PRINTER'S NO. 3666
No. 523 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY SATHER, STAIRS, HERMAN, MAJOR, NICKOL, HESS,
GODSHALL, PHILLIPS, FAIRCHILD, SAYLOR, R. MILLER, STERN,
HUTCHINSON, HENNESSEY, FLEAGLE, WATERS, BISHOP AND THOMAS,
APRIL 15, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 15, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Informing the National Science Foundation of the support of the
2 House of Representatives for the Basic Education/Higher
3 Education Science and Technology Partnership currently
4 serving the Commonwealth and urging the support of this
5 effort through the foundation's Math and Science Partnership.
6 WHEREAS, The current partnership has begun programs across
7 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and serves students in our
8 poorest urban and rural areas and areas with the highest
9 minority enrollments; and
10 WHEREAS, The current partnership has demonstrated the ability
11 to increase student learning in the sciences at rates far above
12 other students; and
13 WHEREAS, This program is comprehensive, tying together
14 resources, professional development and curriculum development;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, This program has 15 years of experience in changing
17 what happens in the classroom; and
18 WHEREAS, This program is critical to students meeting the new
1 math and science standards enacted by the Commonwealth of
2 Pennsylvania, particularly standards dealing with technology and
3 technological devices; and
4 WHEREAS, The Subcommittee on School Finance of the Senate of
5 Pennsylvania has singled out this program as being a cost-
6 effective way to provide resources for schools and to address
7 inequities in educational programs in our poorest schools; and
8 WHEREAS, The recent Keystone Commission on Education for
9 Employment in the 21st Century commended this partnership as
10 being critical to work force development because of its use of
11 advanced instrumentation in the classroom; and
12 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has already
13 committed financial resources and support for the pilot Math and
14 Science Partnership; and
15 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has more than 150 colleges and
16 universities within its borders providing ample sites for a
17 future comprehensive Statewide program; and
18 WHEREAS, Lessons learned by the Math and Science Partnership
19 can be implemented across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
20 therefore be it
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
22 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the National Science
23 Foundation to support the Basic Education/Higher Education
24 Science and Technology Partnership through the foundation's Math
25 and Science Partnership.
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