PRINTER'S NO. 122
No. 40 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY STERN, CREIGHTON, RUBLEY, McGILL, LEDERER, THOMAS, CORRIGAN, SAINATO, CRUZ, FORCIER, GEORGE, LESCOVITZ, NAILOR, SATHER, BELARDI, GRUCELA, WOJNAROSKI, PALLONE, DiGIROLAMO, MUSTIO, GINGRICH, ROHRER, ROSS, HERMAN, DONATUCCI, TRUE, McILHATTAN, FICHTER, GOOD, BALDWIN, READSHAW, MARKOSEK, SANTONI, LaGROTTA, PISTELLA, ZUG, HERSHEY, SHANER, BAKER, BARRAR, CAUSER, SCAVELLO, GABIG, HARHART, REED, WATSON, PHILLIPS, TIGUE, MANN, SOLOBAY, ARMSTRONG, CAWLEY, BEBKO- JONES, GOODMAN, FAIRCHILD, O'NEILL, MUNDY, FABRIZIO, FLEAGLE, DALLY, HUTCHINSON, CLYMER, MELIO, SEMMEL, YOUNGBLOOD, MAJOR, HENNESSEY, HARHAI, FREEMAN, B. SMITH, SURRA, LEH, ADOLPH, HESS, JAMES, BUNT, DALEY, STABACK, W. KELLER, HASAY, SCHRODER, GILLESPIE, CALTAGIRONE AND GEIST, JANUARY 31, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 31, 2005
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating January 2005 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 12 funds to operate district educational programs; and
1 WHEREAS, Being an effective school director is no easy task, 2 particularly in the current climate of school change. Today's 3 lay school leaders need to be knowledgeable about many complex 4 educational and social issues; and 5 WHEREAS, School board service is perhaps the purest form of 6 grass roots democratic principles upon which our republic was 7 founded. Local public school directors are dedicated, educated, 8 responsible citizens who carry out the truest form of 9 representative government in our democracy - volunteer public 10 service; therefore be it 11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the 12 month of January 2005 as "School Director Recognition Month" in 13 Pennsylvania; and be it further 14 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be immediately 15 transmitted to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. A25L82JS/20050H0040R0122 - 2 -