06 LC 33
1563S
House
Resolution 1048 (RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Millar of the
79th,
Coleman of the
97th,
Jones of the
46th,
Williams of the
4th,
and Holmes of the
61st
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House Study Committee on Market-Demand Skills Education in High Schools; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
based on statistics of the Georgia Department of Labor, minority youth
unemployment (ages 16-19) in this state is 41.9 percent and Caucasian youth
unemployment in this state is 21.7 percent; and
WHEREAS,
the international youth unemployment rate in the world's industrialized
countries is 13.7 percent; and
WHEREAS,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the City of Atlanta is among the
ten
cities in the country with the highest youth unemployment; and
cities in the country with the highest youth unemployment; and
WHEREAS,
there has been found to be a direct correlation between high youth unemployment
and high youth crime; and
WHEREAS,
an increase in the number of skilled workers in this state can also impact and
improve this state's economic development; and
WHEREAS,
to encourage youth to complete high school and to obtain meaningful skills that
can enable them to obtain worthwhile jobs, a growing number of states have
passed legislation to implement programs to teach market-demand skills in high
schools for students opting not to go to college; and
WHEREAS,
market-demand skills vary from community to community, but can include areas
such as automotive technology (motor and body repair), computer technology,
construction trades (carpentry, electric, heating and air conditioning, masonry,
plumbing, roofing), health care technology (CT scan, MRI), and hospitality
(culinary arts, hotel management); and
WHEREAS, a study of the issues surrounding the feasibility and usefulness of implementing a market-demand skills program in grades 10 through 12 in the public high schools in this state to address youth unemployment and to improve this state's economic development would be beneficial to determine whether legislative action should be recommended.
WHEREAS, a study of the issues surrounding the feasibility and usefulness of implementing a market-demand skills program in grades 10 through 12 in the public high schools in this state to address youth unemployment and to improve this state's economic development would be beneficial to determine whether legislative action should be recommended.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created
the House Study Committee on Market-Demand Skills Education in High Schools to
be composed of five members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint five members of the House of Representatives as members of the committee
and shall designate one of such members as chairperson. The committee shall
meet at the call of the chairperson.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and
recommend any actions or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at
such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully
and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives
and purposes of this resolution. The legislative members of the committee shall
receive the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code
of Georgia Annotated. All other funds necessary to carry out the provisions of
this resolution shall come from funds appropriated to the House of
Representatives. The expenses and allowances authorized by this resolution
shall not be received by any member of the committee for more than three days
unless additional days are authorized. In the event the committee makes a
report of its findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed
legislation, if any, such report shall be made on or before December 31, 2006.
The committee shall stand abolished on December 31, 2006.