Full Text of SR0560 96th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 560
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| WHEREAS, A recent analysis shows that more than half of all | 3 |
| Illinois children suspended from public schools are | 4 |
| African-American, even though they represent less than | 5 |
| one-fifth of the enrollment; and
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| WHEREAS, Expulsion rates also disproportionally hit | 7 |
| African-American students, causing them to miss more classroom | 8 |
| instruction time, which leads to increased rates of dropouts, | 9 |
| joblessness, and incarceration; and
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| WHEREAS, In the last decade, suspensions of | 11 |
| African-American students have escalated by 75% while those of | 12 |
| white students have dropped more than 5%; white students are | 13 |
| expelled 16% more often than they were 10 years ago, but | 14 |
| African-American students are expelled 56% more often; and
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| WHEREAS, Caucasian students make up nearly three-fifths of | 16 |
| public school enrollment, yet in the most recent data, they | 17 |
| account for one-third or fewer of both suspensions and | 18 |
| expulsions; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Task Force on | 21 |
| Eliminating Racial Bias in Suspensions and Expulsions be |
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| convened, consisting of 15 members, who shall serve without | 2 |
| compensation, as follows: | 3 |
| (1) one member appointed by the Governor, who shall | 4 |
| serve as chair; | 5 |
| (2) one member appointed by the President
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| Senate; | 7 |
| (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House
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| Representatives; | 9 |
| (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 10 |
| Senate; | 11 |
| (5) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 12 |
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of Representatives; | 13 |
| (6) one member appointed by the Chairperson of the | 14 |
| Illinois State Board of Education; | 15 |
| (7) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 16 |
| recommendation of an association representing school | 17 |
| boards; | 18 |
| (8) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 19 |
| recommendation of the Chicago Board of Education; | 20 |
| (9) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 21 |
| recommendation of an organization representing teachers; | 22 |
| (10) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 23 |
| recommendation of a different organization representing | 24 |
| teachers; | 25 |
| (11) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 26 |
| recommendation of an association representing regional |
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| superintendents, who shall have expertise in administering | 2 |
| a regional safe school program; and
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| (12) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 4 |
| recommendation of an organization representing collar | 5 |
| county school districts; | 6 |
| (13) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 7 |
| recommendation of an organization representing suburban | 8 |
| school districts; | 9 |
| (14) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 10 |
| recommendation of an organization representing large unit | 11 |
| school districts; and | 12 |
| (15) one member appointed by the Governor upon the | 13 |
| recommendation of an organization representing parents and | 14 |
| teachers; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall examine the causes of | 16 |
| the racial gap in suspension and expulsion rates, consider the | 17 |
| long-term implications of the inequity, and issue a report to | 18 |
| the General Assembly by May 1, 2010 that makes recommendations | 19 |
| for removing bias from the suspension and expulsion processes; | 20 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be dissolved upon | 22 |
| filing its report with the General Assembly.
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