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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The demands of the 21st century require a new | ||||||
| 3 | approach to education to fully prepare our state's youth for | ||||||
| 4 | college, careers, and citizenship; a whole child approach to | ||||||
| 5 | education addresses students' comprehensive needs through the | ||||||
| 6 | shared responsibility of students, families, schools, and | ||||||
| 7 | communities; the goal of such an approach is to ensure that | ||||||
| 8 | each child is challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and | ||||||
| 9 | engaged; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The children of Illinois are our future and will | ||||||
| 11 | provide the leadership, creativity, and productivity to | ||||||
| 12 | sustain and strengthen the quality of life in our state; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the responsibility to | ||||||
| 14 | ensure that our children have every possible opportunity for a | ||||||
| 15 | quality education and future success; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be | ||||||
| 17 | challenged academically and prepared for college, meaningful | ||||||
| 18 | employment in our global economy, and lifelong success; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be supported | ||||||
| 20 | by qualified, caring adults and to receive access to | ||||||
| 21 | personalized learning; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn about | ||||||
| 2 | and practice a healthy lifestyle; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn in an | ||||||
| 4 | environment that is physically and emotionally safe; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be actively | ||||||
| 6 | engaged in learning and connected to the school and broader | ||||||
| 7 | community; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The consequences of not ensuring that our young | ||||||
| 9 | people are challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged | ||||||
| 10 | are clear; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The current high school graduation rate is 87%; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, SAT Math scores for 11th graders who achieve | ||||||
| 14 | "meets or exceeds" are at only 29%; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, SAT English/Language Arts scores for 11th graders | ||||||
| 16 | who achieve "meets or exceeds" are at only 30%; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In science, only 51% of all students in all | ||||||
| 18 | grades are testing at the proficient or exemplary level; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Only 64% of high school seniors enroll in a | ||||||
| 2 | college program within 12 months of graduation; therefore, be | ||||||
| 3 | it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March of | ||||||
| 6 | 2023 as Illinois Whole Child Month to recognize the value of | ||||||
| 7 | assuring that each student is challenged, supported, healthy, | ||||||
| 8 | safe, and engaged; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That we urge parents, educators, and community | ||||||
| 10 | members to support a whole child approach to education for | ||||||
| 11 | each student; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That we urge every school in Illinois to | ||||||
| 13 | celebrate Whole Child Month by adopting at least one of the | ||||||
| 14 | whole child tenets to promote and encourage throughout the | ||||||
| 15 | month; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the Illinois Association for Supervision and | ||||||
| 18 | Curriculum Development as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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