Bill Text: CA ACR42 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Latino Education and Advocacy Week.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 33, Statutes of 2019. [ACR42 Detail]

Download: California-2019-ACR42-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 42

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Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes

February 22, 2019

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Relative to Latino Education and Advocacy Week.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 42, as introduced, Reyes. Latino Education and Advocacy Week.

This measure would declare the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, The strength of the California education system and its place in a competitive global economy will depend largely on future educational outcomes among Latino students; and

WHEREAS, Latinos emerged as the largest minority group in the United States in the new millennium; and

WHEREAS, Statistically, since 1998, Latino children have become the largest minority student demographic in United States public schools; and

WHEREAS, Both Latino students and teachers have a high mobility rate, are located in racially segregated communities with high poverty rates, and attend schools with fewer resources, staffing, and programs; and

WHEREAS, The statewide graduation rate for Latino students reached 78.5 percent for the class of 2015, an increase of 15 percent since 2010, and college enrollment has increased; and

WHEREAS, Despite this progress, Latino students have among the highest high school dropout rate, and have lower scores on achievement tests and lower college enrollment rates than their peers; and

WHEREAS, Latino students represent an opportunity to increase diversity, strengthen the tax, labor, consumption, and investment pool, and increase ties with Mexico and Latin America; and

WHEREAS, On March 28, 2019, California State University, San Bernardino will host its 10th annual Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Summit; and

WHEREAS, The LEAD Summit is celebrated under the direction of Professor Enrique Murillo, Jr.; and

WHEREAS, Over 1,000 people participate in the LEAD Summit annually; and

WHEREAS, The LEAD Summit is broadcast in seven countries and is viewed by millions of people on television and through cable networks; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That every year the last week of March is hereby declared as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.