; (7) developing student civic engagement, public service, leadership development, career preparation, and social awareness; (8) helping graduates identify job opportunities and post-secondary education; and (9) helping to ensure that young people achieve success at work and in postsecondary education during the year following graduation; Whereas JAG participants have regularly achieved higher than 90 percent graduation rates since the establishment of JAG, and a 95 percent graduation rate since 2019; Whereas, every year, JAG meets the goals of employers in having well-prepared young people enter the workforce; and Whereas the JAG National Student Leadership Academy will take place from November 30, 2023, to December 2, 2023, with more than 250 elected student officers: Now, therefore, be it