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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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PROCLAIMING APRIL 12TH OF 2012 TO BE "CHILD CARE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Lanzi, Lynch, Felag, and Metts | |
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Date Introduced: April 12, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, On April 12th of 2012, a panoply of citizens representing myriad |
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organizations and institutions from across our state will gather to celebrate the very first annual |
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Child Care Awareness Day; and |
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WHEREAS, This event is being held “to highlight the work of various organizations and |
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programs in the state that work every day to improve the lives of children, youth, and families by |
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providing high quality care and education”; and |
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WHEREAS, Research on the human brain reveals that an overwhelming amount of a |
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person’s lifetime brain development occurs during early childhood, before the age of three; and |
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WHEREAS, To be prepared for success, our children must receive high quality child care |
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from caregivers who have the appropriate skills, education, and training; and |
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WHEREAS, A child care teacher’s day is spent interacting with children and caring for |
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their needs, because it is through play, interaction, and socializing that children learn the |
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fundamentals about others as well as the world around them; and |
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WHEREAS, High quality child care is sensitive, responsive, personal, and |
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developmentally appropriate. It provides the proper nurturing that children need at one of the |
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most critical and vulnerable times in their lives; and |
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WHEREAS, It is of immense importance that Rhode Island’s children receive the highest |
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quality care and are challenged at an early age, so that they may develop the necessary abilities to |
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thrive in adulthood and someday lead our state into an even brighter future; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby proclaims the 12th of April, 2012, to be the first annual “Child Care Awareness Day.” We |
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urge all the citizens of the state to join with us in recognizing the tremendous skills, dedication, |
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diligence, and value of the laudable child care providers who protect and nourish our children and |
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equip them for future success; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President of the Child Care Directors |
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Association, the Director of Prevent Child Abuse RI, and the Chair of the Permanent Legislative |
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Commission on Child Care. |
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