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318.2004 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION LAW IN RELATION TO VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS RESOLUTION NO.: 318. 2004 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the New York State Legislature is considering adoption of a Bill which would amend the Education Law to make the volunteer organization recruitment scholarship program available to the un-emancipated children of volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers and to remove certain restrictions on the distance from institutions of higher learning to scholarship recipients and to remove the limit of one application annually per volunteer organization, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board supports such legislation as recruitment and retention initiatives are essential to maintaining a strong volunteer emergency force and this legislation would enhance the Volunteer Recruitment Scholarship Program, subsequently increasing the recruitment and retention of volunteers, and therefore the Board wishes to adopt a Resolution supporting adoption of this Bill by the Legislature, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby expresses its support of New York State Assembly Bill No.: A10154 to amend the Education Law to make the volunteer organization recruitment scholarship program available to the un-emancipated children of volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers and to remove certain restrictions on the distance from institutions of higher learning to scholarship recipients and to remove the limit of one application annually per volunteer organization, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor’s Office to forward certified copies of this Resolution to the New York State Governor’s Office, New York State Senate and New York State Assembly. st Duly adopted this 21 day of June, 2004, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec NOES : None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Mr. Boor 2