Full Text of HR1299 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 2014-2015 State officers | 4 | | of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The FCCLA is an organization built as an | 7 | | accompaniment to the curriculum of Family and Consumer Sciences | 8 | | education in public and private schools through grade 12 and | 9 | | strives to prepare students to be productive family members, | 10 | | wage earners, and community leaders; the organization began in | 11 | | 1945 as the Future Homemakers of America with the family as its | 12 | | central focus and remains today the only in-school student | 13 | | organization with that focus; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In order to be selected as a FCCLA State officer, | 15 | | students must run for election; students run by announcing | 16 | | their intent in their local high school chapter; they present a | 17 | | speech at the Section level in order to receive a vote of | 18 | | confidence and then fill out an application resume; they then | 19 | | present a speech and answer questions before the voting | 20 | | delegates and audience gathered at the State conference; from | 21 | | the pool of candidates, 7 are elected by majority vote to serve | 22 | | as the State Executive Council for the next school year; those | 23 | | students are then brought together for a 3-day training seminar |
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| 1 | | in which they get to know each other and learn how to work | 2 | | together; at the training, the candidates give another speech | 3 | | and are interviewed by a panel of alumni; following that, each | 4 | | officer and each of the panel members vote as to which officer | 5 | | will hold which office within the organization; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Once the officers are assigned, they work together | 7 | | the entire year planning and carrying out the various | 8 | | responsibilities of FCCLA as well as their specific office; the | 9 | | students learn many essential skills throughout the year and | 10 | | the FCCLA provides many opportunities for students to take on | 11 | | leadership roles and display their abilities; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The 2014-2015 FCCLA State Officers are Lauren | 13 | | Becherer from Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect;
Clayton | 14 | | Lindley from Mount Pulaski High School in Mount Pulaski; Tarryn | 15 | | Gardner from Knoxville High School in Knoxville;
Emily Grebner | 16 | | from Kewanee High School in Kewanee; Katie Spring from | 17 | | R.O.W.V.A. High School in Oneida; Olivia Hanzel from Liberty | 18 | | High School in Liberty; and Courtney Pogue from Cisne High | 19 | | School in Cisne; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we recognize the 2014-2015 State officers of the Family, Career | 23 | | and Community Leaders of America; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Lauren Becherer, Clayton Lindley, Tarryn Gardner, | 3 | | Emily Grebner, Katie Spring, Olivia Hanzel, and Courtney Pogue | 4 | | as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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