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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 183
Designating the week beginning on September 19, 1999, and ending on
September 25, 1999, as National Home Education Week.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 1999
Mr. Ashcroft (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Hagel, Mr.
Helms, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Thurmond, Mr.
Gorton, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Cochran, and Mr.
Grams) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
September 16, 1999
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Designating the week beginning on September 19, 1999, and ending on
September 25, 1999, as National Home Education Week.
Whereas the United States is committed to excellence in education;
Whereas the United States recognizes the importance of family participation and
parental choices in pursuit of that excellence;
Whereas the United States recognizes the fundamental right of parents to direct
the education and upbringing of their children;
Whereas parents want their children to receive a first-class education;
Whereas training in the home strengthens the family and guides children in
setting the highest standards for their lives which are essential
elements to the continuity of morality in our culture;
Whereas home schooling families contribute significantly to the cultural
diversity important to a healthy society;
Whereas the United States has a significant number of parents who teach their
own children at home;
Whereas home education was proven successful in the lives of George Washington,
Patrick Henry, John Quincy Adams, John Marshall, Robert E. Lee, Booker
T. Washington, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt,
Woodrow Wilson, Mark Twain, John Singleton Copley, William Carey,
Phyllis Wheatley, and Andrew Carnegie;
Whereas home school students exhibit self-confidence and good citizenship and
are fully prepared academically to meet the challenges of today's
society;
Whereas dozens of contemporary studies continue to confirm that children who are
educated at home score exceptionally well on nationally normed
achievement tests;
Whereas a March 1999 study by the Educational Resources Information Center
Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation at the University of Maryland
found that home school students taking the Iowa Test of Basic Skills or
the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency scored in the 70th to 80th
percentiles among all the students nationwide who took those exams, and
25 percent of home schooled students were studying at a level one or
more grades above normal for their age;
Whereas studies demonstrate that home schoolers excel in college with the
average grade point average of home schoolers exceeding the college
average; and
Whereas United States home educators and home instructed students should be
recognized and celebrated for their efforts to improve the quality of
education: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the week beginning on September 19, 1999, and ending
on September 25, 1999, is designated as National Home Education Week.
The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
recognizing the contributions that home schooling families have made to
the Nation.
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