PRINTER'S NO. 13
No. 16 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY STERN, RUBLEY, LEDERER, GEIST, DERMODY, SOLOBAY,
BARRAR, WOJNAROSKI, ROSS, ROEBUCK, DeWEESE, MANN, DONATUCCI,
ROHRER, COY, WATSON, CORRIGAN, LAUGHLIN, TRAVAGLIO,
FAIRCHILD, DeLUCA, McNAUGHTON, READSHAW, FLEAGLE, PHILLIPS,
McILHATTAN, THOMAS, HERMAN, CREIGHTON, B. SMITH, WALKO,
MARKOSEK, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE, J. EVANS, SHANER, ZUG,
CAPPELLI, STABACK, SAYLOR, TIGUE, HESS, CURRY, MELIO, DALLY,
TURZAI, LEACH, BAKER, R. MILLER, ARGALL, FICHTER, GILLESPIE,
HARHART, TRUE, E. Z. TAYLOR, FORCIER, YOUNGBLOOD, TANGRETTI,
SCHRODER, DALEY, HENNESSEY, MARSICO, JAMES, MANDERINO, SURRA,
MAJOR, BROWNE, HUTCHINSON, HERSHEY, SATHER, FRANKEL,
BELFANTI, COSTA, BALDWIN, ROBERTS, SANTONI, BARD, HARPER,
HARHAI, FREEMAN, HASAY, GRUCELA, BASTIAN AND KIRKLAND,
JANUARY 28, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 28, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating January 2003 as "School Director Recognition Month"
2 in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Local school districts and their governing boards
4 were established by the General Assembly more than 150 years
5 ago. Indeed, public education is the only public service
6 mandated by the Constitution of Pennsylvania; and
7 WHEREAS, School board members govern individual school
8 districts, establish local policies, approve educational
9 programs, provide necessary physical facilities, hire properly
10 certified professional and classified employees and share in
11 costs by raising necessary local funds used along with State
1 funds to operate district educational programs; and
2 WHEREAS, Being an effective school director is no easy task,
3 particularly in the current climate of school change. Today's
4 lay school leaders need to be knowledgeable about many complex
5 educational and social issues; and
6 WHEREAS, School board service is perhaps the purest form of
7 grass roots democratic principles upon which our republic was
8 founded. Local public school directors are dedicated, educated,
9 responsible citizens who carry out the truest form of
10 representative government in our democracy - volunteer public
11 service; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
13 month of January 2003 as "School Director Recognition Month" in
14 Pennsylvania; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be immediately
16 transmitted to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and to
17 all school districts in this Commonwealth.
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