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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 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 special education and | ||||||
| 6 | related services; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, High caseloads, meaning the number of students | ||||||
| 8 | assigned to an individual clinician, are contributing to | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois' clinician shortage and are adversely impacting the | ||||||
| 10 | related services districts can provide; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, The National Association of School Social Workers | ||||||
| 12 | recommends that individual caseloads of school social workers | ||||||
| 13 | should not exceed 250 students; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, The National Association of School Psychologists | ||||||
| 15 | recommends that individual caseloads of school psychologists | ||||||
| 16 | should not exceed 500 students; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The American School Counselor Association | ||||||
| 18 | recommends that individual caseloads of school counselors | ||||||
| 19 | should not exceed 250 students; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, The National Association of School Nurses | ||||||
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| 1 | recommends that individual caseloads of school nurses should | ||||||
| 2 | not exceed 750 students; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | ||||||
| 4 | recommends that individual caseloads of speech-language | ||||||
| 5 | pathologists should not exceed 60 students; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 8 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we direct the | ||||||
| 9 | Professional Review Panel and the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 10 | Education to conduct the analysis and financial modeling | ||||||
| 11 | required to evaluate the implications of implementing the | ||||||
| 12 | recommended maximum caseloads for school social workers, | ||||||
| 13 | school psychologists, school counselors, school nurses, and | ||||||
| 14 | speech-language pathologists working in schools; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That the Professional Review Panel and the | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois State Board of Education shall submit their findings | ||||||
| 18 | in a written report to the General Assembly and Governor by | ||||||
| 19 | December 31, 2025. | ||||||