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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, When young people start skipping school, they are
3 telling their parents, school officials, and the community at
4 large that they are in trouble and need our help if they are to
5 keep moving forward in life; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Preventing or combating truancy is one of the
7 first ways that a community can reach out quickly to a
8 disaffected young person and his or her family; therefore, be
9 it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12 there is established the Truants' Alternative and Optional
13 Education Task Force for the purpose of recommending a best
14 model for the distribution of Truants' Alternative and Optional
15 Education Program grant funds to ensure that limited resources
16 reach the students most in need; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
18 following members: (i) one member of the House of
19 Representatives or his or her designee, appointed by the
20 Speaker of the House to serve as co-chairperson of the Task
21 Force; (ii) one member of the House of Representatives or his
22 or her designee, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House
23 to serve as co-chairperson of the Task Force; (iii) 2 members
24 of the public, one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of
25 the House and one of whom shall be appointed by the Minority
26 Leader of the House; (iv) one member representing an optional
27 education program, appointed by the State Board of Education;
28 (v) one member representing a truancy intervention program,
29 appointed by the State Board of Education; (vi) one member
30 representing a regional office of education, appointed by an
31 association that represents regional superintendents of
32 schools; (vii) one member representing a school district,

 

 

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1 appointed by an association representing school management;
2 (viii) one member representing community colleges, appointed
3 by the Illinois Community College Board; (ix) one member
4 appointed by a coalition that advocates for at-risk youth; and
5 (x) one employee of the State Board of Education who works with
6 the Truants' Alternative and Optional Education Program,
7 appointed by the State Board of Education; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That the Truants' Alternative and Optional
9 Education Task Force shall file a report of its findings with
10 the Clerk of the House no later than January 1, 2007 and that
11 upon filing its report the Task Force is dissolved; and be it
12 further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 delivered to the State Board of Education and the Illinois
15 Community College Board.