Full Text of HJR0102 94th General Assembly
HJ0102eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 102
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| WHEREAS, In November of 2005, the U.S. Department of | 3 |
| Justice notified Southern Illinois University (SIU) that it | 4 |
| intended to file a lawsuit against the university related to | 5 |
| three of the university's fellowship programs, specifically, | 6 |
| the PROMPT, BRIDGE, and GRADUATE DEANS programs; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Justice has alleged that | 8 |
| SIU is in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act | 9 |
| in its administration of these programs; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, African Americans and Hispanic-Latinos are | 11 |
| underrepresented in all graduate programs; the subject matter | 12 |
| programs at issue have provided access to graduate programs for | 13 |
| approximately 85 minority students; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Justice and SIU have | 15 |
| negotiated a Consent Decree that protects the students | 16 |
| currently enrolled in these programs; in addition, the Consent | 17 |
| Decree avoids the cost of protracted litigation, with no | 18 |
| penalties or fines assessed against SIU, and amends the | 19 |
| eligibility requirements of three SIU-C paid fellowship | 20 |
| programs; the Consent Decree also allows SIU to avoid potential | 21 |
| legal exposure and financial penalty; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the | 23 |
| Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, and the entire General | 24 |
| Assembly desire to be updated, annually, on SIU's progress in | 25 |
| minority participation in its fellowship programs; both | 26 |
| Caucuses have met with the President of SIU and have expressed | 27 |
| their grave concerns related to the inclusion of African | 28 |
| American and Hispanic-Latino students in the university's | 29 |
| fellowship programs, as well as other facets of the university; | 30 |
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the | 2 |
| Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, and the entire General | 3 |
| Assembly have indicated their desire to stay informed of the | 4 |
| events surrounding the investigations conducted by the U.S. | 5 |
| Department of Justice and the progress that SIU is making in | 6 |
| increasing the number of African American and Hispanic-Latino | 7 |
| students in both fellowship and graduate assistance programs; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 11 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that Southern Illinois University | 12 |
| provide, on an annual basis, an update on minority | 13 |
| participation in all fellowship and graduate assistance | 14 |
| programs at SIU to the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the | 15 |
| Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, and the entire General | 16 |
| Assembly; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the President and the Board of Trustees of | 18 |
| Southern Illinois University take the necessary steps to ensure | 19 |
| that African Americans and Hispanic-Latinos are provided | 20 |
| access to and are allowed to compete in all fellowship and | 21 |
| graduate assistance programs; and be it further | 22 |
| RESOLVED, That the President and the Board of Trustees of | 23 |
| Southern Illinois University take the necessary steps to ensure | 24 |
| that the university establishes and maintains an environment | 25 |
| that is conducive to the successful completion of these | 26 |
| programs as well as supports the efforts of African American | 27 |
| and Hispanic-Latino students in the same or similar manner as | 28 |
| it supports all other students; and be it further | 29 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 30 |
| delivered to the President of Southern Illinois University and | 31 |
| the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University.
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