Full Text of HJR0046 94th General Assembly
HJ0046 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board | 3 |
| of Directors voted on March
19, 2005 to institute an enrollment | 4 |
| multiplier, effective this summer, for non-boundaried Illinois | 5 |
| high schools with enrollments of 450 students and above; and
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| WHEREAS, Those non-boundaried high schools include | 7 |
| private, lab, charter, residential,
and magnet schools; and
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| WHEREAS, The IHSA Board President, who is also the | 9 |
| chairperson of the IHSA Public-Private Task Force formed last | 10 |
| year to study public-private issues, has called a multiplier an | 11 |
| "overly simplistic measure"; and
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| WHEREAS, The IHSA Public-Private Task Force rejected the | 13 |
| proposal of a multiplier; and
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| WHEREAS, It is a fundamental right of Americans to form | 15 |
| separate schools, if so desired; and
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| WHEREAS, It is an inherent right of students to engage in | 17 |
| full, free, and fair
competition with other students in this | 18 |
| State in the spirit of sportsmanship and excellence and in | 19 |
| pursuit of the development of natural talents; and
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| WHEREAS, High schools typically schedule athletic events 2 | 21 |
| years in advance; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 24 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that an enrollment multiplier for | 25 |
| non-boundaried schools with enrollments of 450 students and | 26 |
| above not be implemented prior to July 1, 2007; and be it | 27 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| delivered to the IHSA Board of Directors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the IHSA Board of Directors respond to the | 4 |
| General Assembly by filing its response with the Clerk of the | 5 |
| House and the Secretary of the Senate no later than June 1, | 6 |
| 2005.
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