Senate Bill 2482

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2482

    By Senator Jones





    40-1724A-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing March 24, 1998, as

  3         "Stop Day Enough Is Enough Day" in this state.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County public schools and the

  6  United Teachers of Dade initiated the "Stop Day Enough Is

  7  Enough" program in the Miami-Dade public school system in

  8  1994, to proclaim that violence and weapons will not be

  9  tolerated in that school system, and

10         WHEREAS, the "Stop Day Enough Is Enough" program has

11  been observed in each succeeding year in the Miami-Dade public

12  schools, and

13         WHEREAS, the Florida School Boards Association and the

14  the Florida Association of School Superintendents have

15  endorsed the "Stop Day Enough Is Enough" program and have

16  requested that it be implemented in all public school systems

17  in this state, and

18         WHEREAS, this year's "Stop Day Enough Is Enough"

19  program will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on March 24, 1998,

20  during which the Governor and Commissioner of Education will

21  administer a televised pledge that will be viewed in all the

22  school districts in the state, and

23         WHEREAS, the "Stop Day Enough Is Enough" program

24  encourages schools to create special projects, events, and

25  lessons that focus on reducing violence, improving skills for

26  conflict resolution, and enhancing respect for others in order

27  to make the public school systems in this state safer and more

28  disciplined environments, and

29         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate encourages the goals of the

30  "Stop Day Enough Is Enough" program, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2482
    40-1724A-98




  1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  3         That March 24, 1998, is recognized as "Stop Day Enough

  4  Is Enough Day" in this state.

  5         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all persons in this state

  6  are encouraged to wear white clothing and white ribbons and to

  7  drive with their vehicle headlights on during this day to

  8  emphasize their commitment to stopping violence.

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