[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 87 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 87

   Designating October 1993 as ``National School Attendance Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1993

   Mr. McNulty introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Designating October 1993 as ``National School Attendance Month''.

Whereas a child's values are acquired and cultivated in large part through 
        education, the love and support the child receives in the home, and 
        through interaction with peers, family, and others;
Whereas child psychologists and educators believe that deprivation of love and 
        affection at home adversely influences a child's academic studies and 
        school attendance;
Whereas school absenteeism is a reflection of a child's poor self-esteem, and 
        such absenteeism impacts adversely upon a child's ability to acquire the 
        social skills that are vital to effective interaction with other people 
        in the academic setting and outside world;
Whereas such social impairments usually lead to chronic absenteeism which, in 
        turn, frequently produce high school dropouts with reduced earning power 
        and steadily increasing levels of frustration;
Whereas individuals unable to secure or keep a steady job become prone to the 
        enticements of criminal elements and often violently act out their 
        frustrations; and
Whereas schools play a major role in helping to develop desirable citizenship 
        skills and an understanding of community responsibility in their 
        students, and such schools are more desirable and economically more 
        productive than corrective programs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the month of October 1993 
is hereby designated as ``National School Attendance Month'', and the 
President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation--
            (1) urging parents, teachers, and students to recognize the 
        importance of school attendance for all children,
            (2) encouraging parents and teachers to do everything in 
        their power to help assure a perfect attendance record for all 
        children, and
            (3) calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
        such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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