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05 LC 18 3996

House Resolution 75

By: Representatives O`Neal of the 146th, Coleman of the 97th, Talton of the 145th, Hugley of the 133rd, Millar of the 79th, and others

A RESOLUTION

Commending the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and recognizing "PAGE Day on Capitol Hill" and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) is the statés largest organization for professional educators with more than 60,000 members who are teachers, administrators, and school support personnel employed in every school system in Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators was founded in the 1970́s with the mission to make Georgia a better place for students to learn and for teachers to teach; and

WHEREAS, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, through its PAGE Foundation, has for many years sponsored programs of academic excellence for the students of our state including the Academic Bowl for Middle Grades, the Georgia Academic Decathlon for high school students, and STAR, the Student and Teacher Achievement Recognition program; and

WHEREAS, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators has worked for many years to promote teaching as a profession by sponsoring local chapters of the Future Georgia Educators in middle and high schools across the state and sponsoring chapters of the student PAGE groups - SPAGE - on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators actively participates in the legislative process each year, working to improve education and student achievement while promoting a positive and professional working relationship with the men and women who come to this General Assembly representing every legislative district in the state; and
WHEREAS, today, many local leaders, members of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, are here at the Capitol meeting with their local delegations and participating in the legislative process; and

WHEREAS, today, the 8th of February, 2005, is PAGÉs "Day on Capitol Hill."

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that this body gratefully recognizes and commends the Professional Association of Georgia Educators as the statés largest independent organization for professional educators and celebrates their contribution to education and to educators through the years and salutes their members and their leadership and recognizes February 8, 2005, as "PAGE Day on Capitol Hill."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to PAGE.