Resolution 059-1979
RESOLUTION NO.59 -1979
RESOLUTION OPPOSING TRANSFER OF THE VOCATIONAL REHABILI-
TATION PROGRAM FROM UNDER STATE SPONSORSHIP.
WHEREAS, the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is presently
under State sponsorship, and
WHEREAS, said program is presently under the Department of
Health & Rehabilitative Services within the State of Florida,
and
WHEREAS, the Vocational Rehabilitation Program should remain
under State sponsorship either under the Department of Education,
where it was successfully administered previously for approximately
forty (40) years, or other autonomous State agency, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, does wholeheartedly endorse the retaining of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Program under the State of Florida, and further, that
said program should be either under the Department of Education,
where it was successfully adminstered previously for approximately
forty (40) years, or other autonomous State agency in order to
assure that appropriate Federal funding and other assistance is
not lost to the citizens of the State of Florida and/or Monroe
County.
2. That the Board of County Commissioners does hereby
request its Legislative Delegation, the Florida Senate, the Florida
House of Representatives, and the Governor of the State of Florida
to continue the Vocational Rehabilitation Program under State
sponsorship and does hereby respectfully request their support of
same.
3. That the Clerk of said Board is hereby directed to
forward certified copies of this Resolution to the Monroe County
Legislative Delegation, the F1o~ida Senate, the Florida House of
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Representatives, and the Governor of the State of Florida, for
their use and appropriate action.
DATED March 27, 1979.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
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