Senate Passes Grassley Resolution Designating National Character Counts Week
WASHINGTON - The Senate this week passed a bipartisan resolution from Sen. Chuck Grassley and five colleagues designating the week of Oct. 18, 2015, "National Character Counts Week." Character Counts! is an educational program available to help schools teach values and ethics to America's youth.
"Getting a well-rounded education involves more than learning to read, write and do arithmetic," Grassley said. "Lessons learned at home and in the classroom also should help kids grow into responsible young adults and good citizens. I've visited schools where this program is working. That's why I served as a lead sponsor on legislation to designate National Character Counts Week."
The resolution describes the elements of strong character and calls on the American people to embrace the elements of character identified by local schools and communities and to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies, programs and activities.
The text of the resolution is available here. More about the program is available at http://charactercounts.org/.
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