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S. R. No. 198 As Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Lehner, Jones, Brown, Cafaro, Manning, Hughes, Seitz, Schaffer
A RESOLUTION | To designate the month of March 2012 as "Skilled
Workforce Recognition Month" in Ohio.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the 129th General
Assembly of the State of Ohio are pleased to designate the month
of March 2012 as "Skilled Workforce Recognition Month" in Ohio;
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| WHEREAS, Ohio has one of the most robust, comprehensive, and
successful career and technical education systems in the United
States of America. In fact, there are fifty joint vocational
career centers, forty-two comprehensive/compact districts and
forty-eight community schools in Ohio that offer career-focused
programs to high school students, adult students, or both; and |
| WHEREAS, Adult and high school workforce education, part of
career and technical education in Ohio, plays a critical role in
educating a skilled workforce for today's jobs and tomorrow's
innovations. In Ohio, students of all ages, high school and adult,
have the opportunity to pursue their educational and career
passions through career-technical and adult education programs
offered in every region of the state. |
| WHEREAS, Career-technical education is a tool that adult
students utilize in order to move more quickly toward employment.
Career-technical education also prepares high school students for
college and careers and helps to fill the "skills gap"
contributing to placement in over 78,000 unfilled jobs in Ohio;
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| WHEREAS, Students who take advantage of educational
opportunities offered through their local, publicly funded
career-technical education programs increase their marketability
in the workforce; and |
| WHEREAS, Adult workforce education plays a critical role in
worker retraining. For example, adult workforce education has
trained over 89,000 adults throughout Ohio and 2010 graduation
rates for all high school career-technical students were
approximately ninety-nine per cent and the overall rate of
placement of high school workforce development education students
(college, career, or military) was approximately ninety per cent;
now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 129th
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this
resolution, designate March 2012 as "Skilled Workforce Recognition
Month" in Ohio; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 129th
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this
resolution, recognize the importance of adult workforce education
to the advancement of Ohio's working adults and the strength and
vitality of Ohio's economic future; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a duly
authenticated copy of this resolution to the President of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Association for Career and Technical Education, and the news media
of Ohio. |
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