BILL NUMBER: SCR 72	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines
   (Coauthors: Senators  Bates,   Glazer,  
Hertzberg,  Huff, Pavley, and Vidak)

                        JUNE 1, 2015

   Relative to Teacher Appreciation Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 72, as amended, Gaines. Teacher Appreciation Month.
   This measure would designate the month of May 2015 as Teacher
Appreciation Month, recognize teachers for the significant role they
play, and encourage pupils, parents, and public officials to publicly
recognize the hard work and dedication of teachers, and to observe
the month by supporting teachers through appropriate activities,
events, and programs.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Talented and hardworking teachers throughout California's
public, private, and charter schools are nurturing the next
generation of thinkers, doers, and dreamers; and
   WHEREAS, Teachers teach the skills that will inspire the next
century of professionals, entrepreneurs, innovators, and workers in
critically needed technical careers and professions; and
   WHEREAS, Teachers also build character, compassion, creativity,
and resilience among our state's children that will prepare them to
take on the challenges of the future; and
   WHEREAS, Our best teachers are role models who show our kids how
to work hard and pursue a brighter future, and who further encourage
children's passions, inspire their imaginations, and help them
realize the best versions of themselves; and
   WHEREAS, Teaching is an all-encompassing commitment, and teachers
make enormous sacrifices to support their pupils; and 
   WHEREAS, The recent California court decision, Vergara v.
California, stated that competent teachers are a critical, if not the
most important, component of success of a child's in-school
educational experience; and 
   WHEREAS, We can improve our country's educational system
significantly by exhibiting respect for teachers, and by letting them
know how much we value their contributions in helping schools meet
the needs of pupils from all communities in our state; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the month of May
2015 as Teacher Appreciation Month; and, be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes teachers for the
significant role they play in our lives and in the well-being of our
state; and, be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature encourages pupils, parents, and
public officials to publicly recognize the hard work and dedication
of teachers, and to observe the month by supporting teachers through
appropriate activities, events, and programs; and, be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.