SJ 238 — Commending Yvonne Bunn.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108554D I SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

238 NE OfferedN March 4, 2024 Commending Yvonne Bunn.

––––––––––Agreed Tto Patron––McGuireby Rthe ––––––––––Senate, WHEREAS,March for6, 352024 years,R YvonneAgreed Bunnto hasby supportedthe home-educatingHouse parentsof acrossDelegates, theMarch 7, 2024 O L Commonwealth by providing her wise counsel and breadth of expertise to the Home Educators D Association of Virginia in a variety of leadership roles;

and L WHEREAS, a veteran educator, Yvonne Bunn taught high school for 18 years before developing aUa E the Home Educators Association for Restoration and Teaching (HEART);

andport group in ChesapeakC,Chesapeake, D WHEREAS, Yvonne Bunn joined the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV) Board of E Directors in August 1989, was elected president of the organization in 1991, then became its first executive director, serving from 1999 to 2005;

and D WHEREAS, Yvonne Bunn served as Director of Government Affairs and Homeschool Support from 1994 to 2024, leading all legislative initiatives in the ensuing years and testifying before committees of the Virginia General Assembly whenever necessary, advocating to protect and promote home education, providing countless interviews and articles for the media, and offering guidance to tens of thousandsSof her fellow homeschool families across the Commonwealth with her insights, instruction, and leadership;ofleadership3 andandWHEREAS, WHEREAS, Yvonne Bunn delivers accurate, up-to-date information for parents through her popular E seminar, "How to Homeschool:

What You Really Need to Know," writes for the Virginia Home SR Educator magazine, responds to emails in a weekly Q&A, spearheads academic and achievement stud3esstudies related to home education, and hosts a webinar series for new homeschooling parents;

and 8nation, WHEREAS,"Education YvonneBegins Bunnat ledHome," HEAV'slaunched efforts to create the first homeschool"Day licenseat platethe inCapitol" theand Virginia Homee Education Week in 1995, initiated partnerships with museums and historical venues to create the first Homeschool Day events, and acted as the homeschool liaison on the Parent-Community Advisory Board at the Virginia Department of Education;

and WHEREAS, Yvonne Bunn continues to serve on the HEAV Advisory Board and is an invaluable source of institutional knowledge who remains committed to the organization's important mission;

and WHEREAS, among many awards and accolades for her achievements on behalf of home-educating parents, Yvonne Bunn received the Outstanding Service Award from the Home School Legal Defense 35 AssRESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby 36 commend Yvonne Bunn for her 35 years of contributions to homeschool families as a leader in the 37 Home Educators Association of Virginia;

and, be it / 38 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 39 presentation to Yvonne Bunn as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for her exceptional service to the homeschool community and her work to advance the field of education throughout thetheonal Commonwealth.