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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND AND MIKE JOHNSON
A RESOLUTION
To commend Samantha Paul on winning the 2021 Louisiana Agriscience Teachers
Association Essay Contest.
WHEREAS, Samantha Paul is a sophomore FFA member and chapter president at
Tioga High School where Ms. Debbie McFarland serves as the agriscience teacher and FFA
advisor; and
WHEREAS, the National FFA Organization prepares and trains students for
leadership and professions in the science, business, and technology of agriculture in public
schools throughout our nation with over eleven thousand members in two hundred and four
chapters here in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the FFA organization is to make a positive difference in
the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal
growth, and career success through agricultural education; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Agriscience Teachers Association (LATA) represents the
interests of the agriscience teaching profession in the state and provides resources for
strengthening middle school and high school agriscience programs by enhancing the skills
of agriscience teachers; and
WHEREAS, the LATA sponsors an annual essay contest for current agriscience
students and FFA members to participate; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 LATA Essay Contest writing topic was "Why should
agricultural literacy be taught in every grade level?"; and
WHEREAS, out of the numerous competitors statewide, Samantha Paul was selected
as the 2021 LATA Essay Contest state winner on February 28, 2021.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Samantha Paul of the Tioga High School
FFA Chapter on winning the 2021 LATA Essay Contest and exemplifying the excellence
of Louisiana agriscience students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Samantha Paul.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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