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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 5
          Author:   Gaines (R)
          Introduced:1/6/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Mentoring Month


          SOURCE:    Author
          
          DIGEST:   This resolution designates the month of January 2015  
          as Mentoring Month, and calls on public officials, business and  
          community leaders, and educators to observe the month with  
          appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs in order to  
          accomplish specified objectives recognizing the importance of  
          mentoring and promoting the creation and expansion of mentorship  
          programs.
          
          ANALYSIS:  This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

           1. In 2002, the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR:   
             The National Mentoring Partnership created the National  
             Mentoring Month campaign to raise awareness of mentoring, to  
             recruit individuals to mentor, and to promote the growth of  
             mentoring by encouraging organizations to facilitate employee  
             involvement in quality mentoring.

           2. A mentor provides a caring and consistent presence and  
             devotes time to help a mentee discover personal strength and  
             achieve full potential through a structured and trusting  
             relationship; and a mentor helps a young person set career  
             goals and uses personal contacts to help that young person  
             develop professional relationships and find a job.









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           3. Quality mentoring encourages positive choices, promotes  
             self-esteem, supports academic achievement, and introduces  
             young people to new ideas.

           4. Mentoring programs are effective in combating school  
             violence, discipline problems, substance abuse,  
             incarceration, and truancy.

           5. The benefits of mentoring serve to link youth to economic  
             opportunity and strengthen the fiber of communities.

          This resolution designates the month of January 2015 as  
          Mentoring Month, and calls on public officials, business and  
          community leaders, and educators to observe the month with  
          appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs in order to  
          accomplish specified objectives recognizing the importance of  
          mentoring and promoting the creation and expansion of mentorship  
          programs.

          Prior legislation.  SCR 61 (Price, 2010) would have proclaimed  
          the month of January 2010 as National Mentoring Month.  The  
          resolution died in the Assembly Rules Committee.
          
          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No



          Prepared by:Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          2/4/15 13:01:16


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