HLS 16RS-191 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 95
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 28, 2016, as Future Farmers of
America (FFA) Day at the legislature and commends the state officers of FFA
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate April 28, 2016, as FFA Day at the legislature and to commend the state officers
3 of FFA.
4 WHEREAS, the national Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization prepares
5and trains students for leadership and professions in the science, business, and technology
6of agriculture in public schools throughout our nation; and
7 WHEREAS, the mission of the FFA organization is to make a positive difference in
8the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal
9growth, and career success through agricultural education; and
10 WHEREAS, the motto of the FFA organization, "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,
11Earning to Live, Living to Serve", gives members words to live by as they experience the
12opportunities of the organization; and
13 WHEREAS, the national FFA organization consists of more than six hundred
14thousand members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and
15 WHEREAS, the Louisiana membership of the FFA organization continues to be
16strongly represented by agricultural students in approximately one hundred eighty-five
17chapters throughout the state with nearly ten thousand members; and
18 WHEREAS, the members of the Louisiana House of Representatives recognize the
19importance of agriculture to the economy of this state, as well as the importance of the
20education and training students receive through agricultural education programs that develop
21competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
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HR NO. 95
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate April 28, 2016, as FFA Day at the
3legislature.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
5of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2015-2016 state FFA officers as follows:
6Gabriel Watts, president; Tyler Aitken, vice president; Yimmi Fontenot, vice president;
7Rashonda Garner, vice president; David Taylor, vice president; Abigail Jenkins, secretary;
8Amber Monlezun, treasurer; Josey Hemperly, reporter; David Cambre, sentinel; and Wesley
9Wilson, parliamentarian.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
11to the state president of the Louisiana chapter of the FFA organization.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 95 Original 2016 Regular Session Schexnayder
Recognizes Thursday, April 28, 2016, as Future Farmers of America (FFA) Day at the
legislature and commends the state officers of FFA.
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