Full Text of SR0981 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Operation Endangered Species seeks to address the | 3 | | recognized needs of all State agencies, as well as the plight | 4 | | of organisms threatened with extinction through the | 5 | | empowerment of students in classrooms across the State to | 6 | | cooperate, collaborate, and create a template which reaches | 7 | | across many disciplines, easily adapts to any endangered | 8 | | species, and creates a curriculum template for giving students | 9 | | the tools to take action; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Operation Endangered Species' mission is to | 11 | | engineer innovated education techniques to better educate | 12 | | students in order to protect and bring back endangered species; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Operation Endangered Species was founded and | 15 | | established in 2011 at Pontiac Township High School; the | 16 | | program is currently in 11 schools with over 1,000 students; | 17 | | the organization started with 4 Alligator Snapping Turtles and | 18 | | now has 17; Mr. Ritter and Mr. Soares, along with their | 19 | | students, plan to have 5,000 turtles by 2021; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Pontiac Township High School has been aided by a | 21 | | generous support donation from the State Farm Youth Advisory | 22 | | Board, Illinois State University, the Illinois Department of |
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| 1 | | Natural Resources, and Tetra-Fauna for donating supplies and | 2 | | food for the Alligator Snapping Turtles; Dr. Brady Barr from | 3 | | National Geographic is also recognized for inspiring the | 4 | | project and for bestowing knowledge of endangered species; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Article XI, Section I of the Constitution of the | 6 | | State of Illinois states: "The public policy of the State and | 7 | | the duty of each person is to provide and maintain a helpful | 8 | | environment for the benefit of this and future generations"; | 9 | | Section II of the Constitution states that "each person has the | 10 | | right to a healthful environment. Each person may enforce this | 11 | | right against any party, governmental or private, through | 12 | | appropriate legal proceedings subject to reasonable limitation | 13 | | and regulation as the General Assembly may provide by law"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Operation Endangered Species remains true to this | 15 | | plan and is continuing to expand; students are participating in | 16 | | the saving of a species and taking advantage of their right to | 17 | | improve the environment and their communities; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the date | 20 | | of March 20, 2014 as Endangered Species Day in the State of | 21 | | Illinois in hopes to gain national awareness for all endangered | 22 | | species; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Operation Endangered Species at Pontiac Township | 3 | | High School.
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