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August12,2003 WHEREAS, the Continuum of Care Steering Committee of the West Piedmont Planning District intends to acquire necessary temporary consultancy and staff-type assistance to aid the effort; WHEREAS, the Continuum of Care Steering Committee of the West Piedmont Planning District intends to request an entity to be the fiscal agent for this effort and for administration of any future funds that might be received for the Continuum of Care Program for this region; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, assembled in regular session held August 12, 2003, that this jurisdictional subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia recognizes the statements herein, recognizes the Continuum of Care Steering Committee of the West Piedmont Planning District, and supports its efforts to proceed with the work efforts, studies, and plan, and then submission of an application for funding. Council considered adoption of a Resolution in support of increased state funding for public education. Ead B. Reynolds, Jr., City Manager, stated that the Virginia First Cities Coalition is attempting to make public education a top priority for legislators. Vice Mayor Roop moved to adopt the following Resolution; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 - 0; Yeas (5) - Cobbe, Dallas, Ferdll, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) - None: WHEREAS, many students in Virginia's public schools are at-risk of not learning what is required to earn a high school diploma, enroll in a college or university or enter the job market, and even the successful students who graduate are affected by schools struggling to provide the level of educational quality they need and deserve; and, whereas, teachers often find they do not have the tools or training necessary to teach the subjects mandated for achievement of state standards and teachers' salaries and the uncertain state support of salaries do not provide the kind on incentives that attract and keep the most talented professionals; arid WHEREAS, state funding for public education does not reflect the true cost of constructing, staffing, equipping, operating, and maintaining schools that perform at the level needed to support the foundation for standards of quality and learning, and the costs of educating at-risk students create additional fiscal pressure of many school systems, and, whereas, not only are student being left behind, taxpayers are seeing the increasing burden of higher local