HR 7 — Recognizing the importance of safe school environments for students, staff, and their families; and supporting improvement of school safety measures.

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HOUSE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONHR NO.7 01 Recognizing the importance of safe school environments for students, staff, and their families;

702 amand 01supporting Recognizingimprovement the importance of safe school environmentssafety formeasures. students, staff, and their 02 families;

and03 supporting_______________ improvement04 ofBE schoolIT safetyRESOLVED measures.BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

0305 BEWHEREAS ITstudents RESOLVEDand BYstaff THEhave HOUSEthe OFright REPRESENTATIVES:to attend schools that are safe and free 06 from violence and harassment, and their families deserve to send them to school without 07 fearing they will be harmed;

04 WHEREAS students and staff08 haveWHEREAS thea rightsafe toschool attendenvironment schools that areensures safethe physical and freeemotional 05safety from09 violenceof andstudents harassment, and theirstaff familiescreates deservethe toconditions sendnecessary them to schoolfoster withoutacademic fearachievement; 06 they will be harmed;

and 0710 WHEREAS a safe school environment that ensuresis thefree physicalfrom andbullying, emotionalharassment, safety11 08discrimination, of students and staffviolence createsis themost conditionsconducive necessary to fosterlearning and academic achievement;success;

and 0912 WHEREASWHEREAS, according to a school2015 environmentstudy thatconducted isby freethe fromCenter bullying,for harassment,Benefit-Cost 1013 discrimination,Studies andof violenceEducation isat mostTeachers conduciveCollege, toColumbia University, social and emotional learning 14 and academiccompetency success;reduces high risk and problematic behaviors, including drug use and 15 violence, and, for every $1 spent teaching social and emotional skills in the classroom, there 16 can be a return equivalent to $11 in long-term benefit;

and 11 WHEREAS, according to a 2015 study conducted by the Center for Benefit-Cost 12 Studies of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, social and emotional learning 13 and competency reduces high risk and problematic behaviors, including drug use and 14 violence, and, for every $1 spent teaching social and emotional skills in the classroom, there 15 can be a return equivalent to $11 in long-term benefit;