PRINTER'S NO. 533 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE RESOLUTION No.62 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, ISAACSON, McNEILL, GIRAL, KENYATTA, POWELL, HANBIDGE, MAYES, HOWARD, NEILSON, CERRATO, SANCHEZ, DALEY AND RIVERA, FEBRUARY 10, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, FEBRUARY 10, 2025 A RESOLUTION Recognizing the week of April 5 through 11, 2025, as "Week of the Young Child" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is celebrating "Week of the Young Child," April 5 through 11, 2025; and WHEREAS, This organization is working to improve early learning opportunities that are crucial to the growth and development of young children and to building better futures for children in this Commonwealth and throughout the United States; and WHEREAS, "Week of the Young Child" is an annual celebration sponsored by NAEYC to highlight early learning, young children, their teachers and families; and WHEREAS, The purpose of "Week of the Young Child" is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs; and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WHEREAS, NAEYC first established "Week of the Young Child" in 1971, recognizing that the early childhood years, from birth through eight years of age, lay the foundation for children's success in school and later in life; and WHEREAS, "Week of the Young Child" is a time to plan how we, as residents of a community, State and nation, will better meet the needs of all young children and their families; and WHEREAS, All young children and their families deserve access to high-quality early education and care; therefore be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the week of April 5 through 11, 2025, as "Week of the Young Child" in Pennsylvania and encourage all residents to work to make a good investment in early childhood education in their local communities, across this Commonwealth and this nation; and be it further RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize and support the people, programs and policies that are committed to high-quality early childhood education as the right choice for young children. 20250HR0062PN0533 - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19