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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 3000 of the 93rd General Assembly, as |
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| it passed the House on May 31, 2004, requires the State Board |
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| of Education to develop a 5-year comprehensive strategic plan |
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| for elementary and secondary education; and
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| WHEREAS, The unique needs of rural school districts and |
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| school reorganization issues are required to be included in |
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| this strategic plan, two significant topics that this State |
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| must urgently address; and
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| WHEREAS, Many rural school districts are faced with |
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| declining enrollments, increasing costs, and declining tax |
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| bases, and residents of these school districts are faced with |
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| limited choices; and
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| WHEREAS, Schools in rural communities are often the central |
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| focus of the community, and the State's policies encourage |
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| communities to be economically sound and viable; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| urge the State Board of Education, in developing its 5-year |
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| comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary |
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| education, to address as soon as possible the unique needs of |
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| rural school districts and school reorganization issues in |
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| relation to the economic vitality of these communities.
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