Full Text of HR0884 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. David R. Schuler, | 4 | | Superintendent of High School District 214, on being named the | 5 | | National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association | 6 | | of School Administrators (AASA), the School Superintendents | 7 | | Association; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, This is the first time in the 31-year history of | 9 | | the Association's award that a Superintendent from Illinois has | 10 | | won the honor; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, High School District 214 serves more than 12,000 | 12 | | students in six comprehensive high schools in the northwest | 13 | | suburbs of Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler has served as Superintendent of High | 15 | | School District 214 since 2005; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Through his tenure at High School District 214, | 17 | | each of the high schools has been named as one of the best and | 18 | | most challenging schools in the country; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, High School District 214 is a national leader in | 20 | | preparing students for life beyond high school; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler's push to make college more accessible | 2 | | and affordable has led to a comprehensive career pathways | 3 | | program that offers personalized learning experiences through | 4 | | early college credit, internships, and career credentials, and | 5 | | the passage of critical education legislation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Students have earned more than 1,500 career | 7 | | certifications in areas including computer programming, | 8 | | manufacturing, and healthcare, completed nearly two million | 9 | | hours of internship experiences, and annually earn 34,000 early | 10 | | college credits; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The District now teaches computer science to all | 12 | | 12,000 students, and its six schools were among only seven in | 13 | | the nation to pilot an iOS app development curriculum, | 14 | | initiatives which were recognized by the White House; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Under Dr. Schuler's leadership, District 214 | 16 | | helped write, champion, and pass legislation requiring every | 17 | | public Illinois college and university to accept Advanced | 18 | | Placement scores of three or higher; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler, with the support of a strong Board of | 20 | | Education and an excellent staff, launched Redefining Ready!, a | 21 | | national campaign that introduces multiple research-based |
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| 1 | | metrics to demonstrate post-secondary readiness, during his | 2 | | time as 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents | 3 | | Association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Redefining Ready! has received support from | 5 | | thousands of educators across the country, and multiple states | 6 | | adopted the framework as part of their state accountability | 7 | | plans in the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Redefining Ready! has a multiple metric approach | 9 | | that ensure students are seen as more than a single test score; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, His work on Redefining Ready! has been published | 12 | | in several publications, and he has testified about college and | 13 | | career readiness before the United States Senate Committee on | 14 | | Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee | 15 | | on Education and the Workforce; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate Dr. David R. Schuler on receiving the prestigious | 19 | | recognition as National Superintendent of the Year; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Dr. Schuler as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect for his achievement.
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