Bill Text: CA SR12 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to National Engineers Week

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-02-26 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 222.) [SR12 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SR12-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SR 12	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 26, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 17, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2015

   Relative to National Engineers Week


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, Engineers employ their scientific knowledge and
analytical skills for the betterment of the United States; and
   WHEREAS, The mission of DiscoverE (formerly the National Engineers
Week Foundation) is to sustain and grow a dynamic engineering
profession through outreach, education, celebration, and volunteerism
as needed to keep the United States a global leader in engineering
and engineering education; and
   WHEREAS, The sponsors of National Engineers Week are working
together to transform the engineering workforce through greater
inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities; and
   WHEREAS, By engaging young students, parents, and educators in
hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, engineers
help them discover how they can make a meaningful difference in the
world; and
   WHEREAS, The partnership between engineers and teachers inspires
future generations of engineering and technology talent; and
   WHEREAS, Tens of thousands of engineers and engineering students
will serve their communities not only through their work but, at this
time of year, by reaching into hundreds of local communities; and
   WHEREAS, Engineers have helped meet the major global challenges of
our time, including providing state-of-the-art transportation and
information technology infrastructures, enhancing national security,
and developing the clean energy technologies needed to power the
people of the United States into the future; and
   WHEREAS, An overwhelming number of people in the United States (87
percent) find that engineering is the profession that most
frequently contributes to positive innovations and inventions in
society, according to a survey conducted by TE Connectivity of
impressions of engineering; and
   WHEREAS, Engineers are a crucial link in research, development,
and the transformation of scientific discoveries into useful products
and jobs, as the people of the United States look more than ever to
engineers and their imagination, knowledge, and analytical skills to
meet the challenges of the future; and
   WHEREAS, The National Science Board's "Science and Engineering
Indicators 2010, 2012, and 2014" shows that while the number of
students obtaining engineering degrees in the United States has
reached an all-time high, the rates for women and underrepresented
minorities do not reflect national demographics, and women remain
underrepresented in the science and engineering workforce, although
to a lesser degree than in the past; and
   WHEREAS, A 2012 survey by the Intel Corporation indicates that
United States teenagers are more likely to consider a degree in
engineering after learning about what engineers do; and
   WHEREAS, Only 4 percent of the nation's workforce is composed of
scientists and engineers, this group disproportionately creates jobs
for the other 96 percent; and
   WHEREAS, DiscoverE has grown into a formal coalition of more than
100 professional societies, major corporations, and government
agencies that are dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated
engineering workforce, promoting literacy in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, and raising public awareness and
appreciation of the contributions of engineers to society; and
   WHEREAS, National Engineers Week is celebrated during the week of
George Washington's birthday to honor the contributions that the
first United States President, a military engineer and land surveyor,
made to engineering; and
   WHEREAS, February 22, 2015, to February 28, 2015, inclusive, has
been designated as National Engineers Week by DiscoverE and the theme
is, "Engineering New Horizons," spotlighting all the amazing things
engineers do every day to make the world a better place; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
hereby recognizes the week of February 22, 2015, to February 28,
2015, inclusive, as National Engineers Week and acknowledges the
services bestowed upon the citizens of California by engineers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.