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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It is the educational and economic policy of
3 this State to move regional and local area institutions
4 towards self-reliance and local responsibility and control;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, The former State Community College was formed as
7 an experimental college to meet the needs of the East St.
8 Louis area for technical and college preparation for its
9 citizens; and
10 WHEREAS, State Community College was abolished on July 1,
11 1996, and was replaced on that date with a new permanent
12 class II community college district that inherited many of
13 the financing and operating problems that State Community
14 College had experienced; and
15 WHEREAS, The new Metropolitan Community College, which
16 replaced State Community College in an attempt to correct its
17 problems, hired an inexperienced staff that inadequately
18 administered the financial affairs of Metropolitan Community
19 College and failed to develop a financial system acceptable
20 to the Illinois Community College Board; and
21 WHEREAS, Metropolitan Community College has been
22 accredited by the North Central Accrediting Association; and
23 WHEREAS, The major universities of Illinois have been
24 approached to intervene, supervise, train staff, and correct
25 any and all faulty operations of Metropolitan Community
26 College and recommend a plan to correct the problems of staff
27 training and the operational problems of Metropolitan
28 Community College; and
29 WHEREAS, The taxpayers of District 541 have expressed
30 their desire to support Metropolitan Community College by
31 paying taxes to support operations and education; as recently
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1 as November 1994, they voted to levy a tax to maintain and
2 operate Metropolitan Community College; and
3 WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board, on October
4 16, 1998, voted to dissolve Metropolitan Community College
5 effective January 1, 1999; and
6 WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board has placed
7 Metropolitan Community College Board in oversight and assumed
8 the day to day operations, including the hiring and firing of
9 all staff, of Metropolitan Community College; and
10 WHEREAS, Legislation has been proposed for introduction
11 in the current General Assembly prohibiting the Board from
12 dissolving Metropolitan Community College, by reserving that
13 power to only the General Assembly; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16 there is created the Metropolitan Community College
17 Investigative Committee consisting of 2 members appointed by
18 the Speaker of the House and 1 member appointed by the
19 Minority Leader of the House; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, that the Committee shall investigate the
21 circumstances surrounding the dissolution of Metropolitan
22 Community College and shall report its findings to the House
23 by filing copies of its report with the Clerk of the House on
24 or before February 15, 1999; and, that upon filing its report
25 the Committee is dissolved; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, that we urge the Illinois Community College
27 Board to withdraw its decision to dissolve Metropolitan
28 Community College, effective January 1, 1999, pending action
29 by the Ninetieth General Assembly.