Current Status Bill Number:4619 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960215 Primary Sponsor:Sharpe All Sponsors:Sharpe, Riser, Rhoad, and Witherspoon Drafted Document Number:bbm\10556jm.96 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960215 Subject:National FFA Week February 17-24, 1996
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House 19960215 Received from Senate
Senate 19960215 Introduced, adopted, returned
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House 19960215 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate
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COMMENDING SOUTH CAROLINA'S FFA MEMBERS, THEIR ADVISORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, AND ALL WHO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THESE STUDENTS OF NATURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES EDUCATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL FFA WEEK, FEBRUARY 17-24, 1996.
Whereas, the FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through natural, environmental, and agricultural resources education at the local, state, and national level; and
Whereas, the FFA was organized nationally in 1928 by agricultural education students and was granted a charter by Congress in 1950; and
Whereas, there are more than 7,200 chapters in the fifty states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam with an active membership of more than 445,000 students; and
Whereas, through participation in FFA activities, young men and women, ages 12-21, begin preparing for careers in natural, environmental, and agricultural areas; and
Whereas, nationally, seventy-five percent of the FFA members enroll in a two-year or four-year higher education degree program following graduation from high school in preparation for one of the more than two hundred career opportunities which includes more than 8,000 job titles; and
Whereas, with the increasing population and growing demand for highly trained and qualified people in the natural, environmental, and agricultural resources industry, almost ten percent of today's professional positions in these areas go unfilled simply because there are more positions than there are people who understand agriculture; and
Whereas, corporate leaders in America believe so strongly in the proven success of qualified training through FFA that they jointly contribute more than $6 million annually to the National FFA Organization; and
Whereas, more than $1.2 million in higher education scholarships are awarded FFA members nationally each year; and
Whereas, in South Carolina, FFA members earned approximately four million dollars through their supervised natural, environmental, and agricultural experiences in 1995; and
Whereas, the FFA motto, "Learning to Do, Doing To Learn, Earning To Live, and Living To Serve", epitomizes those high standards and qualities of leadership possessed by FFA members; and
Whereas, the theme for the National Celebration of FFA Week, February 17-24, 1996, "Leadership For a Lifetime", underscores the value and importance of this outstanding youth organization; and
Whereas, the FFA Organization and the natural, environmental, and agricultural resource education programs in South Carolina have had tremendous success and have proved valuable in improving the quality of life for many South Carolinians. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commends South Carolina's FFA members, their advisors, school administrators, parents, and all who support and encourage these students of natural, environmental, and agricultural resources education on the occasion of the celebration of National FFA Week, February 17-24, 1996.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the officers of the South Carolina Association of FFA..