HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 69

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Moore, Staton, Amores,Anderson, Argento, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barker, Beach, Beane, Blair, Boggs, Border, Brown, Browning, Butcher, Campbell, Cann, Canterbury, Caputo, Carmichael, Craig, Crosier, DeLong, Doyle, Duke, Eldridge, Ellem, Ennis, Evans, Fragale, Frederick, Frich, Hall, Hamilton, Hartman, Hatfield, Houston, Howard, Hrutkay, Hunt, Iaquinta, Kominar, Lane, Leach, Leggett, Long, Longstreth, Louisos, Mahan, Manchin, Marshall, Martin, Michael, Miley, Morgan, Overington, Palumbo, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Pino, Poling, Porter, Proudfoot, Roberts, Romine, Rowan, Schadler, Schoen, Sobonya, Spencer, Stalnaker, Stemple, Stephens, Stevens, Sumner, Susman, Swartzmiller, Tabb, Talbott, Tansill, Rick Thompson, Ron Thompson, Trump, Tucker, Varner, Wakim, Walters, Webster, Wells, Gil White, H. K. White, Williams, Wysong and Yost)


[Introduced March 28, 2005.]


Recognizing the importance of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) and its significant contributions to African American and under represented high school students in West Virginia.

Whereas, HSTA strongly strives to increase the number of African American and under represented high school students in West Virginia to pursue post-secondary education in the health sciences and to increase the number of health practitioners in the medically under served communities of West Virginia; and
Whereas, The goal of HSTA is to nurture the ambitions of talented students who, for economic or other reasons, might not ordinarily achieve their career goals; and
Whereas, The program brings minority and disadvantaged students and their teachers to campus each summer for clinic, laboratory, and classroom training and enrichment activities, then provides the infrastructure and support for community-based science projects mentored by teachers, health professions' students and volunteer community leaders during the school year; and
Whereas,
The ultimate goal of HSTA is to increase the college going rate among under represented students in the Appalachian region, to improve science and math education, to empower communities through leadership development of their youth, and, ultimately, to increase the number of health care providers in West Virginia's currently under served rural communities; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the West Virginia Legislature recognizes and supports the continued success and development of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) and its importance to the State of West Virginia; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Director and other members of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy.