Full Text of HJR0051 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Gifted and talented students make up 5% to 10% of | 3 | | the prekindergarten
to grade 12 student population in Illinois; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Students with gifts and talents, and high-ability | 6 | | students who have not
been formally identified for gifted | 7 | | education services, require modifications to the
general | 8 | | education curriculum to fully meet their educational needs; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, There is a growing gap at the highest levels of | 10 | | achievement between the
performance of subgroups of students, | 11 | | particularly those students who are African-American or | 12 | | Hispanic and those who are Caucasian, on statewide assessments | 13 | | of
academic progress; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Effective assessment and instruction of students | 15 | | with gifts and talents
require educators to have specialized | 16 | | knowledge and skills; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Interventions and strategies that have been | 18 | | demonstrated to be
successful with gifted and talented students | 19 | | can be modified to improve the
achievement of all students; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has not provided funding designated for |
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| 1 | | the education of gifted
and talented students directly to local | 2 | | school districts since 2003; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, There are currently no accountability mechanisms | 4 | | in place in Illinois for
education services for gifted and | 5 | | talented children; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Students who are both gifted and have a disability | 7 | | (twice-exceptional)
present special challenges because their | 8 | | disability often masks their academic
potential or their | 9 | | academic strengths may mask their disability, resulting in the | 10 | | lack of
services and supports for this population; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Legislation creating the Talent Act, H.R. 1674 and | 12 | | S. 857, has been
introduced in Congress by Representative Elton | 13 | | Gallegly (R-California) and by Senator
Charles Grassley | 14 | | (R-Iowa), respectively; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Talent Act would assist states and school | 16 | | districts in addressing the
needs of gifted and talented | 17 | | students, including twice-exceptional students, and in
| 18 | | improving the teaching of gifted and talented students;
| 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| 1 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the United States | 2 | | Congress to pass the Talent Act either as a separate Act or as | 3 | | an
amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or | 4 | | another Act of
Congress; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That we urge members of the Illinois | 6 | | congressional delegation to become
co-sponsors of the Talent | 7 | | Act legislation; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the Speaker and
Minority Leader of the United | 10 | | States House of Representatives, the Majority and
Minority | 11 | | Leaders of the United States Senate, and each member of the | 12 | | Illinois
congressional delegation.
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