[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 38

  To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
                  outstanding achievements of NetDay.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 1997

   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
  Schumer, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
 Stabenow, and Mr. Ford) submitted the following resolution; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
                  outstanding achievements of NetDay.

Whereas the children of the United States deserve the finest preparation 
        possible to face the demands of the world's changing information-based 
        economy;
Whereas NetDay is a grass-roots effort to provide elementary and secondary 
        schools with the infrastructure needed to network computers in those 
        school and connect them with the Internet;
Whereas labor and materials for the work done by NetDay are provided by 
        volunteers and support from businesses, unions, parents, teachers, 
        students, and school employees, thereby saving schools and taxpayers 
        millions of dollars;
Whereas students and schools benefit from significant NetDay corporate 
        sponsorship and donations, from hundreds of businesses and organizations 
        throughout the nation who contributed by sponsoring individual schools, 
        providing wiring kits, and helping to design and test the networks;
Whereas NetDay activities nationwide will help elementary and secondary schools 
        acquire educational technology, such as computer hardware, software, 
        Internet and technical services, teaching aids, and training materials;
Whereas in 1996, more than 100,000 NetDay volunteers installed the wiring 
        infrastructure necessary to efficiently and affordably connect 25,000 
        elementary and secondary schools nationwide to the information 
        superhighway, bringing the children in those schools the educational 
        benefits of contemporary technology;
Whereas NetDay organizers created a World Wide Web site which provides access to 
        an on-line database of elementary and secondary schools where 
        individuals with a shared interest in upgrading technology in schools 
        can locate each other and form lasting communities;
Whereas NetDay stresses educational opportunities for all children by reaching 
        out to public and private schools in urban and rural communities of all 
        income levels in an attempt to equalize access to current technology;
Whereas the relationships formed through NetDay activities and initiatives 
        between schools and surrounding communities will last into the 21st 
        century and other communities are planning future NetDay activities that 
        build and expand upon the initial achievements of the 1996 NetDay 
        activities;
Whereas NetDay has substantially increased the visibility of educational 
        technology issues thus encouraging educators to use computers and 
        related, innovative, technology-based learning tools to teach the 
        Nation's children;
Whereas NetDay enables elementary and secondary schools to move into the 
        information age through community and cyberspace-based action; and
Whereas we should not limit the ability of any child of this Nation to succeed; 
        therefore, all of our Nation's children should be given the opportunity 
        to acquire computer skills: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the organizers, sponsors, coordinators, and volunteers 
        of NetDay should be commended for their actions;
            (2) NetDay should be used as a positive model in 
        communities throughout the Nation;
            (3) NetDay should continue to assist students, parents, and 
        schools across the Nation, so that the Nation's children may, 
        by obtaining the benefits of computer networks and the 
        Internet, strengthen their education and begin careers with 
        more skills and opportunities, thus enabling them to compete 
        more successfully in the global economy;
            (4) businesses, unions, parents, teachers, students, and 
        school employees throughout the country should consider 
        organizing NetDay activities to provide similar opportunities 
        for the children in their communities; and
            (5) the House of Representatives supports NetDay's 
        commitment to providing the Nations' elementary and secondary 
        schools with the technological infrastructure needed to help 
        the Nations' children succeed.
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