Full Text of HR0697 94th General Assembly
HR0697 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) | 3 |
| has provided academic and motivational support to more than 95 | 4 |
| percent of the over 257,000 underperforming students who have | 5 |
| been in its program to go on to college since its inception 25 | 6 |
| years ago; and
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| WHEREAS, Advancement Via Individual Determination has | 8 |
| grown over 25 years to more than 2,200 middle high schools in | 9 |
| 36 States and Department of Defense schools in 15 countries; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Advancement Via Individual Determination started | 12 |
| in 1980 with one teacher, Mary Catherine Swanson, and 32 high | 13 |
| school students in San Diego, California, and developed into a | 14 |
| transferable program that creates academic success; and
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| WHEREAS, Students are selected because they are | 16 |
| low-income, first generation, college-going students in the | 17 |
| academic middle not performing to their level of capability; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, These students choose to take an elective class | 20 |
| that teaches note-taking, academic reading strategies, and | 21 |
| collaborative work styles; and
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| WHEREAS, College students support the program with | 23 |
| individual academic coaching; and
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| WHEREAS, Students are required to take a rigorous college | 25 |
| preparatory curriculum including advanced level courses; and
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| WHEREAS, The program provides SAT/ACT preparation, college | 27 |
| information and financial aid assistance, college visits, and | 28 |
| motivational experiences; and
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| WHEREAS, At the end of the first college years, 89 percent | 2 |
| of Advancement Via Individual Determination students are fully | 3 |
| eligible and do enroll for this sophomore year compared to a | 4 |
| national average of 50 percent; and
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| WHEREAS, Over 98,000 teachers and administration have | 6 |
| attended training in the high-quality teaching skills that | 7 |
| support Advancement Via Individual Determination students; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1997, Freeport Illinois High School teacher, | 9 |
| George Buss, was the catalyst behind bringing the AVID Program | 10 |
| to Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, His high school, Freeport District 145, was the | 12 |
| first Illinois school to adopt the AVID Program; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Buss has served as Freeport AVID District | 14 |
| Director since its inception and championed the AVID concept | 15 |
| throughout Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| George Buss, AVID District Director, be recognized for his | 19 |
| exemplary work in the AVID program; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to AVID District Director, George Buss.
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