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P HJ78

Commending the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission. Commends the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission on leading the national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of the nation's public schools. Congress, on September 18, 2001, enacted Public Law 107-41, establishing the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission to encourage and provide for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this landmark Supreme Court decision. The President of the United States, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed the Commission members. The commissioners represent the Brown Foundation for Education Equity, Excellence and Research; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund; the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site; various federal agencies; each of the five states which were party to the Brown decision; and Massachusetts, the site of the first legal challenge to segregated schools in Roberts v. City of Boston (1849). The Commission has held its meetings in the party states, one each in Columbia, South Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; Topeka, Kansas; Richmond and Farmville, Virginia; and the District of Columbia. A meeting was also held in Boston, Massachusetts. Under the leadership of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, which has been directed to plan, coordinate, and implement Virginia's commemoration of the decision, Virginia launched its official 18-month long commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education with the three-day State visit of the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission. This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission. This resolution is identical to SJR 26.
Patron - Bryant

P HJ126

Leadership and contributions of the local career and technical education advisory councils to the quality of career and technical education in Virginia. Recognizes the value of the local career and technical education advisory councils across Virginia in providing the essential link between employers and instructional personnel and programs. The resolution notes that the local advisory councils continue to work tirelessly and determinedly to improve career and technical curricula and opportunities for career and technical education students by supporting projects to advance career and technical education, developing mechanisms for ensuring program continuity and meeting employers' needs, and encouraging modernization of programs, curriculum and equipment. The member of the local advisory councils are volunteers whose work, without pay and usually without recognition, benefits the communities in which they live, the public school career and technical education programs, and the many students whose lives they touch. In addition to the recognition provided in this resolution, the legislative Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education commits to recognizing the members of the local career and technical education advisory councils through a 2004 recognition ceremony and certificates of appreciation for their diligent and essential work in supporting and promoting career and technical education in Virginia.
Patron - Hamilton

P HJ168

Great Virginia Teach-In. Designates March 27 and 28, 2004, as the Great Virginia Teach-In in the Commonwealth. These dates coincide with the days that a job fair featuring teacher preparation programs, educational financing options, job recruiters and other exhibitors will be held in the Commonwealth to attract a wider and more diverse pool of teaching applicants.
Patron - Ward

P HJ180

Designating Adoption Day in Virginia. Designates the third Saturday in November 2004 and in each succeeding year, as Celebrate Adoption Day in Virginia.
Patron - Saxman

P HJ259

State History Museum. Designates the Virginia Historical Society as the Official State Historical Society in Virginia.
Patron - Howell, W.J.

P HJ261

Virginia Strategy for Growth and Manufacturing Renewal. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the Virginia Manufacturers Association's Virginia Strategy for Growth and Manufacturing Renewal.
Patron - Hogan

P HJ278

Recognizing and supporting members of the National Guard and Reserve. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the National Guard and Reserve by encouraging local governments and private employers to conduct awareness programs and by holding Military Appreciation Day and other ceremonies.
Patron - Johnson

P HJ287

Dahlgren Navy Base. Expresses the General Assembly's support of Naval District Washington West Area (Dahlgren) Base.
Patron - Pollard

P HJ292

Take Your Kids to Vote Day in Virginia. Designates Novemer 2, 2004, and each election day thereafter, as Take Your Kids to Vote Day in Virginia.
Patron - Saxman

P HR14

Pledge of Allegiance. Encourages the United States Supreme Court to uphold in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow a public school district policy that allows willing students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Supreme Court agreed to hear this case on October 14, 2003.
Patron - Cole

P HR17

Values and ideals of Western civilization. Encourages Virginia's local school boards to ensure that the values and ideals of Western civilization are taught effectively in the Commonwealth's classrooms.

