SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 7056
By Southerland
A RESOLUTION to congratulate Joshua Burton of TCAT
Morristown on his third-place finish at the 2023
SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that we recognize those industrious, talented students of
Tennessee who bring pride and honor to our State; and WHEREAS, one such individual is Joshua Burton of Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Morristown, who participated in the 2023 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Chattanooga on April 16-19, 2023, and took home a bronze medal in the Internet-working, Computer Information Technology competition; and WHEREAS, SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit partnership of students, instructors, and more than 650 corporations, trade associations, businesses, and labor unions that works to
ensure that America has the skilled workforce it needs to stay competitive; founded in 1965 and endorsed by the United States Department of Education, the association serves more than
400,000 students and instructors each year in middle schools, high schools, and colleges,
focusing on 130 trade, technical, and skilled-service occupations; and WHEREAS, Joshua Burton's display of aptitude and ambition surely bodes well for his future success, and his dedication to excellence is clearly deserving of our respect, admiration,
and commendation; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we commend and congratulate Joshua Burton of
TCAT Morristown on winning a bronze medal in the Internet-working, Computer Information SJR7056
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Technology competition at the 2023 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference,
extending our best wishes for much continued success in all his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear without House or Senate designation.
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