Senate Bill 2686

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2686

    By Senator Silver





    38-891A-99

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing April 7, 1999, as

  3         "Just Read Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, no skill is more vital to success in school

  6  and in life than the ability to read, and

  7         WHEREAS, reading ability opens a wide range of career

  8  opportunities and is ultimately the cornerstone to lifelong

  9  learning, and

10         WHEREAS, reading books, music, computer screens, and

11  other languages helps build a geographical, international

12  bridge among people, and

13         WHEREAS, reading is so crucial to education that school

14  boards throughout the State of Florida must implement

15  comprehensive reading programs with "benchmarks" for student

16  performance at each grade level which reflect Sunshine State

17  Standards for Reading and Literature, and

18         WHEREAS, achieving these goals and benchmarks will help

19  ensure that every child reads at or above grade level, and

20         WHEREAS, we have passed the point in American education

21  where one institution can shoulder the entire task of

22  educating youth without parent and community involvement, and

23         WHEREAS, there is no greater task than providing

24  students with the necessary skills to read sufficiently and

25  proficiently for success, for recreation, and for lifelong

26  learning, and

27         WHEREAS, for these very important reasons every school

28  district in the State of Florida is called upon to actively

29  seek student, parent, and community involvement in the effort

30  to assure a child's ability to read, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2686
    38-891A-99




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

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  3         That the Florida Senate recognizes April 7, 1999, as

  4  "Just Read Day."

  5         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Florida Senate urges

  6  the support and participation of all persons in making a

  7  conscious effort to assure a child's ability to read.

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