IV 108th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 20, 2004 Mr. Hayes submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Recognizing the valuable contributions of military impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their ongoing contributions to the education of military children.

Whereas there are approximately 750,000 school-aged children of members of the active duty Armed Forces in the United States; Whereas there are approximately 650,000 of these military children served in public schools across the United States; Whereas there are approximately 100,500 military children served in Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the United States and overseas; Whereas schools serving military installations stress the importance of being aware of what is happening in the world and the impact of world events on the lives of military families; Whereas schools serving military installations can provide students a sense of safety and reassurance; Whereas schools serving military installations understand the importance of providing a normal environment and regular routine for children of parents in the military before learning can ever take place; Whereas such schools can offer increased counseling for military children due to the deployment of family members; Whereas such schools can offer additional counseling for staff, many of whom are spouses, parents, brothers, and sisters of deployed members of the Armed Forces; Whereas schools serving military installations often have additional security measures in place and are continually looking at further security measures for their schools; Whereas schools serving military installations serve students whose parents can be deployed for long periods of time and often with short notice; Whereas teachers and counselors working in schools serving military installations are trained to work with military children and their classmates when there is a service-related incident or death; Whereas school districts surrounding military installations can assist other school districts impacted by National Guard and Reserve deployments with support for students; and Whereas the Impact Aid program provides support for military impacted schools in their efforts to serve students: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)recognizes the contributions of the teachers, administration, and staff of Military Impacted Schools and the Department of Defense Education Activity schools world-wide; and (2)commends the teachers in military impacted communities who work on the front lines at home to educate students during times of peace and times of conflict.