HOUSE AMENDMENT

    690-100AXA-38                      Bill No. CS/HB 751 & others

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Warner and Diaz de la Portilla offered the

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15         In the title, on page 13, line 10, through page 14,

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17  remove:  all of said lines

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19  and insert in lieu thereof:

20         WHEREAS, providing a system of high-quality public

21  education for children is an important goal of this state, and

22         WHEREAS, Floridians reemphasized their aspiration to

23  provide for a system of high-quality public education for

24  children in this state by amending Section 1 of Article IX of

25  the State Constitution in the November 1998 General Election,

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27         WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that it has an

28  important but not exclusive role in providing children with

29  the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education in this

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31         WHEREAS, success in obtaining a high-quality education

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    690-100AXA-38                      Bill No. CS/HB 751 & others

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  depends upon many influences, and

 2         WHEREAS, among the most prominent influences on the

 3  educational success of children are the positive influences of

 4  parents on their children's lives and on their children's

 5  desire to learn and the active involvement of parents in the

 6  education of their children, and

 7         WHEREAS, the presence of those influences is

 8  indispensable to successfully providing a system that allows

 9  students to obtain a high-quality education, and

10         WHEREAS, children will have the best opportunity to

11  obtain a high-quality education in the public education system

12  of this state and that system can best be enhanced when

13  positive parental influences are present, when we allocate

14  resources efficiently and concentrate resources to enhance a

15  safe, secure, and disciplined classroom learning environment,

16  when we support teachers, when we reinforce shared high

17  academic expectations, and when we promptly reward success and

18  promptly identify failure, as well as promptly appraise the

19  public of both successes and failures, NOW, THEREFORE,

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