[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 598 Engrossed in House (EH)]
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 4, 2004.
Whereas there are approximately 750,000 school-aged children of members of the
active duty Armed Forces in the United States;
Whereas there are approximately 650,000 of these military children served in
public schools across the United States;
Whereas there are approximately 100,500 military children served in Department
of Defense Education Activity schools in the United States and overseas;
Whereas schools serving military installations stress the importance of being
aware of what is happening in the world and the impact of world events
on the lives of military families;
Whereas schools serving military installations can provide students a sense of
safety and reassurance;
Whereas schools serving military installations understand the importance of
providing a normal environment and regular routine for children of
parents in the military before learning can ever take place;
Whereas such schools can offer increased counseling for military children due to
the deployment of family members;
Whereas such schools can offer additional counseling for staff, many of whom are
spouses, parents, brothers, and sisters of deployed members of the Armed
Forces;
Whereas schools serving military installations often have additional security
measures in place and are continually looking at further security
measures for their schools;
Whereas schools serving military installations serve students whose parents can
be deployed for long periods of time and often with short notice;
Whereas teachers and counselors working in schools serving military
installations are trained to work with military children and their
classmates when there is a service-related incident or death;
Whereas school districts surrounding military installations can assist other
school districts impacted by National Guard and Reserve deployments with
support for students; and
Whereas the Impact Aid program provides support for military impacted schools in
their efforts to serve students: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) recognizes the contributions of the teachers, administration,
and staff of Military Impacted Schools and the Department of Defense
Education Activity schools world-wide; and
(2) commends the teachers in military impacted communities who work
on the front lines at home to educate students during times of peace and
times of conflict.
Attest:
Clerk.