House Bill 9135

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9135

        By Representative Logan






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 8, 1999, as

  3         "Just Read Day" in Florida.

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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, the ability to read opens a wide range of

  8  career opportunities and is ultimately the cornerstone to

  9  lifelong learning, and

10         WHEREAS, books, music, and knowledge of other languages

11  help build a geographical and international bridge among

12  people, and

13         WHEREAS, reading is so crucial to education that school

14  boards throughout the State of Florida are required to

15  implement comprehensive reading programs with "benchmarks" for

16  student performance at each grade level that reflect Sunshine

17  State 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 our youth without parent and community involvement,

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24         WHEREAS, there is no greater task than providing

25  students with the necessary skills to read proficiently for

26  success, for recreation, and for lifelong learning, and

27         WHEREAS, for these very important reasons, every school

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

29  actively seek student, parent, and community involvement in

30  the effort to ensure a child's ability to read, NOW,

31  THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9135

    238-285-99






  1  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  5  deliberations to recognize Thursday, April 8, 1999, as "Just

  6  Read Day."

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