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S.R. No. 106, as introduced: 89th Legislative Session (2015-2016) Posted on March 18, 2015

1.1A Senate resolution
1.2honoring Tramail Peterson for being named a National Achievement
1.3Scholarship Finalist.
1.4WHEREAS, the National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition to
1.5provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students that began in 1964; and
1.6WHEREAS, Black high school students enter the National Achievement Scholarship
1.7Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; and of the
1.8more than 160,000 students who enter the National Achievement Program, a group of about
1.91,600 are named Semifinalists; and
1.10WHEREAS, In late January, approximately 1,300 Semifinalists are notified by mail that
1.11they have advanced to Finalist standing, and their high school principals are notified and provided
1.12with a certificate to present to each Finalist; and
1.13WHEREAS, Tramail Peterson, a student at Rosemount High School, was recently notified
1.14of National Achievement Scholarship Finalist status, a tremendous honor deserving of special
1.15legislative recognition; and
1.16NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it
1.17congratulates Tramail Peterson on being named a National Achievement Scholarship Finalist.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
1.19enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the Secretary's signature and that of the
1.20Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Tramail Peterson.
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JoAnne M. Zoff
Secretary of the Senate

Thomas M. Bakk
Chair, Senate Committee on
Rules and Administration
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Greg D. Clausen
State Senator, District 57

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