state because of the proximity of the parishes to the Mississippi River. RPCC's recently-expanded service area includes Ascension, Assumption, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes. The designation also includes portions of Iberville and Livingston Parishes.