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HJR0029 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 29 | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel is responsible for | ||||||
| 3 | evaluating and recommending modifications to the | ||||||
| 4 | Evidence-Based Funding Formula to ensure all students have | ||||||
| 5 | access to a quality education, including students who are | ||||||
| 6 | identified as advanced learners; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target | ||||||
| 8 | currently includes, for purposes of Gifted Investments, $40 | ||||||
| 9 | for each Average Student Enrollment ("ASE") student in | ||||||
| 10 | kindergarten through grade 12; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Since the Evidence-Based Funding Formula was | ||||||
| 12 | established, legislative changes have expanded the ways in | ||||||
| 13 | which Illinois students are identified as advanced learners, | ||||||
| 14 | so that "gifted" is only one of the categories of advanced | ||||||
| 15 | learners recognized in the Illinois School Code, which now | ||||||
| 16 | includes children eligible for accelerated placement and other | ||||||
| 17 | advanced academic programs under Section 14A-17 of the School | ||||||
| 18 | Code, such as advanced placement coursework, International | ||||||
| 19 | Baccalaureate coursework, dual credit courses, or any course | ||||||
| 20 | designated as enriched or honors; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Using only "gifted" as an adequacy factor to | ||||||
| 22 | describe advanced learners may be outdated and insufficient to | ||||||
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| 1 | provide the educational supports necessary to meet the needs | ||||||
| 2 | of advanced learners in Illinois schools; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we direct the Professional | ||||||
| 6 | Review Panel and the Illinois State Board of Education to | ||||||
| 7 | conduct the analysis and financial modeling required to | ||||||
| 8 | evaluate the implications of including other categories of | ||||||
| 9 | advanced academic programs in addition to gifted as adequacy | ||||||
| 10 | factors beginning in the 2026-2027 school year; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Professional Review Panel and the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois State Board of Education should include their | ||||||
| 14 | findings in a written report to the General Assembly and the | ||||||
| 15 | Governor by December 31, 2026. | ||||||