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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Middle Level Education Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. MORELLE, and Ms. JACKSON

LEE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Middle Level 

Education Month. 

Whereas the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Association for Middle Level Education, the 

National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, 

National Association of Elementary School Principals, 

and the Alliance for Excellent Education have declared 

the month of March 2019 as National Middle Level Education Month; 

Whereas schools that educate middle grades students play a 

critical function in the Nation’s educational system in 

that they are responsible for educating young adolescents 

between the ages of 10 and 15 (grades 5 through 9) that 

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ical, intellectual, social, emotional, and moral development; 

Whereas each day nearly 24,000,000 young adolescents enter 

school deserving what research and practice have shown 

to help middle grades students achieve, including challenging and engaging instruction, teachers and administrators who are knowledgeable and prepared to provide 

young adolescents with a safe, challenging, and supportive learning environment, and organizational structures that banish anonymity and promote personalization, 

collaboration, and social equity; 

Whereas neuroscience indicates that the majority of middle 

grades students are in a critical stage of brain development that promotes productive adulthood; 

Whereas the habits and values established during early adolescence have a critical, lifelong influence that directly 

impacts the future health and welfare of the Nation; 

Whereas research has found that the academic achievement 

of eighth grade students has a larger impact on their 

readiness for college by the end of high school than anything that happens academically in high school; 

Whereas research has found that middle level education is 

underfunded creating a ‘‘missing middle’’ in Federal education funding; 

Whereas in order to improve graduation rates and prepare 

students to be lifelong learners ready for college, career, 

and citizenship, a deeper public understanding of the distinctive mission of the middle level is necessary; and 

Whereas the month of March 2019 has been declared as National Middle Level Education Month by numerous educational groups: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Middle Level Education Month; 

4 (2) honors and recognizes the importance of 

5 middle level education and the contributions of those 

6 who educate this unique age group; and 

7 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

8 to observe National Middle Level Education Month 

9 by taking opportunities to visit schools that educate 

10 middle grades students and celebrate the schools 

11 that are responsible for educating the Nation’s 

12 young adolescents. 

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