Full Text of SR0089 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate recognize that | 3 | | the State Board of Education's decision to implement the Common | 4 | | Core State Standards was not authorized by the General | 5 | | Assembly; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Illinois became one of 45 states to opt | 7 | | into the Common Core State Standards Initiative by accepting | 8 | | federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | 9 | | of 2009 and through the Race to the Top initiative of the | 10 | | federal government; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the next few years, the Common Core State | 12 | | Standards, which are largely untested in the United States, | 13 | | will substantively change the educational standards for | 14 | | students in Illinois, thus affecting every teacher and student | 15 | | in the State; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, There are many unknown and significant costs | 17 | | associated with the Common Core State Standards and the | 18 | | Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and | 19 | | Careers; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The only substantive cost analysis of the | 21 | | implementation of the Common Core State Standards was conducted |
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| 1 | | by the Pioneer Institute, a non-partisan, privately funded | 2 | | research organization, which estimates the financial impact | 3 | | for Illinois to be close to $773 million over 7 years; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, There are many school districts who lack the | 5 | | technology, infrastructure, and funding to create an | 6 | | environment for the online-standards testing required by the | 7 | | Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers | 8 | | or the new textbooks that will be needed to teach to the Common | 9 | | Core State Standards; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The State Board of Education has not secured | 11 | | funding for schools that will need curricular, technological, | 12 | | and infrastructure upgrades; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The most recent data shows that over 60% of school | 14 | | districts are operating with a deficit, the prospect of a | 15 | | pension cost-shift, and other expensive unfunded mandates by | 16 | | the State; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, It is inconceivable to require districts to incur | 18 | | costs to upgrade schools in their respective districts because | 19 | | the State Board of Education unilaterally made the decision to | 20 | | move to the Common Core State Standards, without counsel from | 21 | | school districts, without a strong statewide informational | 22 | | campaign about the Common Core State Standards, and without |
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| 1 | | performing a cost analysis for school districts and the State; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina have opted | 4 | | out of the Common Core State Standards and more than a dozen | 5 | | states are considering legislation to repeal involvement in | 6 | | Common Core; 7 Governors have also issued executive orders to | 7 | | reexamine, change, or delay implementation or use of Common | 8 | | Core; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education and the State Board of Education to | 12 | | opt out of the Common Core State Standards until a | 13 | | Board-authorized and conducted study shows the costs | 14 | | associated with the Common Core State Standards and the | 15 | | Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and | 16 | | Careers; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education and General | 18 | | Assembly create a viable plan to provide funding to school | 19 | | districts that need improvements and modernizations to comply | 20 | | with the new Common Core State Standards and the Partnership | 21 | | for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers; and be it | 22 | | further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the State Superintendent of Education and the | 3 | | State Board of Education.
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