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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 62
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROMERO
A RESOLUTION
To designate Tuesday, May 14, 2024, as FFA Day at the state capitol and to commend the
state officers of the Louisiana Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association.
WHEREAS, in 1917, the United States Congress passed the National Vocational
Education Act, now commonly referred to as the Smith-Hughes Act, to appropriate federal
dollars to states for the purpose of finding teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural
subjects as well as trade, home economics, and industrial subjects in high schools across the
United States and has since funded programs created pursuant to the Act; and
WHEREAS, in the 1920's, student interest generated by the addition of these classes
prompted the first state organization of future farmers, and in 1928, thirty-three students
from eighteen states convened to form the FFA, known since 1988 as the National FFA
Organization; 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; 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 motto of the FFA organization, "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,
Earning to Live, Living to Serve", gives members words to live by as they experience the
opportunities of the organization; and
WHEREAS, the National FFA Organization consists of more than seven hundred
thirty-five thousand members in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and
WHEREAS, FFA membership in Louisiana continues to be strong and includes over
twelve thousand members in two hundred twelve chapters throughout the state; and
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WHEREAS, the members of the Louisiana House of Representatives recognize the
importance of agriculture to the economy of this state, as well as the importance of the
education and training students in the state receive through agricultural education programs
that develop competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, May 14, 2024, as FFA Day at the
state capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
of Louisiana also recognizes and commends the 2023-2024 state FFA officers as follows:
Camille Sonnier, president; Ellie Thames, vice president; Alyssa VanBlaricum, vice
president; Ryleigh Shuff, vice president; Alaina Lyons, vice president; Curstyn Oncale,
secretary; Cayde Gordon, treasurer; Emilee Bullock, reporter; Alexander Whalley, sentinel;
and Jillian Lantz, parliamentarian.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
executive secretary of the Louisiana FFA Association.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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