Sunday, November 23, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
SJ1: Commending the Virginia School Boards Association on the occasion of its 100th birthday.
WHEREAS, in 2006, the Virginia School Boards Association, a voluntary organization that is committed to quality education throughout the Commonwealth, celebrates its 100th birthday; and
WHEREAS, founded in 1906, the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) is a private, self-supporting, nonpartisan organization that advances and promotes educational excellence for all of Virginia's public school students through the unique American tradition of local citizen control of, and accountability for, the Commonwealth’s public schools; and
WHEREAS, the VSBA represents the Commonwealth's 134 school boards, which in turn develop the educational policies that govern the schools attended by 100 percent of the public school children in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the VSBA is to provide member boards with quality services, training, advocacy, and support so that they may exercise effective leadership in public school governance; and
WHEREAS, the VSBA represents the interests of the Commonwealth's school boards before the legislature, state agencies, Congress, and state and national regulatory bodies; and
WHEREAS, the VSBA is a superlative and invaluable organization that supports and serves the local public school boards and all of the young people of Virginia with great care and competence; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend and congratulate the Virginia School Boards Association on the occasion of its 100th birthday; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Virginia School Boards Association as an expression of the General Assembly’s appreciation for its many contributions to the welfare of local school boards and its outstanding service to the citizens of the Commonwealth.
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