RESOLUTION NO. 930049

In support of new federal budget priorities.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council are committed to making the opportunity for a quality education available to every child in the community; and

WHEREAS, our nation's success in the post-Cold War world will depend on the ability of America's public schools to educate each child, to build a quality education program for the 21st Century and to overcome social and economic problems that prevent students from coming to school ready to learn; and

WHEREAS, our competitors in the global marketplace invest more tax dollars on children and elementary and secondary education than does the United States; and

WHEREAS, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union offer our nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink our national priorities and to use federal budget savings to rebuild America and ensure that children come to school healthy and ready to learn; and

WHEREAS, the national organizations that represent the men and women at the local level who care most deeply about education -- the National School Boards Association, the National PTA, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the American Association of School Administrators, the Council of Greater City Schools, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers -- as well as school districts across the nation, have jointly called for new federal budget priorities that reflect post-Cold War realities; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council believe it is time to reinvest in America, and join school districts across the United States to urge the President and Congress to make reordering federal spending priorities America's top priority in 1993; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council and copies furnished by the City Clerk to our community's elected representatives in Congress, to the President of the United States, and to the Center School District in appreciation for bringing the "Reinvest in America" campaign to the attention of the Mayor and Council.

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