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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20
(By Senators Hunter, Weeks, Unger and Dempsey)
Recognizing the importance of increasing funding to the special
five-year demonstration professional development school
project in order to improve the academic achievement of all
children in the State of West Virginia.
Whereas, The citizens of the State of West Virginia realize
that well-educated children and families are essential for
maintaining safe and economically sound communities; and
Whereas,
Low student achievement is associated with increased
delinquent behavior, drug use, pregnancy rates, unemployment and
adult incarceration rates
; and
Whereas,
The achievement of all students can be dramatically
improved when schools focus on factors within their control, such
as the instructional day, curriculum and teaching practices
; and
Whereas,
Ensuring access for all students to the rigorous
curriculum they deserve requires effective teaching strategies that
include, but are not limited to, using a variety of instructional
approaches, using varied curriculum materials, engaging parent and
community involvement and support in the educational process and
providing the professional development, support and leadership
necessary for an effective school
; and
Whereas, Enrolled House Bill No. 4669, passed by the Legislature during the 2004 Regular Session, addresses these policy
concerns by mandating the creation of a five-year special
demonstration professional development school project to commence
with the 2004-2005 school year; and
Whereas,
Select Committee E on racial profiling and related
minority issues endorses this special demonstration professional
development school project after hearing testimony from the
project's chief administrator during the 2004 legislative interim
session; and
Whereas,
No specific funding to implement the mandated special
demonstration professional development school project was
appropriated for any fiscal year of the project, resulting in an
unfunded mandate; and
Whereas,
Additional funding is needed in order to fully
effectuate the special demonstration professional development
school project; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby recognizes the importance of
increasing funding to the special five-year demonstration
professional development school project in order to improve the
academic achievement of all children in the State of West Virginia
;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That funding for the term of the special
demonstration professional development school project is essential to fund the implementation and operation of the special
demonstration professional development school project mandated by
Enrolled House Bill No. 4669 commencing with the 2004-2005 fiscal
year, including a supplemental appropriation for that fiscal year
and special budget appropriations for the remaining fiscal years of
the mandated special demonstration professional development school
project.
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