PRINTER'S NO. 1415
No. 253 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, BEAR, BISHOP, CREIGHTON, GALLOWAY, MELIO, SIPTROTH, TANGRETTI, WATSON, WILLIAMS, HARHART, KIRKLAND, COX, W. KELLER, RAPP, ROSS, BARRAR, SAYLOR, SAINATO, GIBBONS AND JAMES, APRIL 24, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 24, 2007
A RESOLUTION 1 Recognizing the week of April 30 through May 6, 2007, as 2 "National Charter Schools Week" in Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, The 117 charter schools in this Commonwealth and 4 their nearly 60,000 students are leading an educational 5 revolution, bringing new perspectives and innovative ideas to 6 education for ten years; and 7 WHEREAS, For a decade, charter schools have been exciting and 8 innovative schools which have changed and improved educational 9 opportunities in this Commonwealth and across the nation by 10 giving parents more choices in their children's education; and 11 WHEREAS, Communities oversee charter public schools, thereby 12 empowering parents, teachers and communities to custom-design 13 unique educational programs to increase student achievement and 14 meet the specific needs of students; and 15 WHEREAS, Charter public schools encourage competition and are 16 accountable to the localities that establish them in order to
1 foster innovation and serve as models for other public schools; 2 therefore be it 3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the 4 week of April 30 through May 6, 2007, as "National Charter 5 Schools Week" in Pennsylvania in proud celebration of these 6 innovative schools and, in acknowledgment of Pennsylvania's 7 charter schools' first decade of the existence of these mission- 8 driven local education agencies, urge parents, teachers, 9 students and communities to support the charter public schools 10 in this Commonwealth. D23L82BIL/20070H0253R1415 - 2 -