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<dc:title>119 HRES 422 IH: Expressing support for recognizing the month of May as “Excellence in Education: Merit Day Celebration”.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-05-15</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 422</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250515">May 15, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="O000086">Mr. Owens</sponsor> submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Expressing support for recognizing the month of May as <quote>Excellence in Education: Merit Day Celebration</quote>.</official-title></form><preamble> 
<whereas><text>Whereas the <quote>Excellence in Education: Merit Day Celebration</quote> will recognize individuals, students, educators, administrators, schools, and community partners who—</text> <paragraph id="H9C1AF0935F664BD2B8C428CEBEA129B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advance a merit-based system in classrooms to help ensure students receive the best education, regardless of background or income;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H44233FCCA3304CD383995A61D5E0A0C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that every student in America receives access to a quality education that matches their true potential and challenges them to be better; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B8B1BB24D8A432A8D35884213E8AC48"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognize individual(s) or groups demonstrating merit-based systems or practices of meritocracy in their public, charter, or private sectors from K–12 and higher education; and</text></paragraph></whereas> 
<whereas><text>Whereas it is essential to celebrate and promote a merit-based approach in education that drives excellence and helps foster the success of students from all backgrounds: Now, therefore, be it</text></whereas></preamble><resolution-body style="traditional" id="HDCC65ADB83A740519A23170A77778B4E"> <section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="H594565E8AC2F4B5A9EDA58C43EB342B6"><text>That the House of Representatives—</text> 
<paragraph id="H7950818932D340ECA5060A3E08027981"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expresses its full support for recognizing <quote>Excellence in Education: Merit Day Celebration</quote>, to honor those who contribute to the advancement of merit-based educational systems and their role in ensuring the success of future generations of students across the Nation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CF5FB7669CC40A78251A9647FF5A0D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to relevant educational organizations, administrators, and policymakers to encourage widespread recognition and participation in the Excellence in Education: Merit Day Celebration.</text></paragraph></section> 
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