Bill Text: GA HR1049 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 1049 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: National Economics Challenge; 2009 Starr's Mill High School winners; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-03 - House Read and Adopted [HR1049 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR1049-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 1049

By: Representative Yates of the 73rd

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending the 2009 Starr's Mill High School winners of the Georgia state competition of the National Economics Challenge in the David Ricardo Division; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the 2009 Council on Economic Education/Goldman Sachs Foundation National Economics Challenge, a competition testing the economics knowledge of teams from high schools around Georgia in a quiz bowl-style competition, was held in Atlanta on March 21 at Georgia Public Broadcasting; and

WHEREAS, working individually and in teams, students answered questions relating to microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economic understanding, and current events related to economic issues; and

WHEREAS, competition was divided between the Adam Smith Division, for students with one semester of economics or enrollment in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, honors, or two-semester courses, and the David Ricardo Division, for students enrolled in an economics course of one semester or less; and

WHEREAS, a team from Starr's Mill High School of the Fayette County Public Schools won first place in the David Ricardo Division; and

WHEREAS, from a field of five teams in the David Ricardo Division, the Starr's Mill High School team of Keegan Christensen, Joseph Morrow, Ben Payne, and Kendall Reeves, coached by economics teacher Mark DeCourcy, won first place by demonstrating a superior knowledge of economics and how our American free market system works; and

WHEREAS, the members of this body know that in these challenging times, economics has never been more essential, the teaching of it more necessary, and the academic accomplishments of these young students more important to the future of Georgia and our nation; and

WHEREAS, the hope we place in young people like these, that they will lead our state, our nation, and our world to a better era of prosperity, is a substantial burden on their shoulders, and this early test shows that these Fayette County students are up to the challenge.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Keegan Christensen, Joseph Morrow, Ben Payne, Kendall Reeve, and economics teacher Mark DeCourcy for their outstanding effort and commitment to learning economics and wish them good luck as they move on to the regional competition in Atlanta on April 27.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mark DeCourcy, Starr's Mill High School economics teacher.