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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Basic personal financial management, including | ||||||
| 3 | the principles of saving, spending, credit, investment, taxes, | ||||||
| 4 | and insurance, is an essential life skill necessary to the | ||||||
| 5 | well-being of all Illinoisans; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Experience has shown that students respond to | ||||||
| 7 | well-executed life skills programs that have direct practical | ||||||
| 8 | application to their daily lives; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The personal responsibility and well-being of the | ||||||
| 10 | emerging generation will be essential to the overall health and | ||||||
| 11 | well-being of Illinois' economic and social condition; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, In recent years, the Illinois General Assembly has | ||||||
| 13 | placed special emphasis on the importance and effectiveness of | ||||||
| 14 | financial education by, among other things, requiring high | ||||||
| 15 | schools to offer consumer education to students and by the | ||||||
| 16 | establishment of a state-wide task force focused primarily on | ||||||
| 17 | financial education for children; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Through the resources available to educators and | ||||||
| 19 | school districts, the Illinois Council on Economic Education | ||||||
| 20 | has proven a valuable tool in enhancing the economic future of | ||||||
| 21 | students; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Since Fiscal Year 2000, General Revenue Funds have | ||||||
| 2 | been dedicated to financially support the programming of the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois Council on Economic Education; the Illinois State | ||||||
| 4 | Board Fiscal Year 2010 budget does not include that | ||||||
| 5 | appropriation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Impacting almost 200,000 students annually, the | ||||||
| 7 | recurring $250,000 appropriation is a small investment of $1.30 | ||||||
| 8 | per student that provides a life-long impact; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | request that the Illinois State Board of Education seek federal | ||||||
| 12 | and private funding resources to further enhance economic | ||||||
| 13 | education for students in Illinois and continue to fund the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Council on Economic Education; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we urge the federal government to spend | ||||||
| 16 | stimulus funds promoting educational opportunities to further | ||||||
| 17 | educate students on economic principles; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the Illinois State Superintendent of Education and | ||||||
| 20 | to each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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