BILL NUMBER: ACR 100	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  23
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 21, 2008
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2008
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villines
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Aghazarian, Anderson,
Arambula, Beall, Benoit, Berg, Blakeslee, Brownley, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Cook, Coto, Davis, De Leon, DeSaulnier,
DeVore, Duvall, Dymally, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garcia, Garrick, Hancock, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Horton, Houston, Huff, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Karnette,
Keene, La Malfa, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Mendoza,
Mullin, Nakanishi, Nava, Niello, Nunez, Parra, Plescia, Portantino,
Price, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Saldana, Smyth, Solorio, Strickland,
Swanson, Torrico, Tran, Walters, and Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2008

   Relative to California Museum Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 100, Villines. California Museum Month.
   This measure would proclaim May 2008, as California Museum Month.




   WHEREAS, California is home to over 1,300 museums that are located
in every county and region throughout the state and serve millions
of visitors annually; and
   WHEREAS, California museums represent a multitude of learning
experiences, including art museums, zoos, aquaria, historical
societies, science centers, botanical gardens, children's museums,
and cultural centers; and
   WHEREAS, California museums help the state meet its obligations in
the field of education, with approximately 96 percent serving K-12
schoolchildren through field trips, curriculum, outreach programs,
and teacher training; and
   WHEREAS, Over the last decade, California museums have experienced
an approximately 25-percent increase in K-12 school field trip
attendance and an approximately 31-percent increase in the variety of
public activities the museums offer; and
   WHEREAS, Two-thirds of California museums partner with schools and
school districts to provide valuable and relevant educational
programs that serve their local students and enhance instruction
provided by the public sector; and
   WHEREAS, California museums, through exhibitions and programs,
provide access to educational opportunities, exciting and hands-on
learning experiences, information, and the cultural and natural
heritage that defines us as a state; and
   WHEREAS, California museums foster dialogue, utilize critical
thinking skills, and support exploration to advance knowledge,
understanding, and appreciation of history, science, the arts, and
the natural world; and
   WHEREAS, California museums provide a spark that inspires the
future generations of scientists, artists, politicians, historians,
and entrepreneurs; and
   WHEREAS, Americans view museums as one of the most trustworthy
sources of objective information, and, after their families, the most
significant means of creating a strong connection to the past; and
   WHEREAS, The California Association of Museums has served to bring
important recognition to this commemorative month and invites all
museums, museum service organizations, California residents, and
local governments to use this milestone to recognize and celebrate
the essential role California museums play as educational
institutions serving communities, the nation, and the world; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the essential
role that museums have in the State of California as educational
institutions and proclaims May 2008, as California Museum Month; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.