HR0321 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the members of the Illinois House of Representatives resolve to work toward the following 10 recommendations set by the College Board Advocacy and Policy Center in regard to strengthening education in the United States; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we resolve to:

1. provide a program of voluntary preschool education, universally available to children from low-income families;

2. improve middle school and high school college counseling;

3. implement the best research-based dropout prevention programs;

4. align the K-12 education system with international standards and college admission expectations;

5. improve teacher quality and focus on recruitment and retention;

6. clarify and simplify the admission process;

7. provide more need-based grant aid while simplifying and making financial aid processes more transparent;

8. keep college affordable;

9. dramatically increase college completion rates; and

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