Full Text of HR1061 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Michael | 4 | | Johnson of Springfield on the occasion of his retirement as | 5 | | Executive Director of the Illinois Association of School Boards | 6 | | (IASB); and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson graduated from Bushnell-Prairie | 8 | | City High School in 1970; he earned his bachelor's degree in | 9 | | mathematics, master's degree in education administration, and | 10 | | educational specialist degree from Western Illinois University | 11 | | and his doctorate of education from Illinois State University; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson began his tenure as the 5th | 14 | | executive director of IASB in September of 2000; as Executive | 15 | | Director, he ably led a staff of more than 53 employees, with | 16 | | offices in Springfield and Lombard and an annual operating | 17 | | budget of over $5 million; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his service at IASB, he taught | 19 | | mathematics and special education in Quincy schools from 1973 | 20 | | to 1976 and was K-12 principal in Scott-Morgan Community Unit | 21 | | School District 2 in Bluffs from 1976 to 1977; from 1977 to | 22 | | 1982, he served as Principal of Southern High School in |
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| 1 | | Stronghurst; in 1982, he became superintendent of Toluca | 2 | | Community Unit School District 2, where he served until 1991; | 3 | | during this period, he also served as superintendent of Wenona | 4 | | Community Unit School District 1 for one year; from 1991 to | 5 | | 2000, he served as superintendent of Evergreen Park Community | 6 | | High School District 231 in Cook County; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson serves on the Illinois School | 8 | | District Liquid Asset Fund Plus Board, the Workers' | 9 | | Compensation Self-Insurance Trust Board, the Illinois School | 10 | | District Agency Property Casualty Board, and the Illinois | 11 | | Energy Consortium (IEC) Board; he serves as chairman of the | 12 | | School Leaders Risk Management Association, a multi-state | 13 | | Board legal liability reinsurance pool; he is a member of the | 14 | | ISBE Testing and Accountability committee and served as a | 15 | | co-chair of the Governor's Education Transition Team; he is | 16 | | also a member of the International High School Committee and | 17 | | the National School Boards Association Executive Directors | 18 | | Liaison Committee; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson has worked with the Illinois State | 20 | | Board of Education on the Superintendent's Advisory Committee, | 21 | | and has been an active member of vocational monitoring teams, | 22 | | special education peer monitoring teams, quality assurance | 23 | | review teams, the Prairie State Exam Committee, and the Testing | 24 | | and Accountability Committee, among many other boards and |
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| 1 | | committees; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson was the recipient of the Illinois | 3 | | Crime Commission Educator of the Year award in 1999; he also | 4 | | serves as President of the Rotary Club in Toluca and Evergreen | 5 | | Park and has been active in the United Methodist Church, Boy | 6 | | Scouts, Boy's Club, and girl's softball and volleyball; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson and his wife, Kim, were married on | 8 | | December 22, 1973; they have 3 children, Jason (Stefanie), | 9 | | Jennifer (Jamie), and Jacob, and 2 grandchildren, Samantha and | 10 | | Lincoln, with another grandchild on the way; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Michael Johnson has served as a model of hard | 12 | | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 13 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Dr. Michael Johnson on the occasion of his | 17 | | retirement, thank him for his service to the people of this | 18 | | State, and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; | 19 | | and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Michael Johnson as a symbol of our esteem and |
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