Bill Text: HI SCR159 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Second Week in March to be declared "Census in the Schools" Week

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-10 - (S) Referred to EDH/EDT. [SCR159 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR159-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	159
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE RECOGNITION OF THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH AS THE "CENSUS IN SCHOOLS WEEK".

 

 

     WHEREAS, the United States Constitution requires a count every ten years of everyone residing in the United States regardless of their nationality, citizenship status, race, age, or gender; and

 

     WHEREAS, census questionnaires will be delivered or mailed to households via U.S. mail in March 2010 and Census Day is April 1, 2010; and

 

     WHEREAS, the goal is to count everyone in the State of Hawaii, count them once and count them in the right place; and

 

     WHEREAS, census data determines the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives; and

 

     WHEREAS, census data is used to determine boundaries for state and local legislative and congressional districts; and

 

     WHEREAS, 2010 Census data will affect how more than $4 trillion will be allocated to local, state, and tribal governments over the next ten years; and

 

     WHEREAS, census data is used to determine funding for schools, Title 1 programs, special education, college grant and loan programs, public transportation, road and community improvements; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Census Bureau's program "2010 Census: It's About Us", is a free education program which provides teachers with lessons that meet core standards and feature skill building activities in map literacy, graphing, and writing; and

 

     WHEREAS, the "Census in Schools" program endeavors to reach every public school, private school, charter school, home school, student between kindergarten through 12th grade, school administrator, teacher, household with school-age children and educational organization; and

 

     WHEREAS, children have been undercounted in every U.S. census taken; and

 

     WHEREAS, the program engages Hawaii's youth to help ensure that every child and household member is counted; and

 

WHEREAS, this Census Bureau program challenges students to get to know their communities and learn about their communities needs; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the House of Representatives concurring, that the second week in March, beginning with Sunday, be "Census in Schools" Week; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature supports the "Census in Schools" program and recognizes the importance of this program as a teaching tool for our children; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature will work toward encouraging residents to complete and mail back their census questionnaires and to increase awareness regarding the importance of the 2010 Census; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body representing the people of Hawaii gives the educational efforts of "Census in Schools" its highest endorsement and encouragement; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Education, the Executive Director of the Hawaii Association of

Independent Schools, the Executive Director of the Charter School Administrative Office, and the Mayor of each county.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Second Week in March to be declared "Census in the Schools" Week