75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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                           A-Engrossed
 
                    House Joint Resolution 19
                  Ordered by the House March 11
            Including House Amendments dated March 11
 
Sponsored by Representatives THATCHER, KOMP; Representatives
  BAILEY, BARKER, BARTON, BENTZ, BERGER, BEYER, BOONE, BRUUN,
  BUCKLEY, CAMERON, CLEM, COWAN, DEMBROW, C EDWARDS, D EDWARDS,
  ESQUIVEL, FREEMAN, GALIZIO, GARRARD, GARRETT, GELSER, GILLIAM,
  GILMAN, GREENLICK, HANNA, HARKER, HOLVEY, HUFFMAN, JENSON,
  KENNEMER, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS, MAURER, NATHANSON, NOLAN, OLSON,
  READ, RICHARDSON, RILEY, ROBLAN, SCHAUFLER, SHIELDS, G SMITH, J
  SMITH, SPRENGER, STIEGLER, THOMPSON, TOMEI, WEIDNER, WHISNANT,
  WINGARD, WITT, Senators BONAMICI, BOQUIST, COURTNEY, DEVLIN,
  DINGFELDER, FERRIOLI, GEORGE, GIROD, HASS, KRUSE, METSGER,
  MONNES ANDERSON, MONROE, MORRISETTE, NELSON, PROZANSKI,
  ROSENBAUM, SCHRADER, STARR, VERGER, WHITSETT, WINTERS
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Designates March 16, 2009, as SMART Reading Day and
commemorates work of Start Making A Reader Today program.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas 84 percent of Oregon third-graders meet or exceed state
reading standards; and
  Whereas children need to learn to read by the third grade in
order to read to learn; and
  Whereas students who do not learn to read by the third grade
are more likely to struggle to read as adults, drop out of school
before graduating and be less successfully employed; and
  Whereas the Start Making A Reader Today program, or SMART, was
founded in Oregon in 1992; and
  Whereas SMART partners with hundreds of schools statewide to
provide literacy support to kindergarten through third grade
students; and
  Whereas SMART plays a valued role in helping to raise the
literacy proficiency of Oregon children; and
  Whereas SMART volunteers work with approximately 10,000
students each year; and
  Whereas SMART volunteers read with students weekly during the
school year; and
  Whereas these weekly reading sessions give children the
attention, self-confidence and skills to succeed; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
 
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly,
join in designating March 16, 2009, as SMART Reading Day and
commemorate the volunteers of the Start Making A Reader Today
program for the crucial work they do in ensuring that children
today succeed as readers in the future.
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