| Resolution Number: | 1985-A108 |
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| Title: | Develop Opportunities for Episcopalians to Be Involved in Public Education |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 68th General Convention direct the Executive Council to search out, foster, and develop opportunities for Episcopalians to become involved in public education, especially in areas of limited resources:
A. An ecumenical task force shall be organized to explore and recommend opportunities through which Episcopalians and others may be supportive of and work for improvements in public education in both rural and urban areas. The Episcopal Church component of the task force is charged to make recommendations to the 1988 General Convention through the Standing Commission on Church in Metropolitan Areas. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
B. Volunteers for Mission shall be instructed to encourage and enable Episcopalians in finding opportunities for ministry by volunteering in the public schools in service and advocacy positions.
C. The Jubilee Ministry staff shall help initiate at least two pilot projects designed to engage Episcopalians in supporting public education. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 248. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on The Church in Metropolitan Areas |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A108)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 68th General Convention direct the Executive Council to search out, foster, and develop models of intervention in the crisis that is public education in metropolitan areas:
A. An ecumenical task force shall be organized to study public education and its relationship to a just society as well as specific opportunities for the Episcopal Church and other churches to work effectively for improvement in public education. The Episcopal Church component of the task force is charged to make specific recommendations to the 1988 General Convention through the Standing Commission on the Church in Metropolitan Areas. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
B. The Jubilee Ministry staff shall encourage the initiation of at least two pilot projects designed to engage congregations in improving public education. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 68th General Convention direct the Executive Council to search out, foster, and develop opportunities for Episcopalians to become involved in public education, especially in areas with limited resources:
A. An ecumenical task force shall be organized to explore and recommend opportunities through which Episcopalians and others may be supportive of and work for improvements in public education in both rural and urban areas. The Episcopal Church component of the task force is charged to make recommendations to the 1988 General Convention through the Standing Commission on the Church in Metropolitan Areas. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
B. Volunteers for Mission shall be instructed to encourage and enable Episcopalians in finding opportunities for ministry by volunteering in the public schools in service and advocacy positions.
C. The Jubilee Ministry staff shall help initiate at least two pilot projects designed to engage Episcopalians in supporting public education. Expenses are to be drawn from the Jubilee Ministry Development budget item.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #142)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #142: A108 Substitute (Direct Executive Council to Develop Model of Intervention in Crisis in Public Education).
The House concurred
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #210)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on the Church in Metropolitan Areas, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 165-176. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention encourages Episcopalians to become involved in improving and supporting public education. |