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SCR155.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LEGISLATOR'S BACK TO SCHOOL DAY - Stating findings of the Legislature,
providing legislative intent supporting civic education and declaring the
third Friday of September as "Idaho Legislator's Back to School Day."
02/29 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/01 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/02 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/24 To enrol
03/27 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/28 To Secretary of State
SCR155
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 155
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE INTENT SUPPORTING CIVIC EDUCATION AND DECLARING THE
3 THIRD FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER AS IDAHO LEGISLATORS BACK TO SCHOOL DAY.
4 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 WHEREAS, Idaho was created as a representative democracy in which all gov-
6 ernmental power is inherent in the people who exercise that power through the
7 legislative, executive and judicial branches; and
8 WHEREAS, in recent years, citizen interest in government and knowledge of
9 the political system has declined in part due to a weakening belief in, and a
10 lack of understanding of the virtues and knowledge needed for a successful
11 republican form of government; and
12 WHEREAS, Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence stated,
13 "There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable,
14 and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue and knowledge through every
15 part of the state by means of proper places and modes of education and this
16 can be done effectively only by the aid of the legislature"; and
17 WHEREAS, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has passed a
18 resolution that says that the operations of the state legislatures and the
19 roles of individual legislators are often little understood by citizens, and
20 that public understanding of the institutions and processes of the government
21 is critical to building public trust and confidence; and
22 WHEREAS, the NCSL resolution also states that state legislatures need to
23 bring about better understanding of the concept of representative democracy
24 and that education about representative democracy should emphasize the impor-
25 tance of compromise and the difficulty of resolving competing interests in a
26 diverse society; and
27 WHEREAS, civic education is a vital tool to promote greater understanding
28 of the legislative institution and the role of legislators in representative
29 democracy; and
30 WHEREAS, NCSL has urged the nation's state legislatures to promote civic
31 education about representative democracy; and
32 WHEREAS, NCSL has established America's Legislators Back to School Day, a
33 national day on which state legislators across the nation visit schools and
34 classrooms to talk about the legislature and to observe activities in the
35 schools; and
36 WHEREAS, legislators will benefit from interacting with students, teachers
37 and administrators.
38 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
39 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
40 sentatives concurring therein, that the Legislature of the State of Idaho sup-
41 ports civic education to promote greater understanding of the legislative
42 institution and the role of legislators in representative democracy.
43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the State of Idaho declares
44 that the third Friday in September shall be designated as Idaho Legislators
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1 Back to School Day and urges all members of the legislature to visit schools
2 on that day.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10107
This measure is intended to support civic education and declare the third Friday of
September as Idaho Legislators Back To School Day.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Sen. Clint Stennett
Phone: 332-1351
Sen. John Andreason
Phone: 332-1405
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SCR155