PRINTER'S NO. 4367
No. 839 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY WRIGHT, BARRAR, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER,
CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE,
DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOOD,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARRIS, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY,
MAJOR, MARKOSEK, McGILL, McILHATTAN, S. MILLER, MUSTIO,
PALLONE, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI,
SATHER, SCAVELLO, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR,
TIGUE, TRUE, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND
PISTELLA, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending the Student Assistance Program on its 20th
2 anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, In 1984 the Department of Health's Bureau of Drug
4 and Alcohol Programs provided a grant for seed money to
5 implement pilot Student Assistance Programs in this Commonwealth
6 under the auspices of the Department of Education; and
7 WHEREAS, The success of these pilot programs led to the
8 establishment of the Commonwealth Student Assistance Program
9 Advisory Committee in 1984; and
10 WHEREAS, The Student Assistance Program has expanded over the
11 years through support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as
12 well as the Pennsylvania Masonic Foundation; and
1 WHEREAS, In 1986, the Pennsylvania Department of Public
2 Welfare's Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
3 provided the support necessary for expansion of the Student
4 Assistance Program initiative to include intervention strategies
5 for students at risk of suicide; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1988, the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
7 the Department of Health and the Department of Public Welfare
8 formed the Commonwealth Student Assistance Program Interagency
9 Committee to collaborate to seek funding and improve student
10 assistance training and programming in Pennsylvania; and
11 WHEREAS, In 1989, the Pennsylvania Association of Student
12 Assistance Professionals was established; and
13 WHEREAS, The 20th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Student
14 Assistance Program is being observed during the 2004-2005 school
15 year; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend the
17 Student Assistance Program on its 20th anniversary during school
18 year 2004-2005.
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