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S. C. R. No. 30 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Senators Widener, Kearney
Cosponsors:
Senators Tavares, Seitz
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To designate Central State University as Ohio's 1890
land grant university and to request that the
United States Congress pass legislation and the
United States Department of Agriculture take steps
to recognize that designation and provide the
institution with all of the benefits of the
designation.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The United States Congress enacted and the President
of the United States signed into law the Morrill Act of 1862
permitting each state to designate at least one institution as a
"land grant" college or university where the leading object is the
teaching of agriculture and the mechanic arts, initially endowing
such institution with a grant of land or scrip for the receiving
state to sell and invest on behalf of the institution; and |
| WHEREAS, The United States Congress enacted and the President
of the United States signed into law the Second Morrill Act of
1890 to extend access to higher education by providing sustained
federal support for all land grant institutions and to expand and
enhance educational opportunities in agriculture and the mechanic
arts for Black Americans; and |
| WHEREAS, The State of Ohio established The Ohio State
University as the state's land grant university under the Morrill
Act of 1862 in order to provide excellent educational
opportunities to all Ohioans; and |
| WHEREAS, The State of Ohio, in 1887, created the Combined
Normal and Industrial Department of Wilberforce University to
provide teacher training and vocational education open to all
qualified applicants of good and moral character; and |
| WHEREAS, Central State University is the successor of that
institution and continues to provide baccalaureate and graduate
educational opportunities in a wide variety of agriculture-related
disciplines; and |
| WHEREAS, Central State University is Ohio's only public
historically Black college or university; and |
| WHEREAS, Central State University and its predecessor
institutions have made the same extraordinary contributions to the
education of African Americans in the State of Ohio as other 1890
universities have made in their respective states; and |
| WHEREAS, The Ohio General Assembly desires to designate
Central State University as an 1890 land grant university under
the Second Morrill Act; therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, designate Central State
University as a land grant university under the Second Morrill Act
of 1890 and request that the United States Congress pass
legislation, and the United States Department of Agriculture take
the necessary steps, to recognize that designation and to provide
Central State University with all of the benefits of such
designation; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a duly
authenticated copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the
United States Department of Agriculture, the Speaker, Majority
Leader, and Minority Leader of the United States House of
Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader,
and Minority Leader of the United States Senate. |
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