Florida Senate - 2011 (NP) SR 2218 By Senator Flores 38-05113A-11 20112218__ 1 Senate Resolution 2 A resolution recognizing the “Difference Makers in 3 Education” for their support of the Council for 4 Educational Change’s statewide educational programs. 5 6 WHEREAS, the Council for Educational Change is a Florida 7 based, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, with 9 years of 8 service to the educational community which has impacted the 9 lives of more than 1.2 million students, and 10 WHEREAS, Council for Educational Change programs are 11 leading the way to improvements in education by preparing and 12 empowering school leaders, developing business and educational 13 partnerships, and applying research to address critical issues 14 in education, and 15 WHEREAS, were it not for the generous support of Difference 16 Makers in Education, the Council for Educational Change would 17 not be able to sustain its programs, which include Partnership 18 to Advance School Success (PASS), Executive PASS, the Florida 19 Leadership Academy, and Teacher Development and Retention 20 programs, and 21 WHEREAS, these Difference Makers in Education are: E. Pace 22 Barnes, Richard and Billy Birnie, the Irving and Joan M. Bolotin 23 Fund, Joan and Vincent Carosella, Tom Cerra, Mel and Iris 24 Chasen, Richard and Mary Dalton, Paula and Joel Friedland, 25 Barbara Havenick, Edward and Carole Iwanicki, Norman Jaffe, 26 Evelyn A. Lunsford, Gene Marshall, Leonard Miller, Linda Potash, 27 Richard Baron and Associates, P.A., the Robert and Mary Graham 28 Family Fund, the Silbiger Family Foundation, and Stanley G. 29 Tate, NOW, THEREFORE, 30 31 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 32 33 That these “Difference Makers in Education” are recognized 34 for their support of the statewide educational programs of the 35 Council for Educational Change.