House Resolution 128 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2          BY  TYMESON, DANDEKAR, ALONS, HEATON,
  1  3         SCHICKEL, ARNOLD, WINDSCHITL, T. OLSON,
  1  4     HORBACH, WATTS, STAED, ROBERTS, MAY, CHAMBERS,
  1  5    FORRISTALL, SODERBERG, L. MILLER, DEYOE, GRANZOW,
  1  6       DE BOEF, UPMEYER, RAYHONS, GAYMAN, PAULSEN,
  1  7                BOAL, KAUFMANN, and MERTZ
  1  8 A Resolution designating the second week in June as
  1  9    Home Education Week in Iowa.
  1 10    WHEREAS, the state of Iowa is committed to
  1 11 excellence in education and recognizes the importance
  1 12 of family participation and parental choice in this
  1 13 pursuit of excellence; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, teaching children at home was the
  1 15 predominant form of education during our nation's
  1 16 early years; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, many notable Americans benefited from home
  1 18 education, including George Washington, Martha
  1 19 Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams,
  1 20 Patrick Henry, John Marshall, Robert E. Lee, Abraham
  1 21 Lincoln, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Thomas Edison,
  1 22 Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, it is important that parents take a strong
  1 24 role in the education of their children; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the Network of Iowa Christian Home
  1 26 Educators is dedicated to academic excellence and
  1 27 holds a statewide convention for home educators on the
  1 28 second week of June each year that strengthens Iowa's
  1 29 pursuit of excellence in education; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, a growing number of parents in Iowa have
  2  1 chosen to teach their children at home; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  2    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  3 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
  2  4 second week of June in 2008 as Home Education Week in
  2  5 Iowa and invites the citizens of Iowa during this time
  2  6 to recognize the contributions to education excellence
  2  7 made by home educators.
  2  8 LSB 5640HH 82
  2  9 ak/nh/14