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A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2025 as Making Our Schools Safe 1
(MOSS) Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2
WHEREAS, February 14, 2025, marks the seventh anniversary of the day 17 3
innocent lives were lost in a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 4
Parkland, Florida; and 5
WHEREAS, Alyssa Alhadeff, a bright, happy, athletic, and energetic 14 year old 6
high school freshman, succumbed to wounds she suffered on that horrific Valentine’s 7
Day awaiting the heroic first responders who were attempting to locate her among the 8
victims; and 9
WHEREAS, our own Commonwealth remembers the lives lost in the tragedies at 10
Heath High School in 1997, and Marshall County High School in 2020, and all assaults 11
on our institutions of education; and 12
WHEREAS, we will never forget the everyday heroes who risk and sacrifice their 13
lives to protect the students, teachers, faculty, and families of the communities in our 14
great Commonwealth, and throughout our great nation, and who courageously safeguard 15
the lives of their students; and 16
WHEREAS, we will never forget the first responders and law enforcement officers 17
who respond to the call every day to protect the innocent, and who continue to respond 18
each and every day; and 19
WHEREAS, this General Assembly was a leader among legislative bodies across 20
the country in adopting school safety standards; and 21
WHEREAS, the General Assembly continues to invest at historic levels in school 22
resource officers, mental health services, the Kentucky Center for School Safety, and 23
other means to protect our most vulnerable during instructional time; and 24
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Kentucky continues to evaluate new laws and 25
new programs that are dedicated to the prevention of such atrocities from ever happening 26
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WHEREAS, Alyssa’s family has chosen to commemorate her life by advocating 1
across the country to ensure the highest possible safety standards; and 2
WHEREAS, we will continue to honor the memory of the innocent students, 3
educators, and first responders lost on February 14, 2018, and all needless and senseless 4
acts of violence in our schools both in word and in deed, and we continue to convey our 5
deepest sympathies to the families, loved ones, and community for their loss; 6
NOW, THEREFORE, 7
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the 8
Commonwealth of Kentucky: 9
Section 1. The House of Representatives hereby recognizes February 14, 2025, 10
as Making Our Schools Safe (MOSS) Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 11
Section 2. When the House of Representatives adjourns this day, it does so in 12
honor, recognition, and celebration of all the people, policies, and efforts in the 13
Commonwealth that help to make our schools safe. 14
Section 3. The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to transmit a 15
copy of this Resolution to Representative Kevin Jackson. 16