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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. __ 1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 1 3 (SUCCESSOR TO SCR 10) 1 4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Department of 1 5 Education to cooperate with the Iowa Arts Council 1 6 in administering a contest for students to submit 1 7 design proposals for Iowa's participation in the 1 8 United States Mint's 50 state quarters program. 1 9 WHEREAS, the United States Mint has implemented a 1 10 program in accordance with Public Law No. 105-124, to 1 11 commemorate each of the 50 states in the order in 1 12 which the states ratified the United States 1 13 Constitution and joined the Union; and 1 14 WHEREAS, for the 10-year period 1999 through 2008, 1 15 the United States will annually issue five quarter 1 16 dollar coins with state designs displayed on the 1 17 reverse side of the coins; and 1 18 WHEREAS, each state has an opportunity to develop 1 19 and submit designs representative of the state; and 1 20 WHEREAS, during World War II the five Sullivan 1 21 brothers of Waterloo, Iowa, and their surviving family 1 22 members became an enduring national symbol of the 1 23 importance of families in Iowa, following the 1 24 brothers' death upon the sinking of the U.S.S. Juneau 1 25 and the subsequent involvement of their parents and 1 26 sister in the war effort; and 1 27 WHEREAS, Iowa entered the Union as the twenty-ninth 1 28 state on December 28, 1846, and the quarter dollar 1 29 honoring the state of Iowa will be issued in 2004 1 30 along with Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin; 2 1 and 2 2 WHEREAS, the Governor will be contacted no later 2 3 than 2002 concerning Iowa's design submission; NOW 2 4 THEREFORE, 2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 6 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Department of 2 7 Education is requested to cooperate with the Iowa Arts 2 8 Council in administering a contest for students 2 9 attending school in kindergarten through twelfth grade 2 10 to develop designs relating to the renowned Sullivan 2 11 brothers as a symbol for the state to submit to the 2 12 United States Mint for the Iowa quarter dollar; and 2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the contest should be 2 14 completed by May 1, 2000, and the exemplary designs 2 15 submitted to the Governor. 2 16 LSB 3108SV 78 2 17 jp/sc/14
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