Bill Text: GA HR803 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia School Boards Association; recognize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-31 - House Read and Adopted [HR803 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR803-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 803
By:
Representatives Coleman of the
97th,
Dickson of the
6th,
Maxwell of the
17th,
Clark of the
104th,
and Ashe of the
56th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Georgia School Boards Association on 60 years of stellar
service to local boards of education in Georgia; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) was chartered in 1951 to serve
local boards of education; and
WHEREAS,
GSBA has provided state and nationally renowned training programs for school
board members and educational leaders; and
WHEREAS,
through the leadership of its executive director Jeannie M. "Sis" Henry, the
association has dramatically improved its grassroots advocacy activities,
increased the programs and services offered to local boards, and modeled the use
of strategic planning as a method of continuous improvement and operations;
and
WHEREAS,
GSBA has worked diligently to maintain 100 percent membership of all elected
local boards of education through offering programs and services of the highest
quality; and
WHEREAS,
GSBA has partnered with the Georgia School Superintendents Association to
develop a vision for public education in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
the association operates under its mission to ensure excellence in the
governance of local school systems by providing leadership, advocacy, and
services, and by representing the collective resolve of Georgia's 180 elected
boards of education; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of this fine
organization and its numerous contributions to the citizens of this state be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the Georgia School Boards Association on its 60 years of
service to public education and school board governance in Georgia.
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 the Georgia
School Boards Association.
