PRINTER'S NO. 2990
No. 222 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, FICHTER, DALEY, DENT, CESSAR, PETTIT,
MARKOSEK, DEMPSEY, GEIST, CONTI, TRELLO, PETRARCA, MANDERINO,
HENNESSEY AND HALUSKA, DECEMBER 14, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, DECEMBER 14, 1993
A RESOLUTION
1 Requesting the Department of Education to study the need for
2 alternative education programs.
3 WHEREAS, Many children in the schools today have multiple
4 chronic problems which impede learning and require alternative
5 teaching methodologies; and
6 WHEREAS, The need for alternative programs is even more
7 pronounced given the growing number of students who are expelled
8 for behaviors that would endanger others or themselves, the
9 nature of which makes the regular classroom assignment
10 inappropriate; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives request the
12 Department of Education to study the need for alternative
13 education programs which can accommodate the needs of all
14 students who require them; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the Department of Education make a report of
16 its findings and recommendations to the Governor and to the
17 House of Representatives not later than December 31, 1993.
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