[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S6893]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 257--DESIGNATING OCTOBER 3, 2013, AS ``JUMPSTART'S 
                       READ FOR THE RECORD DAY''

  Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Bennet) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 257

       Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, 
     is working to ensure that every child in the United States 
     can enter kindergarten prepared to succeed;
       Whereas Jumpstart recruits and trains college students and 
     community volunteers year-round to deliver a high-quality 
     early education curriculum to preschool children in low-
     income neighborhoods, helping preschool children develop the 
     key language and literacy skills they need in order to 
     succeed in school and in life;
       Whereas, since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged nearly 28,000 
     adults in service to more than 50,000 young children in 
     communities across the United States;
       Whereas Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in 
     partnership with the Pearson Foundation, is a national 
     campaign that culminates in 1 day out of the year when 
     millions of people in the United States come together to 
     celebrate literacy and support Jumpstart in its efforts to 
     promote early childhood education;
       Whereas the goals of Jumpstart's Read for the Record are--
         (1) to raise awareness of the importance of early 
     childhood education in the United States;
         (2) to support the mission of Jumpstart, as well as early 
     education programs established by Jumpstart in preschools in 
     low-income neighborhoods; and
         (3) to celebrate the commencement of Jumpstart's program 
     year;

       Whereas October 3, 2013, would be an appropriate date to 
     designate as ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'' because 
     it is the date on which Jumpstart aims to set the world 
     record for the largest shared reading experience; and
       Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage more than 2,385,305 
     adults and children in reading ``Otis'', by Loren Long, 
     during a record-breaking celebration of reading and service, 
     in support of preschool children in the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 3, 2013, as ``Jumpstart's Read for 
     the Record Day'';
       (2) commends Jumpstart's Read for the Record on its 8th 
     year;
       (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, parents, 
     teachers, and college students, to join children in creating 
     the world's largest shared reading experience and to show 
     their support for early literacy and Jumpstart's early 
     education programming for young children in low-income 
     communities; and
       (4) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
     transmit a copy of this resolution to Jumpstart, one of the 
     leading nonprofit organizations in the United States in the 
     field of early childhood education.

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