Full Text of SJR0056 095th General Assembly
SJ0056 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Hundreds of Illinois schools in rural, suburban, | 3 |
| and urban areas are designated for federal and State | 4 |
| improvement status to improve low student achievement levels; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Illinois is committed to closing the gap in | 7 |
| learning achievement levels between low-income and | 8 |
| middle-income or upper-income children and youth; and
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| WHEREAS, Research indicates that successful low-income | 10 |
| schools where student achievement rates exceed State averages | 11 |
| are led by an outstanding school principal; and
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| WHEREAS, An essential route to improving student learning | 13 |
| in any low-achieving school is through the intervention of a | 14 |
| school principal with the motivation, commitment, current | 15 |
| knowledge, skills, and disposition to attract, retain, and | 16 |
| mobilize teachers to improve the quality of instruction and | 17 |
| learning throughout the school; and
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| WHEREAS, It is a goal of the State of Illinois that all | 19 |
| schools have leadership that improves teaching and learning and | 20 |
| increases the academic achievement and development of all | 21 |
| students; and
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| WHEREAS, In August 2006 the report, "School Leader | 2 |
| Preparation: Blueprint for Change", commissioned by the Board | 3 |
| of Higher Education, analyzed the mismatch between leadership | 4 |
| credentialing and the needs of Illinois schools and recommended | 5 |
| a total of 25 specific actions to be undertaken by the Board of | 6 |
| Higher Education, the State Board of Education, the General | 7 |
| Assembly, the Governor's office, college and university | 8 |
| presidents, and school districts to improve school leadership | 9 |
| in this State; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 12 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State Board of Education, the Board | 13 |
| of Higher Education, and the Office of the Governor shall | 14 |
| jointly appoint a task force to recommend a sequence of | 15 |
| strategic steps, based on, but not limited to, the measures | 16 |
| detailed in "Blueprint for Change", to implement improvements | 17 |
| in school leadership preparation in this State; and be it | 18 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall include | 20 |
| representatives from a statewide organization representing | 21 |
| principals, an association representing Chicago public school | 22 |
| principals, a statewide organization representing education | 23 |
| leadership faculty, a statewide organization representing |
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| private college and university education deans, a statewide | 2 |
| organization representing public university education deans, | 3 |
| statewide organizations representing teachers, a statewide | 4 |
| organization representing superintendents, a statewide | 5 |
| organization representing school board members, the State | 6 |
| Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, and other | 7 |
| appropriate stakeholders; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That the Governor shall appoint a chairperson in | 9 |
| consultation with the State Board of Education and the Board of | 10 |
| Higher Education; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That the chairperson and the task force shall | 12 |
| designate staff from the appropriate State agencies or | 13 |
| educational organizations with expertise in school leadership | 14 |
| preparation; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That this task force shall file a report of its | 16 |
| findings with the General Assembly, the Office of the Governor, | 17 |
| the State Board of Education, and the Board of Higher Education | 18 |
| on or before February 1, 2008; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 |
| delivered to the State Board of Education, the Board of Higher | 21 |
| Education, and the Governor.
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