; Whereas, in response to a Pew Research Center survey of parents of K–12 students, 66 percent of the parents said that schools teaching children to develop social and emotional skills was very important and another 27 percent of the parents said that such teaching was somewhat important ; Whereas EdWeek Research Center found that 83 percent of educators indicated that SEL is somewhat or very helpful for the academic learning of students; Whereas research from Yale University, the University of Cantabria, Jagiellonian University, and Pennsylvania State University indicates that educators who demonstrate greater social and emotional competence are frequently more capable of protecting themselves from burnout; and Whereas the week of March 4 through March 8, 2024, would be an appropriate period to designate as National Social and Emotional Learning Week : Now, therefore, be it