A Resolution honoring the life, leadership and memory of the Honorable Mary Jo White and expressing heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Dave Argall and 31 co-sponsors

Ceremonial SR 59 honors Kirk Academy's girls and boys cross-country teams for a historic 4A State Championships sweep, publicly recognizing athletes, coaches, and the school.

Introduced and adopted

Summary — SR 59

Title: Commend Kirk Academy Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams for historic sweep of 4A State Championships
Classification: Senate Resolution (ceremonial)
Introduced: August 26, 2025
Status: Adopted (legislative journal records indicate adoption in early September 2025; recorded vote shown as Ayes 40, Noes 0)

Main purpose and intent

SR 59 is a ceremonial resolution that formally recognizes and commends the Kirk Academy girls and boys cross country teams for achieving a “historic sweep” of the 4A State Championships (i.e., both the girls' and boys' teams winning their respective state titles). The resolution’s intent is to celebrate the student-athletes’ and coaches’ accomplishments, acknowledge the school and community’s role in supporting the teams, and to place an official commendation on the legislative record.

Key provisions

Official recognition and congratulations to the Kirk Academy girls and boys cross country teams for winning the 4A State Championships.

Commendation likely extends to coaches, support staff, and school administrators for their contributions (typical for this type of resolution).

Direction for the Secretary of the Senate (or equivalent legislative officer) to transmit copies of the adopted resolution to the school and appropriate local contacts for distribution (common closing provision for honorary resolutions).

No regulatory, appropriations, or programmatic changes — purely honorary and non‑binding.

Who is affected

Directly: Kirk Academy student-athletes on the girls’ and boys’ cross country teams, their coaches, athletic staff, and school administrators.

Indirectly: Kirk Academy students, alumni, families, and the broader local community — the resolution publicly acknowledges and celebrates their achievement.

No legal or budgetary impact on state agencies, schools, or the public; intended as public recognition.

Procedural / timeline aspects

Introduced August 26, 2025.

Placed on the record and moved through the chamber’s rules/floor process as a resolution.

Adopted in early September 2025; legislative journal entries show recorded adoption with a unanimous vote (Ayes 40, Noes 0).

Following adoption, the resolution’s copies are/should be transmitted to the school for appropriate distribution.

Notes and limitations

The full text of the specific adopted resolution (e.g., names of coaches, athletes, exact date/location of the championship, scores or margin of victory) was not provided in the materials reviewed. Honorary resolutions vary in granularity; if needed, the official enrolled or enrolled-copy of SR 59 (or the chamber’s published journal/resolution file) should be consulted for any specific factual details cited in the adopted text.

As a resolution of recognition, SR 59 creates no legal obligations, funding changes, or programmatic directives.