HR 93 — A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and issue a report on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs in schools in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   811

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 93
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, HADDOCK, HOWARD, SOLOMON, HILL-EVANS,
        SANCHEZ, MADDEN, NEILSON, CERRATO AND GILLEN, MARCH 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 3, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
 2      comprehensive study and issue a report on Junior Reserve
 3      Officers' Training Corps programs in schools in Pennsylvania.
 4         WHEREAS, The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC)
 5   was created to instill in students the values of citizenship,
 6   service and personal responsibility; and
 7         WHEREAS, JROTC offers a curriculum that meets the common core
 8   State standards and provides lessons in leadership, health and
 9   wellness, physical fitness, first aid, geography, American
10   history and government, communications and emotional
11   intelligence; and
12         WHEREAS, Each military branch offers its own JROTC program;
13   and
14         WHEREAS, School districts must apply to a specific military
15   branch to implement a JROTC unit and commit to share costs and
16   meet program requirements; and
17         WHEREAS, A JROTC unit may not be established or maintained at
18   a school unless certain enrollment requirements are met; and
 1      WHEREAS, Not all schools in this Commonwealth offer a JROTC
 2   program; and
 3      WHEREAS, JROTC programs can provide students with the
 4   opportunity to develop important life skills and gain exposure
 5   to military service, which they may choose to pursue in the
 6   future; and
 7      WHEREAS, Little information is known about the health and
 8   availability of JROTC programs in schools across this
 9   Commonwealth and what factors contribute to those trends; and
10      WHEREAS, It is unclear what challenges school districts face
11   when attempting to establish a JROTC unit, which may lead some
12   school districts to choose not to pursue the establishment of a
13   JROTC unit; therefore be it
14      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
15   State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and
16   issue a report on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
17   programs in schools in Pennsylvania; and be it further
18      RESOLVED, That, at minimum, the study consist of an analysis
19   of the following information:
20          (1)     the overall health of JROTC programs in
21      Pennsylvania;
22          (2)     trends in enrollment and availability of JROTC
23      programs; and
24          (3)     contributing factors to the health, enrollment and
25      availability of JROTC programs;
26   and be it further
27      RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission submit a
28   report of the study's findings with legislative recommendations
29   to the General Assembly within 18 months of the adoption of this
30   resolution.

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