| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Calleigh Neal for |
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| 6 | 6 | | being named Distinguished Young Woman of Indiana for 2025. |
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| 7 | 7 | | CLARK |
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| 8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | 2025 RC 1526/DI BB Introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Calleigh |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 Neal for being named Distinguished Young Woman of Indiana |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 for 2025. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 Whereas, Calleigh Neal is a senior at Avon High School |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 (AHS), where she serves as student body president, an officer |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 in DECA and the Avon Youth Civic Engagement Council, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7 member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 Honor Society; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 Whereas, Calleigh is also a four-year member of the AHS |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10 girls golf team and has letters in golf, academics, DECA, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 show choir, all while maintaining a ranking in the top one |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 percent of her class throughout her high school career; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 Whereas, Outside of her grueling school schedule, Calleigh |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 leads Vacation Bible School, babysits, tutors younger students, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 15 and enjoys music, challenging books, and lively conversation-- |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16 sometimes all at the same time; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 17 Whereas, Distinguished Young Women (DYW) is the oldest |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18 and largest national scholarship program that promotes and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 rewards scholastics, leadership, and talent in high-school-age |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 young women, with over 780,000 young women having |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 competed in the program at the local, state, and national levels; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 Whereas, DYW competitions consist of five categories: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 scholastics, interview, self-expression, fitness, and talent; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 Whereas, In the summer of 2024, Calleigh competed in the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2025 RC 1526/DI BB 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1 Avon DYW program, taking prizes in scholastics and interview |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2 and winning the overall title; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3 Whereas, Calleigh competed in the Indiana DYW program |
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| 41 | 41 | | 4 in February 2025, taking first place in scholastics, interview, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 5 and self-expression, and winning the overall title to become the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 6 first AHS student to win the honor of Distinguished Young |
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| 44 | 44 | | 7 Woman of Indiana; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 8 Whereas, Calleigh will travel to Mobile, Alabama, in June |
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| 46 | 46 | | 9 to compete for Distinguished Young Woman of America and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 10 spend the next year representing DYW and Indiana at |
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| 48 | 48 | | 11 community events throughout the state; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 12 Whereas, In addition to being Distinguished Young Woman |
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| 50 | 50 | | 13 of Indiana, Calleigh is, among other honors, the reigning |
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| 51 | 51 | | 14 Optimist International Oratorical World Champion, a National |
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| 52 | 52 | | 15 Merit Finalist, a United States Presidential Scholars candidate, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 16 and one of two Indiana delegates for the highly selective United |
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| 54 | 54 | | 17 States Senate Youth Program; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | 18 Whereas, It is fitting to recognize a young woman who, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 19 through her academic excellence, extensive community |
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| 57 | 57 | | 20 engagement, and exceptional potential, is truly distinguished: |
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| 58 | 58 | | 21 Therefore, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 22 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 60 | 60 | | 23 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 61 | 61 | | 24 concurring: |
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| 62 | 62 | | 25 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 63 | 63 | | 26 congratulates Calleigh Neal for being named Distinguished |
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| 64 | 64 | | 27 Young Woman of Indiana for 2025. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 28 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 66 | 66 | | 29 to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Calleigh Neal. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2025 RC 1526/DI BB |
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