P SJ26

Commending the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission. Commends the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission on leading the national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of the nation's public schools. Congress, on September 18, 2001, enacted Public Law 107-41, establishing the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission to encourage and provide for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this landmark Supreme Court decision. The President of the United States, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed the Commission members. The commissioners represent the Brown Foundation for Education Equity, Excellence and Research; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund; the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site; various federal agencies; each of the five states which were party to the Brown decision; and Massachusetts, the site of the first legal challenge to segregated schools in Roberts v. City of Boston (1849). The Commission has held its meetings in the party states, one each in Columbia, South Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; Topeka, Kansas; Richmond and Farmville, Virginia; and the District of Columbia. A meeting was also held in Boston, Massachusetts. Under the leadership of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, which has been directed to plan, coordinate, and implement Virginia's commemoration of the decision, Virginia launched its official 18-month long commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education with the three-day State visit of the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission. This resolution is identical to HJR 78.
Patron - Marsh

P SJ39

Transit options in the U.S. Route 1 corridor. Recognizes the need for various transit options in the U. S. Route 1 corridor in Fairfax and Prince William counties.
Patron - Puller

P SJ49

School of pharmacy in Buchanan County. Endorses the establishment of a school of pharmacy in Buchanan County. This resolution notes the need for economic development projects in Southwest Virginia and the recent establishment of the Appalachian School of Law and the proposal for a pharmacy school at the University of Appalachia in Grundy. A $3 million loan has been granted for the construction of the pharmacy school and the Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County has strongly endorsed this project. Copies of the resolution are to be transmitted to the members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation and the Governor with directions to disseminate the resolution to relevant federal officials and various state higher education entities, respectively.
Patron - Puckett

P SJ73

Brown v. Board of Education Year in Virginia. Designates 2004 and 2005, as Brown v. Board of Education Years in Virginia, and requests the Governor to call upon the citizens of Virginia to observe the designated commemorative period by engaging in the activities offered in their communities. This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.
Patron - Marsh

P SJ79

Importation of municipal solid waste. Urges Congress to enact the State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003 (HR 1123). This legislation would allow states to regulate the information of municipal solid waste into their respective jurisdictions.
Patron - Obenshain

P SJ112

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of The Souls of Black Folk by Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of The Souls of Black Folk, a monumental literary work in African-American and American letters, concerning the double consciousness of African Americans and race relations in America. The resolution also notes that Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois may best be honored on the 100th anniversary of his treatise by encouraging teachers to include the book on reading assignments, and by embracing its truths and meeting the challenge to create a society devoid of racial prejudice.
Patron - Marsh

P SJ114

French and Indian War. Commemorates the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the French and Indian War and expresses support for commemorative activities of the Virginia French and Indian War 250 planning group centered at Shenandoah University and the French and Indian War 250, Inc.
Patron - Ticer

P SJ115

Recognizing and supporting members of the National Guard and Reserve. Expresses the General Assembly's support for the National Guard and Reserve by encouraging local governments and private employers to conduct awareness programs and by holding Military Appreciation Day and other ceremonies.
Patron - O'Brien

P SJ117

Greek Independence Day. Designates March 25, 2004, and in each succeeding year, as Greek Independence Day in Virginia.
Patron - Rerras

P SJ120

Courtesy Week. Designates the second week in February in 2004 and in each succeeding year, as National Courtesy Week in Virginia.
Patron - Houck

P SJ204

Commending Ruby Nell Bridges. Commends Ruby Nell Bridges, who as a kindergartner desegregated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960, following the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. At the age of six, Ms. Bridges had to be escorted by federal marshals to school each day through a mob of fierce segregationists who threatened her and retaliated against her family. On February 24, 2004, Ms. Bridges addressed the metropolitan Richmond community at St. Catherine's School during the school's observance of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education to recount her experience during the ordeal and to promote racial unity, tolerance, respect, and appreciation of diversity.
Patron - Marsh

Failed

F HJ112

"Welfare diet." Encourages Virginia's legislators to go on a "welfare diet" for a two-week period to gain greater understanding of the dire circumstances of thousands of Virginia families.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HJ116

Use of prison bed space; Secretary of Public Safety. Encourages the Secretary of Public Safety to refrain from utilizing bed space within the Virginia Department of Corrections to house out-of-state prisoners.
Patron - Jones, D.C.

