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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, There is no official statewide data on the health | ||||||
| 3 | needs of our diverse student populations or the level of | ||||||
| 4 | services required to meet these needs in this State; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Unmet health needs interfere with a student's | ||||||
| 6 | ability to focus on learning and achieve his or her highest | ||||||
| 7 | potential; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, It is our intent to ensure that students are | ||||||
| 9 | healthy and ready to learn and to provide health service | ||||||
| 10 | resources to enable all students to access education equally; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, It is also our intent to support and sustain the | ||||||
| 13 | healthy development of youth in partnership with parents, | ||||||
| 14 | schools, health care providers, community organizations, and | ||||||
| 15 | governmental agencies in keeping with the goals and objectives | ||||||
| 16 | of Healthy People 2010; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
| 19 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we respectfully request that the State | ||||||
| 20 | Board of Education, the Department of Human Services School | ||||||
| 21 | Health Program, and the Department of Public Health Division of | ||||||
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| 1 | Chronic Disease Prevention and Control establish a task force | ||||||
| 2 | to study and compile a report on: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) Identification of current student health needs and | ||||||
| 4 | the level of health services required to address such | ||||||
| 5 | needs; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) Regulatory conflicts that limit delivery of school | ||||||
| 7 | health services to students in need along with possible | ||||||
| 8 | solutions; and | ||||||
| 9 | (3) Needed support for and monitoring of school health | ||||||
| 10 | services; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of no more than | ||||||
| 12 | 15 members appointed jointly by a working group of the three | ||||||
| 13 | State agencies; the task force shall include one member from | ||||||
| 14 | each of the agencies as well as additional members that shall | ||||||
| 15 | be selected by the working group from organizations | ||||||
| 16 | representing, at a minimum, the following interests: school | ||||||
| 17 | administrators, school board members, school nurses, nurses, | ||||||
| 18 | school health advocates, school health centers, physician | ||||||
| 19 | groups, teacher unions, and parents; additional members may be | ||||||
| 20 | determined at the discretion of the State agencies; and be it | ||||||
| 21 | further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall submit its report to | ||||||
| 23 | the General Assembly by January 1, 2010; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to the State Superintendent of Education, the | ||||||
| 3 | Secretary of Human Services, and the Director of Public Health.
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