PRINTER'S NO. 3152
No. 571 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY MURT, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, JOSEPHS, M. KELLER, KENNEY, KILLION, KOTIK, KULA, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER, MUSTIO, MYERS, D. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PAYTON, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROSS, RUBLEY, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VITALI, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, JANUARY 29, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 29, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Declaring the month of January 2008 as "Catholic Schools Month" 2 in Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, Roman Catholic schools in this Commonwealth are 4 celebrating "Catholic Schools Month" in January 2008; and 5 WHEREAS, Roman Catholic elementary and secondary schools, 6 educating 183,628 students annually, save State and local 7 taxpayers more than $1 billion each year; and 8 WHEREAS, Roman Catholic schools instill in young people a 9 strong foundation of values, self-esteem, self-confidence and 10 leadership skills; and
1 WHEREAS, Roman Catholic schools, in providing young people 2 with solid values and academic skills needed in becoming 3 responsible citizens of this Commonwealth and nation, have a 4 dropout rate of less than 3% and a postgraduate higher education 5 enrollment rate of 80%; therefore be it 6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the month 7 of January 2008 as "Catholic Schools Month" in this Commonwealth 8 and express congratulations and appreciation to Roman Catholic 9 elementary and secondary schools across this Commonwealth on the 10 occasion of "Catholic Schools Month" in 2008. A10L82JAM/20080H0571R3152 - 2 -