PRINTER'S NO. 2405

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 181 Session of 1991

        INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, GODSHALL, CARONE, ROBINSON, BATTISTO,
           FARGO, PISTELLA, SAURMAN, MELIO, DEMPSEY, HUGHES, JAMES,
           VROON, STURLA, TRELLO, STISH, MIHALICH AND HARPER,
           AUGUST 2, 1991

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, AUGUST 2, 1991

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Establishing a select committee to study the impact and
     2     feasibility of lengthening the school year.

     3     WHEREAS, The House of Representatives, on April 17, 1991,
     4  overwhelmingly adopted House Resolution No. 72, Printer's No.
     5  1138 (1991), directing the Joint State Government Commission to
     6  create a task force to study the impact and feasibility of
     7  lengthening the school year; and
     8     WHEREAS, A task force of 6 senators and 12 representatives
     9  was appointed to carry out the study; and
    10     WHEREAS, Funding for the Joint State Government Commission in
    11  the act of                       (P.L.    , No.    ), known as
    12  the General Appropriation Act of 1991, may not be sufficient to
    13  allow full compliance with House Resolution No. 72, Printer's
    14  No. 1138 (1991); therefore be it
    15     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives establish a
    16  select committee to study the impact and feasibility of
    17  increasing the Commonwealth's current number of school days to a

     1  mandatory year-round school system or alternatively providing
     2  such a system as an option available to parents; and be it
     3  further
     4     RESOLVED, That the study include the measurable scholastic
     5  impact of lengthening the school year, the financial impact on
     6  State and local government and the potential impact on the
     7  tourism industry, school employees and families with school age
     8  children; and be it further
     9     RESOLVED, That the 12 representatives appointed to the task
    10  force established under House Resolution No. 72, Printer's No.
    11  1138 (1991) be appointed to the select committee; and be it
    12  further
    13     RESOLVED, That the select committee be dissolved if
    14  sufficient funding for the compliance with House Resolution No.
    15  72, Printer's No. 1138 (1991), is included in the act of
    16            (P.L.    , No.   ), known as the General Appropriation
    17  Act of 1991; and be it further
    18     RESOLVED, That the select committee report as soon as
    19  possible its findings and recommendations, as well as proposed
    20  legislation if it so desires, to the House of Representatives.







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