Full Text of HR0289 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Invest in Kids program was enacted in 2017 by | 3 | | the Illinois General Assembly to
create a scholarship option | 4 | | for economically-challenged young people and their families; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Scholarship benefits provided to young people and | 7 | | their families through the Invest in
Kids program requires the | 8 | | participation of the private sector; benefactors are | 9 | | encouraged, through a
State income tax credit, to make | 10 | | donations to scholarship granting organizations; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Invest in Kids law requires that this | 12 | | scholarship money go to the neediest students
first; as a | 13 | | result, these organizations fund scholarship programs that are | 14 | | targeted to economically-challenged, promising, gifted | 15 | | students; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, For Yvonne Camarillo's family, they now can have | 17 | | their child Adriana attend
kindergarten at St. Agnes of Bohemia | 18 | | School in the Little Village community of Chicago,
providing | 19 | | her a high quality school that fits her needs in a safe and | 20 | | culturally appropriate
environment; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, For Lakisha Partridge's family, the scholarship |
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| 1 | | allows their 3rd grade child, Jeremiah,
to flee constant | 2 | | bullying in his school and now attend St. Leonard School in | 3 | | Berwyn, where he is treated with respect and is placed at his | 4 | | appropriate high academic level; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Melody Healy now has her daughter, Ariana, | 6 | | attending Alpine Academy in Rockford as a first-grade student, | 7 | | where she receives a quality education at an opportune time | 8 | | given
her family's personal and financial challenges; the tax | 9 | | credit scholarship is a blessing; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Shadier Gheith's children, Maryam, Sarra, and | 11 | | Shaymah, attend the Aqsa School in
Bridgeview, providing them | 12 | | with the community values and beliefs that are consistent with | 13 | | their family's faith; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, For Elliot Cohen and his children, Meira, Shalom, | 15 | | Chaya, and Binyomin, who attend
various schools in the Agudath | 16 | | Israel Network, the children's scholarships represent an | 17 | | opportunity for education as part of a community; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Catchet Rodriguez's family is now able to have | 19 | | their two children, Alivia and Isaac
(5th and 2nd grade | 20 | | respectively), attend St. Mark School in Peoria without the | 21 | | financial
burden to the entire family, while knowing that their | 22 | | children are receiving the best education available; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Strong families and strong educational | 2 | | achievement
are essential elements for Illinois and its people | 3 | | as our State deals with its challenges of jobs, life,
and | 4 | | productivity, and the Invest in Kids program is targeted to | 5 | | these challenges; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | the Invest in Kids program provides hope to young people and
| 9 | | their families throughout Illinois and should be fully funded | 10 | | with no cutbacks in the FY20 Illinois
budget; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That this resolution be delivered to Senate | 12 | | President John Cullerton and Speaker of the House Michael J. | 13 | | Madigan.
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