Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), right talked with ESU President Allison D. Garrett, center, and Carol Strickland, executive director of the National Teachers Hall of Fame, at the Memorial to Fallen Educators during a visit to the site Monday, July 10, 2017, on the Emporia State University campus in Emporia, Kansas.
Legislation to recognize the Memorial to Fallen Educators at Emporia State University as a national memorial is headed to the desk of President Donald Trump after passage today by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) with bipartisan support from representatives from nine different states.
“We are grateful to Representative Marshall for sponsoring this bill through the House to get the Memorial to Fallen Educators designated as a national memorial,” said ESU President Allison D. Garrett.
The action in the House today follows action in December in the Senate on a bill sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas).
Additional information on today’s action is available from Rep. Roger Marshall’s office at https://marshall.house.gov/media/press-releases/kansas-memorial-get-national-recognition.