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093_HR0352
LRB093 11917 HSS 16590 r
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, There are approximately 18,000 individuals
3 employed by public school districts across Illinois as school
4 support staff who provide quality services such as custodial,
5 food services, and transportation; and
6 WHEREAS, These non-privatized jobs pay fair salaries and
7 benefits which prevent high turnover of staff and create
8 continuity of service, safety and care for our children; and
9 WHEREAS, These non-privatized jobs currently allow
10 employees to earn a living wage, health insurance, and
11 pension benefits for themselves and their families; and
12 WHEREAS, Many school districts are currently considering
13 privatization of school support staff as a way to solve their
14 budget problems; and
15 WHEREAS, Privatization of these services and jobs causes
16 severe hardship to the workers and their families who lose
17 good jobs that pay a decent salary and health and pension
18 benefits; and
19 WHEREAS, The newly privatized jobs most often pay low
20 wages with few, if any, benefits; and
21 WHEREAS, Those who argue that contracting out is less
22 expensive than in-house service delivery often ignore the
23 hidden costs of privatization, such as expenditures for
24 contract monitoring and administration, conversion costs,
25 charges for "extra" work, and the contractor's use of public
26 equipment and facilities; and
27 WHEREAS, Advocates of privatization argue the profit
28 motive provides an incentive for efficiency, but all too
29 often it is actually an incentive to "cut corners" by
30 skimping on the quality of the work performed; and
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1 WHEREAS, Privatization creates opportunities for
2 corruption, such as bid rigging, bribery and kickbacks, are
3 created; and
4 WHEREAS, The great majority of educational support
5 workers live in the school district where they are employed,
6 and they feel responsible to their neighbors for the quality
7 of their work; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 we believe that non-privatized school support services
11 deliver better and safer services than privatized services,
12 create more stability and continuity for students and create
13 better jobs for employees than privatized school support
14 services; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That privatization of school support staff
16 positions in any and all Illinois School Districts is
17 strongly discouraged by the Illinois House of
18 Representatives.
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