Full Text of HR0412 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, during the 100th General Assembly, the | 3 | | Invest in Kids Act was created to grant low-income to | 4 | | middle-income parents a choice about their children's | 5 | | educations, bringing about a new era for children's education | 6 | | in Illinois; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Invest in Kids Program provides 75% tax | 8 | | credits to individuals and businesses for their donations to | 9 | | scholarship-granting organizations, non-profits that provide | 10 | | school scholarships to low-income and middle-income students; | 11 | | and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The income limit for recipients of this program | 13 | | is 300% of the poverty level for new applicants and 400% of the | 14 | | poverty level for renewals, meaning that the most vulnerable | 15 | | students and families benefit from this program; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, During the 2021-2022 school year, the average | 17 | | scholarship value was $8,340, and 9,029 students participated | 18 | | in the program, leading to many students receiving excellent | 19 | | educations without jeopardizing their families' budgets; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis | 21 | | Gates, someone directly involved in the quality of public |
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| 1 | | education, has elected to send one of her children to a private | 2 | | institution; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The Invest in Kids program is funded entirely | 4 | | through private donations to scholarship-granting | 5 | | organizations; local public school districts' funding from the | 6 | | State is protected and cannot drop below 2019 levels, even if | 7 | | the student population drops as it has in Chicago Public | 8 | | Schools; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The 103rd General Assembly let this much loved | 10 | | and well-respected program be pushed to the side, leaving | 11 | | thousands of students and families without direction as to | 12 | | what would become of their educations; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a responsibility to grant freedom to | 14 | | its citizens, including freedom to make decisions about their | 15 | | children's education; therefore, be it | 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we urge the General Assembly to take a vote on removing the | 19 | | sunset from the Invest in Kids Act during the upcoming Veto | 20 | | Session and make it possible for these students to continue | 21 | | their educations; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to Speaker of the House Chris Welch, President of | 3 | | the Senate Don Harmon, and Governor JB Pritzker. |
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