Full Text of HJR0024 94th General Assembly
HJ0024 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, There are 39 public community college districts | 3 |
| serving all 102 counties within the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Within the 39 community college districts, there | 5 |
| are 48 community colleges, serving nearly 1.2 million | 6 |
| Illinoisans annually; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the past decade, enrollment at the 48 | 8 |
| community colleges has increased by more than 20% and the role | 9 |
| of the community college has expanded dramatically; local | 10 |
| communities and businesses have become reliant on community | 11 |
| colleges as the primary provider of worker education and | 12 |
| training; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that by the | 14 |
| end of this decade 85% of all jobs in the State of Illinois | 15 |
| that are capable of sustaining a middle-class lifestyle will | 16 |
| require access to post-secondary education; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Labor also reports that 75% | 18 |
| of all current workers will require re-skilling or retraining | 19 |
| during the current decade in order to maintain the jobs they | 20 |
| presently hold; and
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| WHEREAS, The reimbursement rules that are currently in | 22 |
| place for community colleges are, in some instances, more than | 23 |
| 30 years old and do not reflect the vast diversity of the | 24 |
| structure and operation of the community college model of | 25 |
| today; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 27 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 28 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created a Joint Task | 29 |
| Force on Community Colleges for the purpose of reviewing the |
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| present community college system and making recommendations to | 2 |
| the General Assembly pertaining to whether the mechanisms that | 3 |
| are in place will handle the expanded role and demands on the | 4 |
| system in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Task Force on Community Colleges | 6 |
| shall consist of the following members: 2 co-chairpersons, each | 7 |
| a member of the General Assembly, with one appointed by the | 8 |
| Speaker of the House and one appointed by the President of the | 9 |
| Senate; 2 spokespersons, each a member of the General Assembly, | 10 |
| with one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House and one | 11 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; 3 community | 12 |
| college presidents appointed by the leadership of the Illinois | 13 |
| Council of Public Community College Presidents; 3 community | 14 |
| college trustees appointed by the leadership of the Illinois | 15 |
| Community College Trustees Association; 2 community college | 16 |
| faculty members appointed by the Chairperson of the Illinois | 17 |
| Community College Board; 2 community college students | 18 |
| appointed by the Illinois Community College Board Student | 19 |
| Advisory Committee; and 2 members appointed by the Chairperson | 20 |
| of the Illinois Community College Board, one of whom is a | 21 |
| nationally recognized community college expert; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Joint Task Force members shall serve on | 24 |
| a voluntary basis and shall not be responsible for any costs | 25 |
| associated with their participation in the Joint Task Force; | 26 |
| and be it further | 27 |
| RESOLVED, That the Joint Task Force shall meet initially at | 28 |
| the call of the Chairperson of the Illinois Community College | 29 |
| Board and thereafter as necessary and shall report its findings | 30 |
| to the General Assembly by filing copies of its report with the | 31 |
| Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate no later | 32 |
| than December 31, 2005; and that upon filing its report the | 33 |
| Joint Task Force is dissolved; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| delivered to the Chairperson of the Illinois Community College | 3 |
| Board and to the Illinois Council of Public Community College | 4 |
| Presidents, Illinois Community College Trustees Association, | 5 |
| and Illinois Community College Board Student Advisory | 6 |
| Committee.
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