NJROTC Rifle Team Honored

Summary#

This is an Indiana House resolution titled “Honoring Floyd Central High School Navy Junior Reserves Officers Training Corps Rifle Team.” It does not amend an existing law: it formally honors the team and requires the House Principal Clerk to send copies to Representative Edward D. Clere for distribution. Its stated purpose is to recognize the team’s second consecutive NJROTC Precision Rifle National Championship.

  • The resolution honors the team and names cadets Megan Fondy, Logan Hall, Ysabelle Martinez, Lacy Schilmiller, and Emma Velten.
  • It recognizes the team’s instructor, Master Gunnery Sergeant Leonard Akermon, and the team’s competition results.
  • The House Principal Clerk must transmit copies of the resolution to Representative Clere for distribution.
  • It creates no new program, funding, benefit, penalty, or change to rifle rules or school eligibility requirements.

What it means for you#

  • Floyd Central’s rifle team: The Indiana House formally recognizes the team. The resolution does not provide money or create a new service for the team.
  • House Principal Clerk and Representative Clere: The clerk must send copies to Clere, who is to distribute them.
  • Students, schools, and the public: The resolution does not change education, participation, or firearm rules.

Money#

No publicly available information on cost.

  • The text does not appropriate money or set fees, fines, or other payments.

What is unclear#

  • The supplied status information labels the resolution both “first reading: adopted” and “introduced,” so its final procedural status is unclear from the available material.
  • The resolution does not specify when the copies must be sent or to whom Representative Clere will distribute them.
  • No cost estimate or information about the cost of preparing and sending copies is provided.

Case for#

  • The resolution gives formal public recognition to students who, according to its text, won the national team competition for a second consecutive year.
  • It also recognizes the cadets’ individual results and their instructor’s role.
  • A possible argument for the resolution is that public recognition can mark an achievement without changing laws or creating a program.

Case against#

  • The resolution is symbolic: it does not provide funding, services, or other practical support to the team.
  • It recognizes this team but does not establish broader recognition or support for other school programs.
  • The distribution plan is limited to sending copies through Representative Clere, with no recipients or timing specified.