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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The need for highly qualified paraprofessionals | ||||||
| 3 | and teachers in early childhood education is growing; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The articulation of early childhood education | ||||||
| 5 | courses at the community college level with program | ||||||
| 6 | requirements at baccalaureate-granting institutions needs to | ||||||
| 7 | be strengthened; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Illinois P-16 Education Initiative has been | ||||||
| 9 | developing the Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree | ||||||
| 10 | models as a mechanism to better coordinate community college | ||||||
| 11 | programs with university teacher education programs; therefore | ||||||
| 12 | be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois P-16 Education Initiative, working with | ||||||
| 16 | representatives from the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
| 17 | (ICCB), the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), community colleges, | ||||||
| 19 | and public and private universities, shall develop a model | ||||||
| 20 | Associate of Arts in Teaching degree in early childhood | ||||||
| 21 | education; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That the model AAT in early childhood education | ||||||
| 23 | shall be presented for consideration to the ICCB and IBHE no | ||||||
| 24 | later than June 30, 2005; and be it further | ||||||
| 25 | RESOLVED, That the Boards, after approval of the model AAT | ||||||
| 26 | degree in early childhood education, will work with all | ||||||
| 27 | interested parties to approve individual community college | ||||||
| 28 | programs no later than June 30, 2006; and be it further | ||||||
| 29 | RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report | ||||||
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| 1 | to the Illinois House of Representatives and the Office of the | ||||||
| 2 | Governor on the status of acceptance of the AAT by each public | ||||||
| 3 | university within six months of the IBHE approval of the model | ||||||
| 4 | AAT degree in early childhood education; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report | ||||||
| 6 | on the progress of this initiative to the House Higher | ||||||
| 7 | Education Committee no later than February 15, 2005; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That community college students transferring to | ||||||
| 10 | a senior institution with the AAT in early childhood education | ||||||
| 11 | shall have equal status with university native students at the | ||||||
| 12 | beginning of their junior year, and will be in a position to | ||||||
| 13 | graduate with a baccalaureate degree in early childhood | ||||||
| 14 | education in an amount of time that is similar to that of | ||||||
| 15 | native students; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That community colleges should be strongly | ||||||
| 17 | encouraged to continue Associate in Applied Science (AAS) | ||||||
| 18 | programs in early childhood education, in addition to | ||||||
| 19 | developing the AAT; if feasible, the core curriculum for the | ||||||
| 20 | AAT programs should be
used in the AAS programs to maximize the | ||||||
| 21 | credits that would be transferable in the event an AAS | ||||||
| 22 | recipient changes career paths; and be it further | ||||||
| 23 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 24 | provided to the Office of the Governor, the Chairman of the | ||||||
| 25 | Board of Higher Education, the Chairman of the Illinois | ||||||
| 26 | Community College Board, the Chairman of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 27 | Board of Education, and the Illinois P-16 Education Initiative.
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