HCR 155

                SPONSOR:
                Rep. Minor-Brown & Rep. Harris & Rep. Osienski & Rep. Dukes & Rep. Spiegelman on behalf of all Representatives & Sen. Sokola & Sen. Townsend & Sen. Lockman & Sen. Hocker & Sen. Pettyjohn on behalf of all Senators
        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
        153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
        HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 155
        RECOGNIZING THE YOUNG MEN FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF DELAWARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 2026 SESSION OF DELAWARE’S BOYS STATE.
        WHEREAS, during the week of June 14 through June 19, 2026, young men from across the State of Delaware have come to Dover to participate in the 2026 session of Delaware Boys State; and
        WHEREAS, during their participation in Boys State, these young men have received valuable hands-on training and experience in the legislative process and in the ways of State government, which will serve them in good stead in their later lives; and
        WHEREAS, the experience they receive during Boys State will prove especially useful to those among their number who go on to assume leadership roles in government or to seek elective office in the future; and
        WHEREAS, the participants in Delaware Boys State, during their session, elected from among their ranks a Governor and leadership of both Houses of the General Assembly; and
        WHEREAS, the young men participating in the 2026 session of Boys State include:
        Eliason Bennett
        Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School
        Eli Browne
        Tower Hill School
        Noah Burnell
        Newark Charter School
        Jonathan Carroll
        Newark Charter School
        Curtis Cazier
        First State Military Academy
        Mark Czachorowski
        Salesianum School
        Yavier Dorantez-Granados
        William Penn High School
        Harvey Fisher
        Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School
        Thomas Frazier
        Lake Forest High School
        Chase Gibbons
        Salesianum School
        Bryce Gillin
        Conrad Schools of Science
        Shaun Hahn
        Salesianum School
        Connor Haun
        Cape Henlopen High School
        Cole Huxtable
        Cape Henlopen High School
        Avi Kapoor
        Tower Hill School
        Ansh Kapoor
        Tower Hill School
        Subhan Khan
        Caesar Rodney High School
        Alek Lee
        Charter School of Wilmington
        Carter Lillard
        Dover High School
        Davyn Lowe
        Laurel High School
        Eugene Ma
        Caesar Rodney High School
        Niranjan Maniyil
        MOT Charter School
        James Middlemas
        Delaware Military Academy
        Tanner Munski
        Sussex Technical High School
        Vishnu Mysore
        Appoquinimink High School
        William Ngayi-Parker
        Smyrna High School
        Micah Niblett
        Laurel High School
        Yamil Ortiz Maldonado
        Conrad Schools of Science
        Devkrishna Pallikkuthu
        Appoquinimink High School
        Tyler Pannhorst
        MOT Charter School
        Dominic Parrish
        Charter School of Wilmington
        Jacob Patton
        Ledyard High School - Ledyard, Connecticut
        Lucas Paxson
        First State Military Academy
        George Purse
        Sussex Academy
        Tadas Rohde
        Salpointe Catholic High School - Tucson, Arizona
        Nathan Ross
        Charter School of Wilmington
        Jack Thomas
        Sussex Academy
        Luis Triana
        Delaware Military Academy
        Stephen Urban
        Sussex Technical High School
        Will West
        Sussex Central High School
        Duncan Wiley
        Smyrna High School
        Daniel Zlock
        Lake Forest High School
        Joseph Zogheib
        Concord High School
        WHEREAS, these young men have learned during their week-long session many of the details of the process whereby a bill becomes a law, and have debated and discussed many issues both timely and of great importance to the State of Delaware; and
        WHEREAS, throughout the week, the Boys State delegates have been deeply involved in a study of such subjects as the conduct of elections, the operation of the legislative caucus and committee systems, majority and minority caucus positions, and many other aspects of the political process, all of which give them valuable knowledge of the manner in which the American system of representative democracy operates; and
        WHEREAS, the American Legion Department of Delaware has once again sponsored this important educational program, as they have done for many years, thereby displaying a deep dedication to the American system of government and to the essential task of ensuring that our youth understand and appreciate that system.
        NOW, THEREFORE:
        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 153rd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the members do hereby commend each of the participants in the 2026 Boys State Session for his hard work and extend to each sincere congratulations on a very successful session.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby extend to each participant sincere best wishes for success in all his future endeavors, together with the hope that at least a few of these fine young Delawareans may one day find themselves in the House or Senate chamber at Legislative Hall as duly elected representatives of their fellow citizens.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby commend and thank the American Legion Department of Delaware for their sponsorship of this outstanding program.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Concurrent Resolution be presented to each of the delegates of the 2026 Session of Boys State, and to the sponsor of the event, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
        SYNOPSIS
        This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2026 session of Delaware’s Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.