HLS 19RS-993 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the
state capitol and commends the state officers of FFA
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the state capitol and to commend the
3 state officers of FFA.
4 WHEREAS, the National FFA Organization prepares and trains students for
5leadership and professions in the science, business, and technology of agriculture in public
6schools 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
14seventy thousand members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and
15 WHEREAS, FFA membership in Louisiana continues to be strong and includes
16nearly eleven thousand agricultural students in one hundred ninety-nine chapters throughout
17the state; 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 in the state receive through agricultural education programs
21that develop competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
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HR NO. 110
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the
3state capitol.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
5of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2018-2019 state FFA officers as follows:
6Brooklyn Hampton, president; Kerington Bass, vice president; Sara Toal, vice president;
7William Gaspard, vice president; Lane Degenhardt, vice president; Katie Mestayer,
8secretary; Madison Sittig, treasurer; Taylor Perrodin, reporter; Zachary Mayfield, sentinel;
9and Makayla Caswell, parliamentarian.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
11to the state president of the Louisiana Association of the National 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 110 Original 2019 Regular Session Schexnayder
Recognizes Thursday, May 9, 2019, as FFA Day at the state capitol and commends the
state officers of FFA.
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