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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          ACR 109 (Brown)
          As Amended  March 24, 2014
          Majority vote 

           RULES               8-0                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Gordon, Brown, Ch�vez,    |
          |     |Gonzalez, Hagman,         |
          |     |Nazarian, Quirk,          |
          |     |Ridley-Thomas             |
          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Declares the last week of March every year as a  
          statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

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

          2)Latino students' college enrollment directly after high school  
            has grown from fewer than one-half to more than two-thirds  
            over the last decade.  However, Latino students continue to  
            have difficulty performing on standardized testing, accessing  
            elite colleges and universities, and graduating with a  
            postsecondary degree or a graduate degree.

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

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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