St. Louis (MO) Mayor Francis G. Slay, Chair
May 29, 2006

Resolution #41: Building a Comprehensive Local Workforce System calls on Congress to fully fund all job training and related education programs at a minimum of FY 2002 levels and urges Congress to enhance the effectiveness and integration of the education and job training systems at the local level through the reauthorizations of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Perkins Vocational Technical Education Act, the Higher Education Act, No Child Left Behind Act and other related legislation.

Resolution #42: Expanding the Education and Training Capacity and Flexibility in a Local Workforce System urges that comprehensive skills training strategies be included as part of a local workforce system that aligns with the labor market demands of local economies where business is located and calls on Congress to make an ongoing major funding investment in education and workforce training programs at FY 2002 levels.

Resolution #43: Building the Future Workforce opposes the Administration’s proposal to eliminate youth formula funding in the Workforce Investment Act in favor of a state block grant, and calls on Congress and the Administration to restore the WIA youth formula program and authorization funding for the formula program at not less than $1 billion.

Resolution #44: Addressing Literacy Needs of the Nations’ Workforce calls on Congress and the Administration to enhance current comprehensive literacy training by increasing investment in Adult Basic State Grants which provide funding for adult education, Adult Secondary Education including GED and other high school equivalency programs, and English Literacy, as well as job training programs, to a minimum of FY 2002 funding levels.

Resolution #45: Recruiting, Training, Supporting and Retaining Teachers, Principals and Superintendents encourages the use of high quality alternative programs that recruit, train, support and retain teachers, principals and superintendents, as well as provide them with the appropriate rigorous experiences and courses to become certified and credentialed to do their jobs, and urges mayors to work with their school systems to utilize, participate in, and possibly even develop both the traditional and alternative access programs to train, recruit, support and retain these education professionals.

Resolution #46: Preparation for and Transition to Postsecondary Education encourages mayors to bring together all aspects of the community in order to ensure that students and youth understand the skill requirements and are prepared for making the transition to postsecondary education and the world of work, and that mayors have a role in and, when appropriate, lead the effort to change and improve public schools to achieve this goal.

Resolution #47: Mayoral Leadership and Involvement in Education calls on mayors to take on a critical and essential leadership and involvement role in local public education which can range from working as a partner with the local school system to address education needs, problems and issues to one where the mayor has the legal responsibility for the governance of the city’s public schools.

Resolution #48: Creating a P-16 Education System for Education and Workforce Development urges mayors to initiate a civic discussion within their cities concerning P-16 education in an effort to begin to build an understanding of the need and support for such a systematic approach including mayors creating a local P-16 council that helps facilitate that discussion.

Resolution #49: Mayors Encouraged to Celebrate National Neighborhood Day – September 17, 2006 proposes all mayors celebrate National Neighborhood Day every year on the third Sunday in September, falling on September 17 in 2006, in their cities by organizing events and other activities and that mayors should utilize the tools of the National Neighborhood Day organization to assist in their planning.

Resolution #38: In Support of Border Security and Comprehensive Immigration Reform urges the President and Congress to approve legislation that strengthens border security, includes a fair and efficient guest worker program, and provides a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented people in the United States; opposes efforts to criminalize undocumented workers for their presence in the United States; and opposes efforts in Congress to require local governments, without reimbursement or training, to enforce immigration violations, or reduce local government’s Federal grants in an attempt to coerce them into enforcing Federal immigration laws.