Full Text of HR0638 94th General Assembly
HR0638 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Kathleen Lange was chosen as the 2005 National | 3 |
| Education Association-ESP of the Year; she was also chosen as | 4 |
| the Illinois Education Association-ESP of the Year in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, IEA-ESP membership exceeds 23,000; its members | 6 |
| are actively involved in the association at the local, state, | 7 |
| and national levels, in their community organizations, and in | 8 |
| school restructuring efforts as partners with their teachers | 9 |
| and administrative colleagues; the IEA-ESP award is meant to | 10 |
| further emphasize the contributions of Educational Support | 11 |
| Professionals to their association, schools, and community; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, The National Education Association-ESP has over | 14 |
| 375,000 members and, each year, one of the 50 state association | 15 |
| awardees is chosen as the NEA-ESP of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, As the recipient of the NEA-ESP of the Year award, | 17 |
| Ms. Lange receives $10,000; she is donating the entire award to | 18 |
| the RAINBOWS Program in District 59; RAINBOWS is an | 19 |
| international, not-for-profit organization that fosters | 20 |
| emotional healing among children grieving a loss from a | 21 |
| life-altering crisis, such as divorce, death, or severe | 22 |
| illness; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1995, she has worked as a Health Care | 24 |
| Assistant in a K-5 elementary school; after developing an | 25 |
| electronic log for student visits that is now used | 26 |
| district-wide at all 14 schools, she accepted a temporary | 27 |
| assignment in the Technology Department in November 2004, where | 28 |
| she assists members in achieving data quality objectives within | 29 |
| the district's web-based database; and
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| WHEREAS, When Salt Creek School applied to The Lincoln |
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| Foundation for the 2004 Lincoln Award for progress toward | 2 |
| excellence, she was asked to join the writing team; Salt Creek | 3 |
| won the Lincoln Bronze Award for their commitment to adopt and | 4 |
| apply continuous improvement principles in their school; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving as an Association Representative | 6 |
| for two years, she was the first ESP elected as president of | 7 |
| her wall-to-wall local; in 2002, she was elected as Region | 8 |
| Chair, the first time an ESP was elected to serve as Chair of | 9 |
| Region 43; as the chair of Region 43, she has worked to help | 10 |
| certified members and ESP members see the "common ground" that | 11 |
| is shared by all IEA-NEA members; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we congratulate Kathleen Lange on being chosen as the NEA-ESP | 15 |
| of the Year 2005 and wish her the very best in her future | 16 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Kathleen Lange as an expression of our admiration | 19 |
| and esteem.
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