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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 5
Author: Gaines (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Mentoring Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of January 2015
as Mentoring Month, and calls on public officials, business and
community leaders, and educators to observe the month with
appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs in order to
accomplish specified objectives recognizing the importance of
mentoring and promoting the creation and expansion of mentorship
programs.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. In 2002, the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR:
The National Mentoring Partnership created the National
Mentoring Month campaign to raise awareness of mentoring, to
recruit individuals to mentor, and to promote the growth of
mentoring by encouraging organizations to facilitate employee
involvement in quality mentoring.
2. A mentor provides a caring and consistent presence and
devotes time to help a mentee discover personal strength and
achieve full potential through a structured and trusting
relationship; and a mentor helps a young person set career
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goals and uses personal contacts to help that young person
develop professional relationships and find a job.
3. Quality mentoring encourages positive choices, promotes
self-esteem, supports academic achievement, and introduces
young people to new ideas.
4. Mentoring programs are effective in combating school
violence, discipline problems, substance abuse,
incarceration, and truancy.
5. The benefits of mentoring serve to link youth to economic
opportunity and strengthen the fiber of communities.
This resolution designates the month of January 2015 as
Mentoring Month, and calls on public officials, business and
community leaders, and educators to observe the month with
appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs in order to
accomplish specified objectives recognizing the importance of
mentoring and promoting the creation and expansion of mentorship
programs.
Prior legislation . SCR 61 (Price, 2010) would have proclaimed
the month of January 2010 as National Mentoring Month. The
resolution died in the Assembly Rules Committee.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
KC:k 1/14/15 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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