SCR 58, McPherson. California Private School Recognition Day.
This measure would declare each March 22 to be "California Private
School Recognition Day."
WHEREAS, California's private schools are significant partners in
the education of the greater public, educating 10 percent of the
state's pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive; and
WHEREAS, More than one in four schools in the state offering
instruction in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, is a
private school; and
WHEREAS, California's private schools save taxpayers more than $5
billion annually through the private financing of facilities and
provision of instruction; and
WHEREAS, Private education in the state enjoys a tradition
spanning four centuries, originating with the early Mission schools
of the 18th century; and
WHEREAS, California's private schools are religious and secular;
large and small; urban, suburban, and rural; progressive and
traditional; independent and networked; thus helping to fulfill the
ideal of educational pluralism; and
WHEREAS, The diversity found in California's private schools
offers parents and pupils a broad range of educational options; and
WHEREAS, California's private schools are committed to the
achievement of academic excellence while endeavoring to meet the
intellectual, social, moral, spiritual, emotional, and physical needs
of each child; and
WHEREAS, Whatever their particular orientation, California's
private schools uphold and promote the values of public
participation, civic responsibility, and service to community; and
WHEREAS, California's private schools are ultimately accountable
to the parents who choose them; and
WHEREAS, The graduates of California's private schools, as
informed, productive, and involved citizens, have made countless
positive contributions to their respective communities, the state,
and the nation; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes each March 22 as
"California Private School Recognition Day," in appreciation of the
significant contributions made by California's private schools to the
benefit of the state; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Governor of the State of California and to the
author for appropriate distribution.
The California Legislature has passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 58 establishing each March 22 as "California Private School Recognition Day."