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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. __
1 2 BY JOCHUM
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the
1 4 legislative council establish a family and work
1 5 forum to bring together a diverse group of
1 6 legislators, community leaders, and other interests
1 7 to explore new approaches for supporting families
1 8 in the evolving economy.
1 9 WHEREAS, there is strong interest in the public
1 10 policy goals of promoting safer communities, stronger
1 11 families, and more successful children; and
1 12 WHEREAS, to achieve these goals, new strategies and
1 13 approaches are needed that allow families to better
1 14 balance the duties and responsibilities of work and
1 15 raising children; and
1 16 WHEREAS, new approaches have been suggested
1 17 involving the important role of schools in the lives
1 18 of families, including better alignment of school
1 19 schedules and work schedules, funding for before and
1 20 after school programs, and making each neighborhood
1 21 school a resource center for families; and
1 22 WHEREAS, quality child care is a key service that
1 23 is necessary for parents to be able to work
1 24 successfully, and new approaches have been offered for
1 25 support of child care at the work site and away from
1 26 the work site, for services directed to infants and
1 27 very young children, and for services provided during
1 28 evening and nighttime work shifts; and
1 29 WHEREAS, family and medical leave provisions have
1 30 expanded employer support for families and new
2 1 approaches have been proposed to provide leave for
2 2 employees who care for a sick child or elderly person,
2 3 for medical appointments, and for parents to attend
2 4 school programs, teacher conferences, and graduation
2 5 ceremonies; and
2 6 WHEREAS, new approaches have been suggested to
2 7 expand flexibility in employee scheduling, including
2 8 staggered hour systems, variable scheduling such as
2 9 meal period flex time, job sharing arrangements and
2 10 part-time work with prorated benefits, the use of
2 11 telecommuting, and compressing work week schedules;
2 12 NOW THEREFORE,
2 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 14 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
2 15 requested to establish a family and work forum to
2 16 bring together a diverse group of community leaders
2 17 and interests to explore new approaches for supporting
2 18 families in the evolving economy by considering the
2 19 approaches described in this resolution and other new
2 20 public policy approaches that promote safer
2 21 communities, stronger families, and more successful
2 22 children; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the family and work
2 24 forum membership should be appointed to include
2 25 legislators, several parents so that families with
2 26 children of various ages are represented, leaders of
2 27 both large and small businesses, local officials from
2 28 communities of various population levels, nonprofit
2 29 organizations that work with children and families,
2 30 and representatives of financial institutions; and
3 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the forum be directed
3 2 to make recommendations to the general assembly for
3 3 implementation during the 2002 legislative session.
3 4 LSB 1570HH 79
3 5 jp/pj/5
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