Bill Text: PA HR51 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating George A. Ferrell Elementary School, Picture Rocks, upon its recognition as a 2008 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 37-16)

Status: (Passed) 2009-02-09 - Adopted [HR51 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR51-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 273
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 51 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MILLARD, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROHRER, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, YOUNGBLOOD, SONNEY, BENNINGHOFF AND HICKERNELL, FEBRUARY 5, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 5, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating George A. Ferrell Elementary School, Picture
Rocks, upon its recognition as a 2008 No Child Left Behind -
Blue Ribbon School.
WHEREAS, At an awards ceremony in Washington, DC, on October
21, 2008, the Federal Department of Education recognized 320
schools in the nation as 2008 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon
Schools; and
WHEREAS, George A. Ferrell Elementary School in Picture
Rocks, Lycoming County, was one of these schools, an achievement
signifying the high level of academic success its students have
reached through significant progress in testing scores and
program initiatives; and
WHEREAS, The No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools
Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high
schools that are either academically superior or that
demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high
levels; and
WHEREAS, The schools are selected based on one of two
criteria:
(1) Schools with at least 40% of their students from
disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student
performance to high levels on state tests; or
(2) Schools whose students, regardless of background,
achieve in the top 10% of their state on state tests or in
the case of private schools in the top 10% of the nation on
nationally normed tests;
and
WHEREAS, Students at George A. Ferrell Elementary School
score in the top 10% of the students in Pennsylvania on the
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests; and
WHEREAS, George A. Ferrell Elementary School was one of only
12 schools in this Commonwealth to be honored in 2008 as a Blue
Ribbon School; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate
George A. Ferrell Elementary School, Picture Rocks, upon its
recognition as a 2008 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School.
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