PRINTER'S NO. 919

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 101 Session of 2007

        INTRODUCED BY BRUBAKER, LAVALLE, KASUNIC, BOSCOLA, C. WILLIAMS,
           FONTANA, ARMSTRONG, MELLOW, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, MUSTO,
           RAFFERTY, O'PAKE, WOZNIAK, COSTA, PUNT, GREENLEAF, BROWNE,
           FERLO, LOGAN, EARLL, WONDERLING, STACK AND McILHINNEY,
           APRIL 27, 2007

        REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 27, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating May 8, 2007, as "Early Care and Education Action
     2     Day."

     3     WHEREAS, Kindergarten teachers estimate that one out of every
     4  three children enters the classroom without the basic tools for
     5  learning; and
     6     WHEREAS, Children who enter school unprepared to learn have a
     7  difficult time succeeding academically; and
     8     WHEREAS, Research into young children's development proves
     9  that the benefits of high-quality early care and education
    10  programs, such as prekindergarten, are dramatic and lasting; and
    11     WHEREAS, Children who enter kindergarten from high-quality
    12  early care and education programs have better reading, language
    13  and social skills than their peers, earn better test scores in
    14  later grades and are more likely to graduate from high school;
    15  and
    16     WHEREAS, Investing in high-quality early care and education

     1  programs reduces long-term public sector expenditures on special
     2  education, welfare and criminal justice; therefore be it
     3     RESOLVED, That the Senate designate May 8, 2007, as "Early
     4  Care and Education Action Day" in this Commonwealth.


















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