HJ 660 — Commending the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

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660 OfferedE February 10, 2023 N Commending the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of VirginiT.Virginia.

Patrons––HudsonN (ByAgreed Request);to by the House of Delegates, February 20, 2023 R Agreed to by the Senate, February 22, 2023 O WHEREAS, 2022 marked the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Frank Batten School of L good by developing outstanding future leaders and creating new knowledge to solve our greatest policy L challenges;

Senator:and E WHEREAS, in 2007, Frank Batten, Sr., chairman and chief executive officer of Landmark Communications, Inc., founder of The Weather Channel, and a forward-thinking philanthropist, dedicated D urgent need for a new generation of enlightened and ethical leaders who could affect transformational change;

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and 6 WHEREAS, the Batten School's award-winning faculty, who represent the leading minds in 0 evidence-based policy and leadership science, bridge theory, data, and practice to provide new insights and learning in a wide range of subject areas, including health, education, global development, energy and the environment, national security, race and justice, humanitarian policy, and more;

and WHEREAS, these scholar-practitioners at the Batten School bring their work to bear on the most nonprofit leaders;

and the engaged public to enact change;chaWHEREAS, the Batten School believes that a preeminent, forward-looking leadership and public policy school will only flourish in an environment that includes individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and that is committed to being an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive community;

and WHEREAS, the Battennearly School1,500 believesindividuals thatwho ahave preeminent,completed forward-lookinga leadershipBatten andSchool publicdegree policyare schoolserving willas onlystate, flourishand infederal angovernment; environment that includes individuals with different backgrounds, :

35international perspectives,agencies; and experiences, and that is committed to being an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive 36 community;

andeducational 37institutions; WHEREAS, the nearly 1,500 individuals who have completed a Batten School degree are serving as 38 leaders of consequence in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including senior positions in city, businesses in the Commonwealth and across the globe;

andducationaland institutions;many leading private businesses in the Commonwealth and across the globe;

and many leading private WHEREAS, the Batten School, which began with 25 students, a handful of faculty members, and three administrators, is today a vibrant community that boasts nearly 400 students, more than 60 faculty members and affiliates, and about 40 staff, all of whom are united in spirit and common purpose by the Batten School's mission to serve our communities, our nation, and our world;

now, therefore, be it the RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia on the occasion of its 15th anniversary;