| 1 | 1 | | *HR1544* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Culp |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION recognizing Brock Hurley of |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 the Rensselaer, Indiana, chapter of the FFA. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, Brock Hurley is president of the Rensselaer |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 chapter of the FFA, as well as a senior at Rensselaer Central |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 High School; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 Whereas, Brock Hurley represented Indiana in the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 Employment Skills category at the 2024 National FFA |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 Convention in Indianapolis and was announced as the national |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 champion; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Whereas, Brock Hurley competed against 46 other |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 competitors from across the country; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 Whereas, The contest is a Leadership Development Event |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 designed to develop skills related to the job application |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20253079 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1544/DI 140 2025 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 process. One student from each state may participate in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 competition, which consisted of submitting a resume and cover |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 letter several months prior to the convention. Participants also |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 provided a detailed job description for a position they wished |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 to apply for; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 Whereas, Students were required to complete an online |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 interview on Zoom several weeks prior to attending a |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 face-to-face interview. After this, they followed up with |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 correspondence in the form of a letter, thank you note, or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 email; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 Whereas, After scores were compiled, the candidate pool |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 was narrowed down to 12 finalists, who then went through |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 another round of interviews and they attended a networking |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 luncheon with the judges. In the final phase, the candidates |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 received a job offer and had to negotiate for their job |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 opportunity; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 Whereas, Brock Hurley represented Indiana and was |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 selected as the best candidate, displaying great leadership |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 qualities and skills, and received the national award for his |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 efforts: Therefore, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 recognizes Brock Hurley of the Rensselaer chapter of the FFA |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 for being named a national champion at the 2024 National FFA |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 Convention in Indianapolis. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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| 50 | 50 | | 29 Representative Kendell Culp for distribution. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20253079 |
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| 52 | 52 | | HR 1544/DI 140 2025 |
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