Full Text of SR0232 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, All students, educators, and families in Illinois | 3 | | have been deeply affected by COVID-19 in
ways that will be felt | 4 | | for years to come; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The pandemic has laid bare systemic inequities in | 6 | | American society and has
disproportionately impacted Black and | 7 | | Latinx students, students from low-income households, English
| 8 | | Learners, and students with special needs; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Even prior to COVID-19, Illinois students faced | 10 | | significant unmet academic and social-emotional
needs; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has | 12 | | forced districts to disrupt traditional in-person
learning and | 13 | | educator professional development, and schools have been | 14 | | implementing
variations of in-person, hybrid, and remote | 15 | | learning models; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Research suggests that the disrupted schooling | 17 | | over the past year, left unaddressed, will
impact students' | 18 | | academic and social-emotional learning and development and | 19 | | will disproportionally
impact historically underserved | 20 | | students' educational and lifelong outcomes; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The path to recovery for Illinois students | 2 | | requires a commitment to address their academic,
emotional, | 3 | | and mental health needs and requires adults in the State of | 4 | | Illinois to provide our children
with stronger, more systemic | 5 | | supports and interventions; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Teachers and administrators will need additional | 7 | | time to plan and adapt practice to best
support student needs; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Both research and practice indicate that adding | 10 | | time to the school day and/or year can have
a meaningful | 11 | | positive impact on student outcomes; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, To be most effective, this additional time needs | 13 | | to be of both a sufficient quantity and
quality, including | 14 | | engaging instructional and enrichment time for students and | 15 | | planning and
collaboration time for educators; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, There are meaningful equity considerations that | 17 | | schools and districts must consider in how they
elect to add | 18 | | additional time to the school day and/or school year so that no | 19 | | student or group of
students is excluded or faces opportunity | 20 | | gaps; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Illinois school districts have received |
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| 1 | | significant federal stimulus dollars to address both the
| 2 | | COVID-19 related immediate and recovery needs of students, and | 3 | | extended time is an allowable use for
these funds; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Absent additional time, in order to provide the | 5 | | needed academic and social-emotional
supports, schools may be | 6 | | forced to eliminate or decrease time and support for | 7 | | enrichment
opportunities or focus on a subset of content | 8 | | instead of the breadth and depth of knowledge the State and
| 9 | | Illinois institutions of higher education have deemed | 10 | | necessary for post-secondary success; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, National and local education and civil rights | 12 | | leaders, as well as state education leaders, have
advocated | 13 | | for additional time as a critical strategy to address learning | 14 | | disruption; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Illinois | 17 | | school districts to add additional time to the school day
| 18 | | and/or school year, beginning in the School Year 2021-22 and | 19 | | for the next three years, to help all
students address the | 20 | | unprecedented need brought by the COVID-19 learning | 21 | | disruption; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That this additional time should be added based |
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| 1 | | on research-based best practices, including
ensuring there are | 2 | | sufficient additional minutes added to the calendar with a | 3 | | focus on quality
instructional, social-emotional, and | 4 | | enrichment programming; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That additional consideration should be given to | 6 | | the need for additional time for educators
to plan and | 7 | | prepare; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That districts should prioritize equity | 9 | | considerations in the planning and implementation of
this | 10 | | additional time, including how this time is (1) prioritized | 11 | | for those schools and communities that
serve predominantly | 12 | | historically underserved student populations, (2) supported by | 13 | | qualified educators
and staff, (3) accessible by sufficient | 14 | | transportation services and not at the exclusion of | 15 | | participating in
extracurricular activities like sports, | 16 | | internships and clubs, (4) inclusive of programming that takes | 17 | | into
consideration the language needs and diverse learner | 18 | | needs of the community's students, (5) not
prohibitive for | 19 | | students based on fees, and (6) executed in partnership with | 20 | | caregivers, students, and
school staff.
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