Full Text of HR0105 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Public School system (CPS) is studying | 3 | | ways to best
consolidate a school district that according to | 4 | | their formula has too many seats, too few
students to fill | 5 | | those seats, and not nearly enough funds to maintain that | 6 | | excess capacity; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In doing so they have actively sought input from | 8 | | all Chicagoans given the
potentially devastating impact school | 9 | | closures can have on a community; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, A major factor contributing to the | 11 | | underutilization of CPS schools is the
expansion of charter | 12 | | schools in Chicago; currently, the number of seats available in | 13 | | charter
schools amounts to more than half of the reported | 14 | | excess capacity; moreover, any future
expansion of charter | 15 | | schools will further exacerbate this problem; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, It is not sound fiscal policy to fund the creation | 17 | | of any additional schools
while facing such a large gap between | 18 | | enrollment and capacity; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, CPS should not simultaneously close schools for | 20 | | budget reasons and fund
the creation of additional privately | 21 | | operated charter schools; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Every seat created in a new charter school | 2 | | potentially increases what CPS
has called the "chronic | 3 | | underutilization" of the public schools; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has previously passed a | 5 | | resolution advocating the Chicago Board of Education establish | 6 | | a moratorium on charter school expansion for the 2014-2015 | 7 | | school year to allow CPS, parents, and community members time | 8 | | to fully understand the impact of pending school closures; | 9 | | those aldermen approving of such a moratorium are: Matthew | 10 | | O'Shea, Pat Dowell, Ricardo Munoz, Willie Cochran, John Pope, | 11 | | Mary O'Connor, Lona Lane, John Arena, Carrie Austin, JoAnn | 12 | | Thompson, Toni Foulkes, Margaret Laurino, Joe Moreno, Roberto | 13 | | Maldonado, Harry Osterman, James Cappleman, Michael Chandler, | 14 | | Emma Mitts, Ameya Pawar, Roderick Sawyer, Latasha Thomas, Scott | 15 | | Waguespack, Robert Fioretti, Nicholas Sposato, Timothy M. | 16 | | Cullerton, Walter Burnett Jr., Joseph A. Moore, Leslie | 17 | | Hairston, and William Burns; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we urge the Chicago Board of Education to establish a | 21 | | moratorium on charter school expansion for the 2014-2015 school | 22 | | year; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Chicago Board of Education.
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