PRINTER'S NO.  65

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

No.

22

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY STERN, BAKER, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CLYMER, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HARHART, HESS, HICKERNELL, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILLARD, MULLERY, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PICKETT, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER AND WATSON, JANUARY 20, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 20, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Designating January 2011 as "School Director Recognition Month"

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in Pennsylvania.

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WHEREAS, Local school districts and their governing boards

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were established by the General Assembly more than 150 years

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ago; and

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WHEREAS, Public education is the only public service mandated

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by the Constitution of Pennsylvania; and

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WHEREAS, School board members govern individual school

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districts, establish local policies, approve educational

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programs, provide necessary physical facilities, hire properly

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certified professional and classified employees and share in

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costs by raising necessary local funds used along with State

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funds to operate district educational programs; and

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WHEREAS, Being an effective school director is no easy task,

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particularly in the current climate of school change; and

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WHEREAS, Today's lay school leaders need to be knowledgeable

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about many complex educational and social issues; and

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WHEREAS, School board service is perhaps the purest form of

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grass roots democratic principles upon which our republic was

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founded; and

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WHEREAS, Local public school directors are dedicated,

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educated, responsible citizens who carry out the truest form of

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representative government in our democracy, volunteer public

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service; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the

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month of January 2011 as "School Director Recognition Month" in

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Pennsylvania; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be immediately

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transmitted to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.

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