PRINTER'S NO. 849
No. 80 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, WONDERLING,
FOLMER, ERICKSON, WAUGH, FERLO, KASUNIC, WOZNIAK, WASHINGTON,
O'PAKE, DINNIMAN, D. WHITE AND PIPPY, APRIL 16, 2007
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 16, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of April 29 through May 5, 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 and bringing new perspectives and innovative ideas to
6 education; 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 communities that establish them in order to
17 foster innovation and serve as models for other public schools;
1 therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of April 29
3 through May 5, 2007, as "National Charter Schools Week" in
4 Pennsylvania in proud celebration of these innovative schools
5 and, in acknowledgement of Pennsylvania's charter schools' first
6 decade of the existence of these mission-driven local education
7 agencies, urge parents, teachers, students and communities to
8 support the charter public schools in this Commonwealth.
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