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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 109
          Author:   Brown (D), et al.
          Amended:  3/28/14 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 3/28/14


           SUBJECT :    Latino Education and Advocacy Days

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution declares the last week of March every  
          year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.

          ANALYSIS  :    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. 

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          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. 

          This resolution declares the last week of March every year as a  
          statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.

           FISCAL EFFECT :    Fiscal Com.:  No


          PQ:nld  4/14/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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