Full Text of HJR0061 93rd General Assembly
HJ0061 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The State's objective is to establish an efficient | 3 |
| system of high
quality public educational institutions and | 4 |
| services at the elementary and
secondary
school levels; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 8 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the School Code | 9 |
| Review Committee consisting of one member of the House | 10 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House, one member of the House | 11 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the House, one member of | 12 |
| the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one member | 13 |
| of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, | 14 |
| and one member appointed by the Governor, all of whom shall be | 15 |
| appointed within 30 days after adoption of this resolution and | 16 |
| shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for | 17 |
| their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds available | 18 |
| for that purpose; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the committee may meet at the call of the | 20 |
| Governor or by a
vote of the majority of the members at any | 21 |
| time after the appointment of a
majority of the members, shall | 22 |
| select 2 members as co-chairpersons, who must be from different | 23 |
| political parties, at its initial meeting, shall receive the | 24 |
| assistance of the State Board of
Education,
including the | 25 |
| provision of staff, subject to appropriation, shall undertake a | 26 |
| comprehensive and thorough
review of
every Article of the | 27 |
| School Code and related laws, rules, and regulations
impacting | 28 |
| Illinois K-12 schools with the intent of eliminating | 29 |
| unnecessary and
burdensome mandates on school districts, | 30 |
| increasing accountability and
efficiency in
schools, returning | 31 |
| control of school districts to locally elected school
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| officials, teachers,
administrators, and parents, and | 33 |
| improving the educational performance of
students, shall |
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| solicit testimony from impacted groups, including but not | 2 |
| limited to teachers, school administrators, parents, and | 3 |
| members of the business community, and
shall issue a report | 4 |
| detailing specific recommended changes to the School Code
to | 5 |
| the
General Assembly and the Governor on or before April 1, | 6 |
| 2006; and that upon
issuing its
report the committee is | 7 |
| dissolved; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| delivered to the Governor.
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