HR 337 — A Resolution designating the week of November 17 through 21, 2025, as "Pennsylvania Education for Students Experiencing Homelessness Awareness Week" and November 21, 2025, as "Red Shirt Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   2430

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 337
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY SMITH-WADE-EL, CURRY, HANBIDGE, WAXMAN, HOWARD AND
        McNEILL, OCTOBER 8, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 8, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the week of November 17 through 21, 2025, as
 2      "Pennsylvania Education for Students Experiencing
 3      Homelessness Awareness Week" and November 21, 2025, as "Red
 4      Shirt Day" in Pennsylvania.
 5      WHEREAS, In the 2023-2024 school year, 50,030 students in
 6   Pennsylvania schools experienced homelessness; and
 7      WHEREAS, In the 2022-2023 school year, 48,293 students in
 8   Pennsylvania schools experienced homelessness; and
 9      WHEREAS, This represents a sustained and continued increase
10   from the 2021-2022 school year; and
11      WHEREAS, The purpose of this resolution is to educate the
12   public about the prevalence of students experiencing
13   homelessness, the barriers that may prevent youths from
14   attending school and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
15   (Public Law 100-77, 101 Stat. 482), with which all schools must
16   comply to overcome those barriers; and
17      WHEREAS, There are limited resources available to youths
18   experiencing homelessness, including the shortage of affordable
19   housing for displaced minors; and
 1      WHEREAS, Homeless assistance service providers, as well as
 2   community service opportunities for students and school service
 3   organizations, need public support; and
 4      WHEREAS, While there are many organizations committed to
 5   sheltering and providing support services, meals and food
 6   supplies to people experiencing homelessness, very few of these
 7   services are specific to the needs of unaccompanied minors; and
 8      WHEREAS, Many shelters will not accept a child under 18 years
 9   of age without the company of a parent or guardian; and
10      WHEREAS, There is a dire need for additional resources to
11   assist students experiencing homelessness to attend school and
12   be successful, including the basic needs of food, clothing and
13   educational supplies; and
14      WHEREAS, To show solidarity with children experiencing
15   homelessness and their educators, the House of Representatives
16   encourages Pennsylvanians to wear red on November 21, 2025, for
17   "Red Shirt Day"; and
18      WHEREAS, The purpose of "Pennsylvania Education for Students
19   Experiencing Homelessness Awareness Week" is to encourage
20   schools, communities and individuals to plan for and support
21   assistance programs for youths experiencing homelessness as they
22   look to complete their education; therefore be it
23      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
24   week of November 17 through 21, 2025, as "Pennsylvania Education
25   for Students Experiencing Homelessness Awareness Week" and
26   November 21, 2025, as "Red Shirt Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it
27   further
28      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all
29   residents of this Commonwealth to recognize that education is
30   key to preventing future homelessness and providing stability

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