The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 69th General Convention, recognizing that the public school system is a fundamental key for enlarging and maintaining a multicultural community and handing on the democratic and religious traditions of human worth and dignity for all social and ethnic groups, recommit itself to supporting and improving public school education, particularly in urban and rural areas; and be it further

Resolved, That as the public school systems provide the crucial vehicle of hope for the advancement of urban and rural poor into mainstream society with skills, self-esteem, and social mobility, thereby enriching our present diverse national community and Church, that this Church, with its commitment to Jubilee Ministry and its emphasis on working with and advocacy for the poor and disadvantaged in our society, urge all dioceses and congregations to consider serious cooperative programs with local public school authorities in community affairs, such as drop-outs, illiteracy, inadequate child-care facilities, teen-age pregnancies and decreasing numbers of minority teachers; and be it further

Resolved, That this Church reaffirm its willingness to participate in an ecumenical task force to study public education and its relationship to a just society through its staff at the Episcopal Church Center, as it did in 1985.