PENNSYLVANIA, January 22 - PRINTER'S NO. 56

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

14

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, MARTIN,

J. WARD, SCAVELLO, ARGALL, HUTCHINSON, COSTA, BLAKE, SCHWANK,

BROWNE, ARNOLD, PITTMAN, AUMENT, KEARNEY, BAKER AND STEFANO,

JANUARY 21, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JANUARY 21, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the month of January 2021 as "School Director

Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Local school districts and their governing boards

were established by the General Assembly more than 150 years

ago; and

WHEREAS, Public education is mandated by section 14 of

Article III of the Constitution of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, School board members govern individual school

districts, establish local policies, approve educational

programs, provide necessary physical facilities, hire properly

certified professional and classified employees and share in

costs by raising necessary local funds, along with State funds,

to operate district educational programs; and

WHEREAS, Being an effective school director is a difficult

task, particularly in the current climate of school change; and

WHEREAS, A school director must be knowledgeable about many

complex educational and social issues; and

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