TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE JESSE BOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS BEING NAMED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL'S HONOR ROLL AND AS ONE OF FIVE SEMI-FINALISTS FOR THE 2011 DICK AND TUNKY RILEY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AWARD.

Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to congratulate the School Improvement Council of Jesse Boyd Elementary School, named to the South Carolina School Improvement Council's Honor Roll and one of five semi-finalists for the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award; and

Whereas, the members of the Jesse Boyd Elementary School Improvement Council (SIC) are to be commended for their outstanding work in building parent and community involvement and commitment in their school; and

Whereas, created in 2002, by the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina School Improvement Council, the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award is named in honor of former Governor and United States Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, Jr., and his late wife, Ann Y. "Tunky" Riley, in recognition of the couple's longstanding commitment to quality public education; and

Whereas, the purpose of the award is to promote and support civic engagement for quality public education, and annually the award's judges consider for recognition significant contributions made to public education by the more than fifteen thousand School Improvement Council members, who volunteer in every public school in the State; and

Whereas, each year five semi-finalists are selected from the schools named to the South Carolina School Improvement Council's Honor Roll, with one to be named as the winner of the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award. This year's award will be announced at the South Carolina SIC Annual Conference, March 19, 2011, in Columbia; and

Whereas, the House of Representatives applauds the Jesse Boyd Elementary School Improvement Council for its superb efforts on behalf of the students, and the members wish the council much success as it continues on in the competition for the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Jesse Boyd Elementary School Improvement Council of Spartanburg County upon the occasion of its being named to the South Carolina School Improvement Council's Honor Roll and as one of five semi-finalists for the 2011 Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Principal Bob Grant of Jesse Boyd Elementary School.