Bill Text: OH SCR30 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: To designate Central State University as Ohio's 1890

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-13 - Concurrence [SCR30 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SCR30-Enrolled.html

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As Adopted by the House

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. C. R. No. 30

Senators Widener, Kearney 

Cosponsors: Senators Tavares, Seitz, Bacon, Balderson, Beagle, Brown, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Gentile, Jones, LaRose, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Smith, Turner, Wagoner 

Representatives Heard, Ramos, Antonio, Barnes, Beck, Blair, Boose, Boyce, Bubp, Budish, Carney, Celebrezze, Celeste, Combs, Damschroder, DeVitis, Driehaus, Duffey, Fedor, Fende, Garland, Gerberry, Gonzales, Goyal, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Huffman, Kozlowski, Letson, Lundy, Lynch, Mallory, Martin, McClain, Milkovich, Murray, Newbold, O'Brien, Patmon, Pelanda, Phillips, Pillich, Reece, Schuring, Smith, Sprague, Stautberg, Stebelton, Stinziano, Sykes, Uecker, Williams, Winburn, Young 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To designate Central State University as Ohio's 1890

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land grant university and to request that the

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United States Congress pass legislation and the

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United States Department of Agriculture take steps

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to recognize that designation and provide the

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institution with all of the benefits of the

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designation.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The United States Congress enacted and the President	8
of the United States signed into law the Morrill Act of 1862	9
permitting each state to designate at least one institution as a	10
"land grant" college or university where the leading object is the	11
teaching of agriculture and the mechanic arts, initially endowing	12
such institution with a grant of land or scrip for the receiving	13
state to sell and invest on behalf of the institution; and	14

WHEREAS, The United States Congress enacted and the President	15
of the United States signed into law the Second Morrill Act of	16
1890 to extend access to higher education by providing sustained	17
federal support for all land grant institutions and to expand and	18
enhance educational opportunities in agriculture and the mechanic	19
arts for Black Americans; and	20

WHEREAS, The State of Ohio established The Ohio State	21
University as the state's land grant university under the Morrill	22
Act of 1862 in order to provide excellent educational	23
opportunities to all Ohioans; and	24

WHEREAS, The State of Ohio, in 1887, created the Combined	25
Normal and Industrial Department of Wilberforce University to	26
provide teacher training and vocational education open to all	27
qualified applicants of good and moral character; and	28

WHEREAS, Central State University is the successor of that	29
institution and continues to provide baccalaureate and graduate	30
educational opportunities in a wide variety of agriculture-related	31
disciplines; and	32

WHEREAS, Central State University is Ohio's only public	33
historically Black college or university; and	34

WHEREAS, Central State University and its predecessor	35
institutions have made the same extraordinary contributions to the	36
education of African Americans in the State of Ohio as other 1890	37
universities have made in their respective states; and	38

WHEREAS, The Ohio General Assembly desires to designate	39
Central State University as an 1890 land grant university under	40
the Second Morrill Act; therefore be it	41

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly	42
of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, designate Central State	43
University as a land grant university under the Second Morrill Act	44
of 1890 and request that the United States Congress pass	45
legislation, and the United States Department of Agriculture take	46
the necessary steps, to recognize that designation and to provide	47
Central State University with all of the benefits of such	48
designation; and be it further	49

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a duly	50
authenticated copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the	51
United States Department of Agriculture, the Speaker, Majority	52
Leader, and Minority Leader of the United States House of	53
Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader,	54
and Minority Leader of the United States Senate.	55