PRINTER'S NO. 759
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
138
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COLLETT, DINNIMAN, BROOKS, VOGEL, FONTANA,
FARNESE, SANTARSIERO, BARTOLOTTA, BROWNE, MUTH, KILLION,
BREWSTER, MARTIN, SCHWANK, HUGHES, SABATINA, BAKER, COSTA,
BLAKE AND FOLMER, MAY 8, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 8, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 8, 2019, as "School Nurse Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Students are the future and by investing in them
today we are ensuring our world for tomorrow; and
WHEREAS, Families deserve to feel confident that their
children will be cared for when they are at school; and
WHEREAS, All students have a right to have their physical and
mental health needs safely met while in the school setting; and
WHEREAS, Students today face more complex and life-
threatening health problems requiring care in school; and
WHEREAS, School nurses have served a critical role in
improving public health and ensuring students' academic success
for more than 100 years; and
WHEREAS, School nurses address the home and community factors
that impact students' health; and
WHEREAS, School nurses are professional nurses who advance
the well-being, academic success and life-long achievements of
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