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90_SR0061

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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS, P.A. 89-610 (HB 2596  from  1996)  directed  the
 3    State  Board of Education to establish in final form academic
 4    standards that are to be  applicable  to  students  beginning
 5    with the 1998-99 school year; and
 6        WHEREAS,  the  State Board of Education was prohibited by
 7    P.A. 89-610 from establishing any  such  standards  in  final
 8    form   without   first  providing  opportunities  for  public
 9    participation and local input in the development of the final
10    academic standards; and
11        WHEREAS, during the summer of 1996  the  State  Board  of
12    Education  disseminated  a  four  volume  set of "Preliminary
13    Draft:  Illinois Academic Standards" documents along with  an
14    abridged draft version of the four volume set; and
15        WHEREAS,  the  State  Board  of  Education has closed the
16    public comment period on the draft academic standards and  is
17    preparing to establish final academic standards at some point
18    following  the  adjournment  of  the  Spring 1997 legislative
19    Session; therefore be it,
20        RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
21    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State Board  of  Education
22    is  directed  to  not  establish any final academic standards
23    that were not made available to the public during the  public
24    comment period; and be it further
25        RESOLVED, that, in the event the State Board of Education
26    desires  to  establish  final  academic standards that differ
27    from those made available to the public  during  the  comment
28    period,  the  State  Board  of  Education is directed to open
29    another period of public comment for such standards;  and  be
30    it further
31        RESOLVED,  that a copy of this resolution be presented to
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 1    the State Board of Education.

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