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House
Resolution
110
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
110
BY
FETT
,
ANDREWS
,
CISNEROS
,
FISHER
,
GEHLBACH
,
SITZMANN
,
GUSTOFF
,
BEHN
,
DUNWELL
,
HENDERSON
,
HAYES
,
and
LARSON
A
Resolution
honoring
the
Phoenix
Declaration.
1
WHEREAS,
parents
are
the
primary
educators
of
their
2
children,
and
parents
should
have
the
freedom
to
choose
3
the
learning
environments
that
align
with
their
values
4
and
best
meet
their
children’s
individual
learning
5
needs,
with
public
education
funding
following
the
6
child;
and
7
WHEREAS,
educational
policies
should
respect
8
the
right
and
high
duty
of
parents
to
raise
their
9
children
and
make
decisions
about
their
children’s
10
education;
and
11
WHEREAS,
schools,
as
secondary
educators,
should
12
work
with
parents,
not
attempt
to
serve
as
replacements
13
for
parents;
and
14
WHEREAS,
schools
have
a
responsibility
to
be
15
transparent
with
parents
about
what
their
children
are
16
being
taught
and
how
their
children
are
performing;
and
17
WHEREAS,
schools
must
never
use
misguided
18
policies
that
hide
information
from
parents
about
19
their
children’s
mental,
emotional,
or
physical
20
well-being;
and
21
WHEREAS,
the
highest
form
of
accountability
is
22
when
schools
are
answerable
directly
to
well-informed
23
parents;
and
24
WHEREAS,
education
must
be
grounded
in
truth,
and
25
students
should
learn
that
there
is
objective
truth
and
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that
it
is
knowable;
and
1
WHEREAS,
science
courses
must
be
grounded
in
2
reality,
not
ideological
fads,
and
students
should
3
learn
that
good
and
evil
exist,
and
that
human
beings
4
have
the
capacity
and
duty
to
choose
good;
and
5
WHEREAS,
a
central
purpose
of
education
is
to
6
transmit
humanity’s
accumulated
knowledge
and
wisdom,
7
as
well
as
America’s
particular
culture
and
heritage,
8
to
the
next
generation,
and
a
civilization
survives
9
only
if
it
intentionally
transmits
its
history,
10
traditions,
and
values,
including
its
yet
unrealized
11
aspirations,
to
the
next
generation;
and
12
WHEREAS,
true
progress
comes
only
by
building
13
on
what
has
been
learned
and
achieved
in
the
past,
14
and
students
should
therefore
learn
about
America’s
15
founding
principles
and
roots
in
the
broader
Western
16
and
Judeo-Christian
traditions;
and
17
WHEREAS,
students
should
study
only
the
best
that
18
has
been
thought
and
said,
engaging
in
the
great
19
conversation
among
the
competing
viewpoints
that
20
comprise
our
intellectual
heritage,
so
that
they
freely
21
make
the
best
views
their
own;
and
22
WHEREAS,
education
must
prepare
children
for
the
23
challenges
and
responsibilities
of
adulthood,
and
24
that
endeavor
entails
much
more
than
merely
preparing
25
students
for
a
career;
and
26
WHEREAS,
a
proper
education
is
focused
on
the
27
full
formation
of
a
child,
particularly
the
child’s
28
character,
and
education
should
cultivate
the
virtues
29
and
discipline
necessary
for
self-governance;
and
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WHEREAS,
students
must
be
held
accountable
for
1
their
behavior,
both
to
learn
that
their
choices
have
2
consequences
and
to
maintain
the
order
necessary
for
3
learning
to
proceed;
and
4
WHEREAS,
schools
should
foster
academic
excellence
5
and
prioritize
a
rigorous
and
content-rich
curriculum
6
rooted
in
foundational
subjects
such
as
math,
7
literature,
science,
history,
civics,
and
the
arts;
and
8
WHEREAS,
emphasis
should
be
placed
on
core
9
knowledge
and
tried-and-true
pedagogy
rather
than
10
fads
or
experimental
teaching
methods,
students
11
should
be
challenged
and
rewarded
for
hard
work
and
12
accomplishment,
and
schools
should
help
students
13
achieve
their
full
potential,
going
as
far
and
as
fast
14
as
their
talents
will
take
them;
and
15
WHEREAS,
a
republic
depends
upon
an
educated
and
16
patriotic
citizenry,
and
schools
should
teach
students
17
the
civic
virtues
and
civic
knowledge
necessary
for
18
self-government
and
the
task
of
building
a
more
perfect
19
union,
including
the
value
of
civil
disagreement;
and
20
WHEREAS,
schools
should
also
foster
a
healthy
21
sense
of
patriotism
and
cultivate
gratitude
for
and
22
attachment
to
our
country
and
all
who
serve
its
central
23
institutions;
and
24
WHEREAS,
our
shared
civic
rituals,
such
as
the
25
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
national
anthem,
should
be
26
respected
and
revived;
and
27
WHEREAS,
students
should
develop
a
deep
28
understanding
of
and
respect
for
America’s
founding
29
documents
and
the
ideas
they
contain
about
ordered
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liberty,
justice,
the
rule
of
law,
limited
government,
1
natural
rights,
and
the
equal
dignity
of
all
human
2
beings;
and
3
WHEREAS,
students
should
learn
the
whole
truth
about
4
America,
its
merits
and
failings,
without
obscuring
5
that
America
is
a
great
source
of
good
in
the
world
and
6
that
we
have
a
tradition
that
is
worth
passing
on;
NOW
7
THEREFORE,
8
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
9
the
House
of
Representatives
believes
that
in
order
10
to
empower
families,
advance
educational
excellence,
11
transmit
our
culture,
and
uphold
the
foundational
12
principles
of
our
constitutional
republic,
the
13
principles
described
above,
as
set
out
in
the
Phoenix
14
Declaration,
should
guide
American
families,
schools,
15
and
policymakers;
and
16
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
House
of
17
Representatives
fully
supports
the
Phoenix
Declaration.
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