Bill Text: IL HR1478 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Makenzie S. Williams of Galesburg and Nolan Byrd of Joliet on the occasion of winning the Illinois D.A.R.E. design-a-poster contest.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1478 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1478-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, This year, millions of school children around the | ||||||
3 | world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance | ||||||
4 | Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the | ||||||
5 | skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and | ||||||
6 | violence; and
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7 | WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles; the | ||||||
8 | program has proven so successful that it is now being | ||||||
9 | implemented in 75% of our nation's school districts and in more | ||||||
10 | than 43 countries around the world; and
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11 | WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of | ||||||
12 | classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten | ||||||
13 | through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live | ||||||
14 | productive drug and violence-free lives; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Illinois D.A.R.E. recently held a statewide | ||||||
16 | design-a-poster contest with a drug-free theme; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Two fifth-grade students out of numerous entries | ||||||
18 | from across the State of Illinois were declared the winners of | ||||||
19 | the contest, Makenzie S. Williams from Galesburg and Nolan Byrd | ||||||
20 | from Joliet; and
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1 | WHEREAS, All the D.A.R.E. Students across the State, along | ||||||
2 | with the D.A.R.E. officers, are to be commended for choosing to | ||||||
3 | be drug free; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
6 | congratulate Makenzie S. Williams and Nolan Byrd on the | ||||||
7 | occasion of winning the Illinois D.A.R.E. design-a-poster | ||||||
8 | contest and wish them continued success in the future; and be | ||||||
9 | it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Makenzie S. Williams and Nolan Byrd as a symbol of | ||||||
12 | our respect and esteem.
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