Full Text of SJR0040 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, more than 1.2 million adults do not | 3 | | have a high school diploma or
equivalency certificate and | 4 | | approximately 2.73 million immigrants speak a language other | 5 | | than
English in their homes; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, adult learners have access to basic | 7 | | education and literacy activities,
high quality career | 8 | | pathways, postsecondary education, and training programs in | 9 | | high demand
occupations; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, With the passage and implementation of the federal | 11 | | Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act of 2014, adult | 12 | | education has a greater emphasis on employability and
technical | 13 | | skills training; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Illinois now has three exams approved for | 15 | | determining high school
equivalency, giving adult education | 16 | | students more options for testing, including both | 17 | | computer-based
and paper-based testing formats; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Eighty-three adult education providers across | 19 | | Illinois offer programs funded through
the Illinois Community | 20 | | College Board that provide comprehensive instruction to more | 21 | | than
82,000 learners each year; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, "Creating Pathways for Adult Learners: A | 2 | | Visioning Document for the Illinois
Adult Education and Family | 3 | | Literacy Program" was written in November of 2009 and intended | 4 | | to
guide operations for a five year period; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board has the | 6 | | statutory authority over adult
education and high school | 7 | | equivalency testing; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 10 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Statewide Task | 11 | | Force on the Future of Adult Education and Literacy within the | 12 | | Illinois Community College Board; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 14 | | following members: | 15 | | (1) the Executive Director of the Illinois Community | 16 | | College Board or his or her
designee, who is to serve as | 17 | | Chair of the Task Force; | 18 | | (2) the Chair of the Illinois Community College Board | 19 | | or his or her designee; |
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| 1 | | (3) the Secretary of Education or his or her designee; | 2 | | (4) the Secretary of State or his or her designee; | 3 | | (5) the State Superintendent of the Illinois Board of | 4 | | Education or his or her designee; | 5 | | (6) the Executive Director of the Illinois Board of | 6 | | Higher Education or his or her designee; | 7 | | (7) the Executive Director of the Illinois Student | 8 | | Assistance Commission or his or her designee; | 9 | | (8) the Executive Director of the Department of | 10 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity
or his or her designee; | 11 | | (9) the Executive Director of the Department of | 12 | | Employment Security or his or her
designee; | 13 | | (10) the Executive Director of the Department of Human | 14 | | Services or his or her designee; | 15 | | (11) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | 16 | | the President of the Senate; | 17 | | (12) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by |
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| 1 | | the Minority Leader of the
Senate; | 2 | | (13) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | 3 | | the Speaker of the House
of Representatives; | 4 | | (14) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | 5 | | the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives; | 6 | | (15) a representative of a statewide association | 7 | | representing regional
superintendents of schools, | 8 | | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois
| 9 | | Community College Board; | 10 | | (16) a representative of a statewide association | 11 | | representing adult and continuing
educators, appointed by | 12 | | the Executive Director of the Illinois Community College
| 13 | | Board; | 14 | | (17) a president or chief executive officer of a | 15 | | community college, appointed by the
Executive Director of | 16 | | the Illinois Community College Board; | 17 | | (18) a member of the philanthropic community, | 18 | | appointed by the Executive Director
of the Illinois | 19 | | Community College Board; |
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| 1 | | (19) a representative of a nonprofit, community-based | 2 | | organization that provides
adult education programs, | 3 | | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois
| 4 | | Community College; | 5 | | (20) a representative of a community college that | 6 | | provides adult education
programs, appointed by the | 7 | | Executive Director of the Illinois Community College | 8 | | Board; | 9 | | (21) a representative of a local education agency that | 10 | | provides adult education
programs, appointed by the | 11 | | Executive Director of the Illinois Community College | 12 | | Board; and | 13 | | (22) a representative of a postsecondary Career and | 14 | | Technical Education program;
appointed by the Executive | 15 | | Director of the Illinois Community College Board; and be
it | 16 | | further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall create a statewide | 18 | | strategic plan for adult education and
literacy that shall | 19 | | consider, but not be limited to, all of the following: | 20 | | (1) demographics of the State's population; |
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| 1 | | (2) the State's economic and educational conditions; | 2 | | (3) current and projected needs of the State's adult | 3 | | residents with low literacy skills,
without a high school | 4 | | diploma and those who have limited English speaking skills; | 5 | | (4) options for adults without a high school diploma; | 6 | | (5) the federal Adult Education funding guidelines; | 7 | | (6) student pipeline issues, including college and | 8 | | career readiness, transitions to college
or training | 9 | | programs, and postsecondary retention, transfer, and | 10 | | graduation rates; | 11 | | (7) curriculum and instruction, professional | 12 | | development, assessment, and program
design; | 13 | | (8) productivity and accountability; | 14 | | (9) innovation in approaches to teaching and learning | 15 | | for adult learners; | 16 | | (10) workforce readiness; and | 17 | | (11) partnerships involving, Workforce Innovation and |
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| 1 | | Opportunity Act partner
agencies, higher education, | 2 | | nonprofits, and business; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall seek input from | 4 | | stakeholders and members of the public
on the issues to be | 5 | | reviewed and reported on by the Task Force; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That members of the Task Force shall serve | 7 | | without compensation and the Illinois
Community College Board | 8 | | shall provide administrative and other support to the Task | 9 | | Force;
and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report to the General | 11 | | Assembly and the Governor on or
before January 31, 2018 with a | 12 | | strategic plan for adult education that includes a series of
| 13 | | recommendations and priority actions to guide the State agency | 14 | | responsible for adult education
and literacy services over the | 15 | | next five years; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force is dissolved upon the filing | 17 | | of its final report.
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