Full Text of HJR0006 96th General Assembly
HJ0006eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 6
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| WHEREAS, Physical activity advances the social and | 3 |
| physical development of children; and
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| WHEREAS, Children are expected to engage in moderate to | 5 |
| vigorous physical activity at least 60 minutes a day; and
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| WHEREAS, More than 14% of school-age children in Illinois | 7 |
| are overweight; and
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| WHEREAS, Obesity rates vary widely based on environmental | 9 |
| conditions and location; and
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| WHEREAS, Environment and policy changes can increase | 11 |
| physical activity and decrease obesity rates; and
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| WHEREAS, Obesity and lack of physical activity are risk | 13 |
| factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and | 14 |
| certain cancers; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1969, the number of children in the U.S. who | 16 |
| walked or biked to school was 42% and in 2001, the number of | 17 |
| children who walked or biked to school was 16%; and
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| WHEREAS, In FY 1999, 113,271 elementary students were |
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| transported less than 1.5 miles to/from home to school; and
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| WHEREAS, In FY 2009, 159,591 elementary students were | 3 |
| transported less than 1.5 miles to/from home to school; and
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| WHEREAS, That translates to a 41% increase in the number of | 5 |
| students transported less than 1.5 miles to/from home to school | 6 |
| in one decade; and
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| WHEREAS, The number of students transported at least 1.5 | 8 |
| miles to/from home to school increased only 8% in the same time | 9 |
| period; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The average cost to transport a single child to | 11 |
| and from school for one school year is more than $440; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, More than 1.1 million elementary and high school | 13 |
| students are transported each day by bus to and from public | 14 |
| schools in Illinois; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, More than $850 million is spent annually on school | 16 |
| transportation programs in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, School transportation costs have increased more | 18 |
| than 300 percent in the last 15 years; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 3 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the School | 4 |
| Transportation Task Force, to be appointed as follows: | 5 |
| (1) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | 6 |
| of Representatives; and | 7 |
| (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 8 |
| House of Representatives; and | 9 |
| (3) Two members appointed by the President of the | 10 |
| Senate; and | 11 |
| (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 12 |
| Senate; and | 13 |
| (5) Two members representing non-profit community | 14 |
| based transportation organizations appointed by the | 15 |
| Governor; and | 16 |
| (6) One member representing school transportation | 17 |
| providers appointed by the Governor; and | 18 |
| (7) One member representing school boards appointed by | 19 |
| the Governor; and | 20 |
| (8) One member representing school administrators | 21 |
| appointed by the Governor; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the State Superintendent of Education and | 23 |
| the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, or their | 24 |
| designees, may at their discretion serve on the Task Force ex | 25 |
| officio; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than | 2 |
| 45 days following adoption of this resolution; and be it | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the possibility | 5 |
| of enacting legislation making changes to current | 6 |
| transportation programs offered by the Illinois State Board of | 7 |
| Education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall choose its chair and | 9 |
| other officers and meet at the call of the chair; and be it | 10 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | 12 |
| without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | 13 |
| reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for | 14 |
| that purpose; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Office of the Governor shall provide | 16 |
| administrative support to the Task Force to the extent of its | 17 |
| abilities; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and | 19 |
| recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or | 20 |
| before June 30, 2010; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 2 |
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of | 3 |
| the Senate, the Minority Leader of the House of | 4 |
| Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the | 5 |
| Governor, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, | 6 |
| and the State Superintendent of Education.
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