F HJ130

Memorializing Free Trade Agreement. Memorializes the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization, to refuse to ratify a Central American Free Trade Agreement, and to resist attempts to further liberalize American trade policy. This resolution is incorporated into HJR 290.
Patron - Dudley

F HJ154

Health Literacy Month. Designates October in 2004 and each year thereafter as Health Literacy Day in Virginia. The resolution calls on the Commissioner of Health, the Director of the Department of Health Professions, and the presidents of the Medical Society of Virginia and the Old Dominion Medical Society to assist patients in comprehending essential medical information and instructions by providing such information orally in simplified language or in writing at a level commensurate with their educational levels and proficiency in the English language.
Patron - Baskerville

F HJ179

Pledge of Allegiance. Encourages the United States Supreme Court to uphold in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow a public school district policy that requires teachers to allow willing students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Supreme Court agreed to hear this case on October 14, 2003. This resolution is identical to HR 14.
Patron - Cole

F HJ192

Congress to amend NCLB. Memorializes Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act immediately to include a mechanism for an automatic waiver from its provisions for school accountability for states, such as Virginia, that have successfully raised student achievement through their own standards and accountability reforms, and that this waiver be available to states so long as they maintain these proven standards and accountability programs.
Patron - Landes

F HJ248

Woodlawn Road. Memorializes Congress to restore public access to Woodlawn Road. This resolution is identical to SJR 97.
Patron - Amundson

F HJ285

Memorializing Congress; public expressions of religious faith. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to continue to preserve Virginia's sovereignty related to public expressions of religious faith in the Commonwealth.
Patron - Black

F HJ286

Burial allowance for veterans. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to increase the federal burial allowance for veterans to at least $750.
Patron - Pollard

F HJ289

Women in History Month. Designates March, in 2004 and in each succeeding year, as Women in History Month in Virginia.
Patron - Baskerville

F HJ290

Memorializing Congress. Memorializes the Congress of the United States to oppose ratification of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement.
Patron - Armstrong

F SJ40

Central American Free Trade Agreement. Memorializes the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to reject the Central American Free Trade Agreement and to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement and similar free trade agreements.
Patron - Reynolds

F SJ55

Naming athletic field at Mountain View School. Encourages the Fairfax County School Board and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to name the athletic field at Mountain View School the Jacob Salter Field.
Patron - O'Brien

F SJ69

Memorializing Congress on financial needs of WMATA. Memorializes Congress to make a renewed commitment to adequately fund the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Patron - Whipple

F SJ96

Confederate History and Heritage Month. Designates the month of April, in 2004 and in each succeeding year, as Confederate History and Heritage Month in Virginia.
Patron - Hawkins

F SJ97

Woodlawn Road. Memorializes Congress to restore public access to Woodlawn Road. This resolution is identical to HJR 248.
Patron - Puller

F HR15

Safe and Free. A resolution defending the civil liberties and civil rights of all individuals living in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Patron - Welch

F HR16

Memorializing the Federal Communications Commission regarding broadcast standards. Memorializes the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its standards governing broadcasts over the public airwaves. The resolution also expresses the indignation of the General Assembly regarding violations of FCC standards during family hour, particularly violations of the standards during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and certain MTV rebroadcasts.
Patron - Pollard

Carried Over

C HJ159

Designating June 20, 2004 as Delegate Roland J. "Duke" Ealey Day. Designates June 20, 2004, and in each succeeding year, as Delegate Roland J. Ealey Day in Virginia. This resolution requests that the late Delegate Ealey, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, be honored and remembered for service and contributions to the Commonwealth. This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission's Steering Committee on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
Patron - Baskerville

C HJ199

Prescription drugs from Canada. Memorializes the United States Congress to remove current restrictions on the purchasing of prescription drugs from Canada.
Patron - Armstrong

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