Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 090246 |
Printable PDF Format Clerk's Official Copy |
File Number: 090246 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-240-09 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 3/3/2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 3/3/2009 | 11A19 | Adopted | P | |||
REPORT: | Hearing no objection, the Board proceeded to vote on this proposed resolution as presented. | ||||||
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Housing & Community Development Committee | 2/11/2009 | 2E | Forwarded with a favorable recommendation | P | |||
REPORT: | Assistant County Attorney Cynthia Johnson-Stacks read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Chairwoman Edmonson and Commissioners Jordan, Sorenson, and Martinez asked to be listed as co-sponsors of this resolution. There being no further questions or comments, the committee proceeded to vote. | ||||||
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County Attorney | 1/29/2009 | Referred | Housing & Community Development Committee | 2/11/2009 | |||
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County Attorney | 1/29/2009 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | 2/5/2009 | |||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION OPPOSING HB 501 AND SIMILAR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ABOLISH EARLY LEARNING COALITIONS; URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE NOT TO PASS SUCH LEGISLATION BODY WHEREAS, HB 501 has been filed for consideration during the 2009 State Legislative Session by Representative Greg Evers (R � Milton) and proposes to eliminate all of Florida�s Early Learning Coalitions, and transfer the functions of the Coalitions to the state Agency for Workforce Innovation effective July 1, 2009; and WHEREAS, local Early Learning Coalitions were established by the state for the purpose of providing direct and localized access to early education and voluntary prekindergarten programs for Florida families; and WHEREAS, Early Learning Coalitions provide access to screenings for children and intervention for special needs and health problems, decreasing future spending on public education and community health; and WHEREAS, Early Learning Coalitions are also an essential resource for working parents in search of high-quality child care and early learning services, and in 2007, 64 percent of Florida�s children younger than age six lived in households where their parents worked; and WHEREAS, the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties serves more than 50,000 children ages birth to 12 years old (and their families) through a variety of affordable early education and voluntary pre-kindergarten programs; and WHEREAS, the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties is among 31 similar organizations in the State of Florida established following the enactment of the School Readiness Act, which consolidated Florida�s early learning services into one integrated program; and WHEREAS, according to Florida�s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), Early Learning Coalitions have helped to increase accountability in program administration, a reduction in service duplication, and a strengthening of local control and flexibility; and WHEREAS, studies have shown that for every $1 invested in early learning programs, there is a $16 return on the investment; and WHEREAS, Early Learning Coalitions have infused millions of dollars into our local economy by securing federal, local, foundation, and corporate grants and investments; and WHEREAS, the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties has added close to $23 million in revenue to early learning programs in the two counties over the last three years through such efforts; and WHEREAS, HB 501 would eliminate local involvement in early learning services and result in state government becoming the only entity responsible for administering school readiness and Voluntary Prekindergarten programs; and WHEREAS, given the important role Early Learning Coalitions play for our community�s children, combined with the strains current economic conditions have placed on families, we need to keep local Early Learning Coalitions in place now more than ever, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Opposes HB 501 or similar legislation that would abolish local Early Learning Coalitions and urges the Florida Legislature not to pass such legislation. Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker, the Chair and Members of the MiamiDade County State Legislative Delegation, and Representative Greg Evers. Section 3. Directs the County�s state lobbyists to oppose the legislation set forth in Section 1 above, and authorizes and directs that the 2009 State Legislative Package be amended to include this item. |
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