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RESOLUTION NO. 86-225
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE SAN
BERNARDINO PUBLIC LIBRARY TO APPLY FOR LIBRARY SERVICES AND
3 CONSTRUCTION ACT -- TITLE I FUNDS TO DEMONSTRATE THE VILLASENOR
LIBRARY'S SERVICES CAN REDUCE THE HISPANIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
4 DROP-OUT RATE.
5 WHEREAS, studies indicate nearly one of two Hispanic
6 students in San Bernardino drop-out of school before receiving a
7 high school diploma, and
8 WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino has committed itself to
9 work cooperatively with the San Bernardino City Unified School
10 District to address the significant problem of school drop-outs,
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12 WHEREAS, the Villasenor Library Citizen Task Force has made
13 recommendations that the Library provide formal education
14 programs to help children succeed in school, and that such
15 programs should include research skills, study skills, bilingual
16 and bicultural materials, computer skills a~~ career guidance,
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18 WHEREAS, Federal funds from the California State Library may
19 be available through Title I of the Library Services and
20 Construction Act to support such a demonstration project, and
21 WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the San Bernardino Public
22 Library voted unanimously to submit a grant application to reduce
23 the high rate of drop-outs among Hispanic youth, and
24 WHEREAS, the proposed application represents no continuing
25 expense to the City at the conclusion of the project,
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
27 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO that the San Bernardino
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I Public Library is authorized to apply for Library Services and
2 Construction Act Funds -- Title I to demonstrate the Villasenor
3 Library's services can reduce the Hispanic high school student
4 drop-out rate.
5 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
6 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
meeting thereof, held on
7 Bernardino at a reglllr'lr
8 the 16th day of .111nA
9 following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this ,/7C-~ day
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, 1986.
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