NEA RA Resolutions 2007

Resolutions Amendments, New Resolutions, and Set-Asides:

Delegates adopted the Report of the 2006-2007 Resolutions Committee as recommended, with the additional changes and actions taken below.
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I-10. Human Rights (2) Preliminary Report

Adopted as Amended
Amend by addition on page 76, lines 35-36, “The Association opposes any federal, state, or local law; executive order or presidential signing statement; and/or amendment to the U.S. Constitution that curtails or infringes on basic human rights.”
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I-13. Family Planning (2) Preliminary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition on page 77, line 23, “The National Education Association supports family planning, including the right to reproductive freedom, with no position on abortion.”
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I-18. Immigration Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition of new sentence on page 18, line 19, “The Association opposes illegal immigration.”
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A-28. Local Education Foundations Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by deletion on page 5, lines 23-24, “[The district must be reimbursed for the use of facilities, resources, or services at the full rate.]”
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B-20. Education of Refugee and Undocumented Children and Children of Undocumented Immigrants Preliminary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by substitution on page 18, lines 1-3, “[The Association further believes that students who have resided in the United States for at least five years at the time of high school graduation should be granted amnesty by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, granted legal residency status, and allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship,] The Association further believes that students who are settled in the United States at the time of high school graduation should be given the chance to qualify for legal residence status and eventually become United States citizens,”

B-28. Education for All Students with Disabilities (1) Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by substitution on page 10, lines 15, “Students are better served if the person working with them is prepared to [deal with] accommodate their needs.”
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B-28. Education for All Students with Disabilities (2) Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition on page 9, line 26, “teachers, nurses, speech and language specialists, counselors, and other designated instructional service specialists,”
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B-47. Sex Education Preliminary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition on page 25, line 48, “Such programs should include information on sexual abstinence, birth control and family planning, diversity of culture, diversity of sexual orientation and gender identification, parenting skills, prenatal care, sexually transmitted diseases, incest, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, homophobia, the effects of substance abuse during pregancy, and problems associated with and resulting from pre-teen and teenage pregnancies or aborting a pregnancy.”
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C-11. Child Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Preliminary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition on page 36, line 12, “i. Support state laws calling for the removal of educational personnel proven to have sexual misconduct with a student.”
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C-35. Effect of Poverty on Children and Youth Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition on page 13, line 37, “For educators to enable students to experience optimal results, social programs that alleviate poverty in our communities must accompany educational programs.”
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New C. School Emergency Plans Supplementary Report
Referred to the Resolutions Committee

Amend by addition of new paragraph on page 14, line 16, “The Association believes that it is in the best interest and safety of all students if school and educational employees are immediately informed when a school receives a student with the potential for violence-related behavior or known serious behavior problems.”