MN SR193

Honors Nicholas Erickson, a student at Bloomington Kennedy High School, for achieving National Merit Finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Notes that the National Merit Scholarship Program began in 1955 and screens approximately 1.5 million high school students annually through the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Recognizes that about 34,000 students receive Letters of Commendation and approximately 15,000 advance to Semifinalist and then Finalist status.

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare an enrolled copy of the resolution, authenticated by both the Secretary and the Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Nicholas Erickson.