Senate Bill 2016

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2016

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-984-99

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution in support of the efforts of the

  3         Florida Commission on Education Reform and

  4         Accountability and the Florida Fund for

  5         Minority Teachers, Inc., to achieve a higher

  6         percentage of minority teachers for the public

  7         schools in this state.

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  9         WHEREAS, this state's system of school improvement and

10  accountability has recognized the need for an increase in

11  minority teachers, especially males, in the public schools of

12  this state, and

13         WHEREAS, minority students outnumber minority teachers

14  three to one, and

15         WHEREAS, because this state has a shortage of teachers

16  in critical areas such as mathematics, science, and

17  exceptional education, there should be a concentrated effort

18  to recruit minorities to become teachers in these fields, and

19         WHEREAS, minority teachers bring to the classroom a

20  variety of perspectives and talents, as well as an

21  understanding of different cultures, and

22         WHEREAS, minority teachers serve as role models,

23  facilitators, and leaders for all children, and

24         WHEREAS, the Commission on Education Reform and

25  Accountability recognizes the need for Minority Teachers,

26  Inc., to serve as a liaison among high schools, community

27  colleges, and universities to recruit, retain, and ensure

28  graduates to fulfill these needs in the public schools, and

29         WHEREAS, filling the need for more minority teachers

30  requires continued scholarships, as well as academic and

31  support services, for these students, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2016
    5-984-99




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

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  3         That the Florida Senate supports the efforts of the

  4  Florida Commission on Education Reform and Accountability and

  5  the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc., to achieve a

  6  higher percentage of minority teachers for the public schools

  7  in this state.

  8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution,

  9  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

10  Florida Commission on Education Reform and Accountability and

11  to the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc., as a tangible

12  token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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