Bill Text: MN SR197 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Draft
Bill Title: A Senate resolution honoring Emma Eckberg on being named a National Merit Commended Student
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - Referred to Rules and Administration [SR197 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SR197-Draft.html
1.1A Senate resolution
1.2honoring Emma Eckberg on being named a National Merit Commended Student.
1.3WHEREAS, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for
1.4recognition and scholarships that began in 1955; and
1.5WHEREAS, high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by
1.6taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an
1.7initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year; in late September, about 34,000
1.8of the approximately 50,000 high scorers received Letters of Commendation in recognition of
1.9outstanding academic promise; and
1.10WHEREAS, some 15,000 semifinalists were notified by mail at their home addresses that
1.11they had advanced to finalist standing. High school principals are notified and provided with a
1.12certificate to present to each finalist; and
1.13WHEREAS, Emma Eckberg, a student at Bloomington Jefferson High School, was
1.14recently notified of National Merit Commended status, a noteworthy honor deserving of
1.15legislative recognition; and
1.16NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it
1.17congratulates Emma Eckberg on being named a National Merit Commended Student.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
1.19enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the Secretary's signature and that of the
1.20Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Emma Eckberg.
1.2honoring Emma Eckberg on being named a National Merit Commended Student.
1.3WHEREAS, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for
1.4recognition and scholarships that began in 1955; and
1.5WHEREAS, high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by
1.6taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an
1.7initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year; in late September, about 34,000
1.8of the approximately 50,000 high scorers received Letters of Commendation in recognition of
1.9outstanding academic promise; and
1.10WHEREAS, some 15,000 semifinalists were notified by mail at their home addresses that
1.11they had advanced to finalist standing. High school principals are notified and provided with a
1.12certificate to present to each finalist; and
1.13WHEREAS, Emma Eckberg, a student at Bloomington Jefferson High School, was
1.14recently notified of National Merit Commended status, a noteworthy honor deserving of
1.15legislative recognition; and
1.16NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it
1.17congratulates Emma Eckberg on being named a National Merit Commended Student.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
1.19enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the Secretary's signature and that of the
1.20Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Emma Eckberg.
| JoAnne M. ZoffSecretary of the Senate | Thomas M. BakkChair, Senate Committee onRules and Administration |
| Melisa FranzenState Senator, District 49 |
| Melissa H. WiklundState Senator, District 50 |
