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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Many schools in the State of Illinois are facing | ||||||
| 3 | critical funding shortages, which has negatively impacted | ||||||
| 4 | their ability to provide quality education to their students; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly believe that | ||||||
| 7 | all educational institutions throughout the State should be | ||||||
| 8 | funded as equally as possible in order to provide every student | ||||||
| 9 | with the best education possible; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the School | ||||||
| 13 | Poverty Task Force to study sources of funding for | ||||||
| 14 | poverty-stricken schools throughout the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 15 | be it further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study possible | ||||||
| 17 | solutions and new methods for State funding, including General | ||||||
| 18 | State Aid and poverty grant funding, in order to give advice on | ||||||
| 19 | how school funding can be more equally distributed to schools | ||||||
| 20 | in the State; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Board of Education shall | ||||||
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| 1 | provide administrative support to the Task Force; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 4 | following members: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) one member appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 7 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 9 | Senate; | ||||||
| 10 | (4) one member appointed by the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 11 | Education; | ||||||
| 12 | (5) one member appointed by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 13 | Human Services; | ||||||
| 14 | (6) one member with expertise in poverty, appointed by | ||||||
| 15 | a non-profit group involved in poverty-stricken schools in | ||||||
| 16 | the State; and | ||||||
| 17 | (7) one member to serve as a representative of teacher | ||||||
| 18 | unions in the State, appointed by election from all major | ||||||
| 19 | teacher unions in the State; and be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the | ||||||
| 21 | call of the Speaker of the House and the President of the | ||||||
| 22 | Senate, submit a report to the General Assembly no later than | ||||||
| 23 | October 31, 2014, and, upon submission, be dissolved; and be it | ||||||
| 24 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to the Governor, the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 3 | Education, and the Illinois Department of Human Services.
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