Full Text of SJR0065 096th General Assembly
SJ0065 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, There is no official statewide data on the health | 3 |
| needs of our diverse student populations or the level of | 4 |
| services required to meet these needs in this State; and
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| WHEREAS, Unmet health needs interfere with a student's | 6 |
| ability to focus on learning and achieve his or her highest | 7 |
| potential; and
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| WHEREAS, It is our intent to ensure that students are | 9 |
| healthy and ready to learn and to provide health service | 10 |
| resources to enable all students to access education equally; | 11 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, It is also our intent to support and sustain the | 13 |
| healthy development of youth in partnership with parents, | 14 |
| schools, health care providers, community organizations, and | 15 |
| governmental agencies in keeping with the goals and objectives | 16 |
| of Healthy People 2010; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 19 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we respectfully request that the State | 20 |
| Board of Education, the Department of Human Services School | 21 |
| Health Program, and the Department of Public Health Division of |
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| Chronic Disease Prevention and Control establish a task force | 2 |
| to study and compile a report on: | 3 |
| (1) Identification of current student health needs and | 4 |
| the level of health services required to address such | 5 |
| needs; | 6 |
| (2) Regulatory conflicts that limit delivery of school | 7 |
| health services to students in need along with possible | 8 |
| solutions; and | 9 |
| (3) Needed support for and monitoring of school health | 10 |
| services; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of no more than | 12 |
| 15 members appointed jointly by a working group of the three | 13 |
| State agencies; the task force shall include one member from | 14 |
| each of the agencies as well as additional members that shall | 15 |
| be selected by the working group from organizations | 16 |
| representing, at a minimum, the following interests: school | 17 |
| administrators, school board members, school nurses, nurses, | 18 |
| school health advocates, school health centers, physician | 19 |
| groups, teacher unions, and parents; additional members may be | 20 |
| determined at the discretion of the State agencies; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall submit its report to | 23 |
| the General Assembly by January 1, 2010; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be | 2 |
| delivered to the State Superintendent of Education, the | 3 |
| Secretary of Human Services, and the Director of Public Health.
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