Amended in Assembly March 3, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 109

Introduced by Assembly Member Brown

February 21, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 109—Relative to Latino Education and Advocacy Days.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 109, as amended, Brown. Latino Education and Advocacy Days.

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

Fiscal committee: no.

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, Latino students have the highest dropout rate, score
among the lowest on achievement tests, and have low college
enrollment rates; and

WHEREAS, One-half of all Latino students currently fail to
graduate from high school, and have had little progress in
increasing college graduation rates over the last few decades; and

WHEREAS, According to Current Population Survey data
released by the United States Census Bureau in March 2010, out
of 100 Latino males and 100 Latina females in elementary school,
64 Latino males and 61 Latina females graduate from high school,
11 Latino males and 9.2 Latina females graduate with a bachelor
of arts or a bachelor of science degree, 3.6 Latino males and 3.0
Latina females graduate with a professional or graduate degree,
and 0.4 Latino males and 0.7 Latina females graduate with a
doctorate degree.

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 27, 2014, California State University,
San Bernardino, College of Education will host its begin delete inaugural end delete begin insert 5th
Annual end insert Latino Education and Advocacy Days summit; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the last week of March every year 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.