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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the
3members of the Illinois House of Representatives resolve to
4work toward the following 10 recommendations set by the College
5Board Advocacy and Policy Center in regard to strengthening
6education in the United States; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we resolve to:
10    1. provide a program of voluntary preschool education,
11universally available to children from low-income families;
12    2. improve middle school and high school college
13counseling;
14    3. implement the best research-based dropout prevention
15programs;
16    4. align the K-12 education system with international
17standards and college admission expectations;
18    5. improve teacher quality and focus on recruitment and
19retention;
20    6. clarify and simplify the admission process;
21    7. provide more need-based grant aid while simplifying and
22making financial aid processes more transparent;
23    8. keep college affordable;
24    9. dramatically increase college completion rates; and

 

 

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1    10. provide postsecondary opportunities as an essential
2element of adult education programs.