PRINTER'S NO. 2906
No. 486 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY STAIRS, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR, BEBKO-
JONES, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CORNELL,
CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeLUCA,
DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOOD, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KOTIK,
LEDERER, MAHER, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL,
McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MUNDY, MUSTIO, PICKETT, PISTELLA,
QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REED, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO,
SHANER, SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK,
T. STEVENSON, SURRA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE,
WALKO, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 24, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 24, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing February 2006 as "Economic Literacy Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Young people should understand our economic system
4 to perform effectively as workers, consumers, savers and
5 citizens in the global economy; and
6 WHEREAS, In turn, the economy of this Commonwealth depends on
7 economically literate, educated citizens to maintain its
8 competitive edge; and
9 WHEREAS, The need for economic education can be seen in the
10 results of a recent Harris Interactive Poll surveying 1,000
11 adults and 1,000 high school pupils nationwide; and
12 WHEREAS, While those persons polled were nearly unanimous in
1 their belief that basic economics should be taught in high
2 school, both pupils and adults lack a fundamental understanding
3 of scarcity, money and inflation, with less than half of the
4 participants demonstrating knowledge of these concepts; and
5 WHEREAS, EconomicsPennsylvania worked with the State Board of
6 Education to create standards in economics which promote
7 economic reasoning and an understanding of the United States
8 economy in a global setting; and
9 WHEREAS, New Pennsylvania Standards in Economics were adopted
10 by the State Board of Education in January 2003, describing what
11 students should know and be able to do at four grade levels
12 (third, sixth, ninth and twelfth); and
13 WHEREAS, With the adoption of the 2003 Pennsylvania Standards
14 in Economics, the skills related to economic literacy now play a
15 greater role in the entire curriculum since the economics strand
16 runs through the kindergarten through grade 12 classrooms; and
17 WHEREAS, EconomicsPennsylvania maintains 15 centers for
18 economic education in colleges and universities in this
19 Commonwealth, using an interdisciplinary approach to help
20 teachers implement the new standards across the curriculum; and
21 WHEREAS, The development and implementation of Pennsylvania
22 Standards in Economics will help Pennsylvania students evaluate
23 major decisions which will affect them for the rest of their
24 lives, including issues related to careers, teen marriage and
25 pregnancy, school versus work and retirement, all of which will
26 make them more effective participants in the global economy;
27 therefore be it
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize
29 February 2006 as "Economic Literacy Month" in Pennsylvania.
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