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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6 – Read Across Idaho Day

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6

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HR006.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
READING - Declaring the importance of reading to children and declaring a
recess in the business of the House of Representatives at 1:15 p.m. on
Monday, March 2, 1998, when legislators will read to young children for a
period of fifteen minutes in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building, and
declaring March 2, 1998, the 94th birthday of Dr. Seuss, "Read Across Idaho
Day."

02/25    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/26    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Filed with the Chief Clerk

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HR006


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                  HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6

                               BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

 1                                  A HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2    DECLARING THE IMPORTANCE OF READING TO CHILDREN AND DECLARING A RECESS IN  THE
 3        BUSINESS  OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT A TIME CERTAIN ON A DATE CER-
 4        TAIN WHEN LEGISLATORS WILL READ TO YOUNG CHILDREN FOR A PERIOD OF  FIFTEEN
 5        MINUTES IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

 6    Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Idaho:

 7        WHEREAS, the House of Representatives  believes that achieving the goal of
 8    teaching  every  child  to  read  by  the  end of the third grade is among our
 9    state's most important priorities; and
10        WHEREAS, reading research tells us that children who can read successfully
11    are dramatically less likely to drop out of school or end up in prison; and
12        WHEREAS, experts agree that children need to be motivated to read and that
13    the model of family and other adults reading to them sends a powerful  message
14    about the importance of reading; and
15        WHEREAS,  the Idaho Legislature has received a report from its early read-
16    ing study committee identifying the importance of parents, educators and other
17    adults reading to our children; and
18        WHEREAS, the Idaho Legislature believes that assisting the children in our
19    state to become successful adults by learning to read at an early  age  should
20    be a focus of this legislative session; and
21        WHEREAS,  March 2, 1998, is the 94th birthday of Dr. Seuss, the well-known
22    author of children's books; and
23        WHEREAS, the Idaho Legislature believes there is no other more appropriate
24    day to encourage Idahoans to read to all the children in our state.
25        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the House of  Representa-
26    tives,  assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Leg-
27    islature, that on Monday, March 2, 1998, between 1:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., mem-
28    bers of the Idaho House of Representatives will recess into the rotunda of the
29    Idaho State Capitol where legislators will read to young children for a period
30    of fifteen minutes; and
31        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that by committing ourselves to  and  participating
32    in  this  activity,  the Idaho Legislature does hereby invite all other public
33    officials in our great state to plan  activities  which  will  give  them  the
34    opportunity to read to children for at least fifteen minutes on this same day;
35    and
36        BE  IT  FURTHER RESOLVED that the importance of this day and these activi-
37    ties should be memorialized by declaring March 2,  1998,  "Read  Across  Idaho
38    Day"; and
39        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED that believing that reports of such events which
40    are carried throughout our state can significantly further the cause of reach-
41    ing our common goal of ensuring every child can read,  the  Idaho  Legislature
42    does  hereby invite the media of our state to assist in communicating the mes-
43    sage of the significance of adults reading to children by  reporting  on  this
44    historical  moment in legislative history when for fifteen minutes, every leg-


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 1    islative member of the Idaho House of Representatives will set aside the other
 2    business of government to participate in this single activity on behalf of all
 3    children in the great state of Idaho.