ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 25
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Youth Legislature of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge for
promoting and encouraging teamwork and leadership in students.
WHEREAS, the Youth Legislature has been in existence for more than thirty-five
years; the mission of the Youth Legislature is to promote and encourage youth leadership,
participation, cooperation, and teamwork among peers; and
WHEREAS, this extraordinary event gives students the confidence to participate in
leadership roles in high school and in their respective communities; and
WHEREAS, the Youth Legislature is a middle school program that introduces
students to the legislative process; students receive classroom instruction and have the
opportunity to participate in a two-day mock legislative session at the Old State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, the students of the Youth Legislature elect a Governor and House and
Senate officers and sponsor, debate, pass, and veto bills that they have drafted; and
WHEREAS, currently, more than forty schools from ten parishes in the state of
Louisiana participate in the Youth Legislature, and more than one thousand eight hundred
students participate in the mock legislative process that takes place over eight weeks; and
WHEREAS, the Youth Legislature program merits a special measure of
commendation for its commitment to promoting and encouraging youth leadership,
participation, cooperation, and teamwork among students in Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Youth Legislature of the Boys and Girls
Club of Greater Baton Rouge for promoting and encouraging teamwork and leadership in
students.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Paula Braud of the Youth Legislature.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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