Full Text of HR0676 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois | 4 | | Association of School Boards on the occasion of the 100th | 5 | | anniversary of its founding; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is a | 7 | | voluntary organization of local boards of education dedicated | 8 | | to strengthening public schools through local citizen control; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is | 11 | | organized by member school boards as a private, not-for-profit | 12 | | corporation under the authority granted by Article 23 of the | 13 | | School Code; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards was | 15 | | founded 100 years ago in December 1913 by a group of 25 school | 16 | | board members meeting in Quincy; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Today, nearly 99% of the school boards in Illinois | 18 | | hold active membership; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Membership in the Illinois Association of School | 20 | | Boards also consists of active, associate, affiliate, |
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| 1 | | honorary, and service associate classifications; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the Illinois Association of School | 3 | | Boards is excellence in local school governance in support of | 4 | | quality public education; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards's | 6 | | constitution provides that major policies be established by an | 7 | | annual Delegate Assembly and places governance in the hands of | 8 | | an elected board of directors; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, A board of directors comprised of locally elected | 10 | | school board members has supervision, control, and direction of | 11 | | the affairs of the Illinois Association of School Boards; it | 12 | | implements the Association's policies or determines changes | 13 | | therein within the limits of the constitution and actively | 14 | | prosecutes its purposes; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Board's | 16 | | programs are designed to provide leadership, service, and | 17 | | advocacy for local school boards through professional | 18 | | development, governmental relations, executive searches, | 19 | | in-district services, policy development, information | 20 | | services, legal counsel, and many other services; therefore, be | 21 | | it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate the Illinois Association of School Boards on | 4 | | the 100th anniversary of its founding and wish them many more | 5 | | successful years; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the Illinois Association of School Boards as an | 8 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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