Full Text of HR0722 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 100-0465, the Evidence-Based Funding | 3 | | for Student Success Act, created the Professional Review Panel | 4 | | (PRP), a body that is responsible for continually evaluating | 5 | | the State's K-12 public school funding formula, the | 6 | | Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) Formula, to ensure that it is | 7 | | capturing the costs of providing a high-quality education to | 8 | | all students and to ensure that the formula is working as | 9 | | intended to make progress toward adequately and equitably | 10 | | funding all schools; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel is tasked with | 12 | | studying and reviewing topics related to the implementation | 13 | | and effect of Evidence-Based Funding, as assigned by a joint | 14 | | resolution or Public Act of the General Assembly or a motion | 15 | | passed by the State Board of Education; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The importance of continuous improvement within | 17 | | education cannot be overstated, and a commitment to | 18 | | continually working to increasing equity, even within an | 19 | | already equitable funding system, is critical to close | 20 | | opportunity and outcome gaps for Illinois students; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 101-0654 charged the Professional | 22 | | Review Panel with conducting research and presenting findings |
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| 1 | | to ensure that (i) the Adequacy Target calculation under | 2 | | subsection (b) accurately reflects the needs of students | 3 | | living in poverty or attending schools located in areas of | 4 | | high poverty, (ii) racial equity within the Evidence-Based | 5 | | Funding formula is explicitly explored and advanced, and (iii) | 6 | | the funding goals of the formula distribution system | 7 | | established under this Section are sufficient to provide | 8 | | adequate funding for every student and to fully fund every | 9 | | school in this State; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, To consider these issues, the PRP formed an | 11 | | ad-hoc committee that was comprised of diverse stakeholders, | 12 | | including educators, school and district leaders, education | 13 | | advocates, and members of the State Board of Education, and | 14 | | that met biweekly from April through December of 2021; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The PRP Ad-Hoc Committee dedicated considerable | 16 | | time, capacity, and expertise to conducting a robust review of | 17 | | evidence and facilitating rich discussion of the issues under | 18 | | its charge; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The findings included in the committee's final | 20 | | report include potential opportunities for addressing trauma, | 21 | | accounting for the needs of students living in concentrated | 22 | | poverty, and increasing racial equity within the education | 23 | | funding formula, all of which require further detailed |
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| 1 | | analysis and financial modeling and merit additional future | 2 | | discussion; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The findings of the report call for additional | 4 | | study and presentation of findings related to the appropriate | 5 | | levels for re-enrolling and graduating high-risk high school | 6 | | students who have been previously out of school by December | 7 | | 31, 2022; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The findings of the report suggest that the task | 9 | | of exploring the potential to increase efficiency and to find | 10 | | cost savings within the school system to expedite the journey | 11 | | to a fully funded system would require further review by a | 12 | | committee of diverse stakeholders convened by the Illinois | 13 | | State Board of Education; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The availability of publicly accessible, | 15 | | high-quality information about how districts allocate and | 16 | | utilize funding received through the EBF formula is critical | 17 | | for understanding how districts are working to support | 18 | | historically underserved student groups and to increase equity | 19 | | within their districts, including closing resource gaps by | 20 | | student race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and | 21 | | English-learner status; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education is in the |
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| 1 | | process of revising EBF spending plans that districts are | 2 | | required to submit to the agency on an annual basis and | 3 | | increasing the transparency of this information by | 4 | | transitioning to the inclusion of these plans in the public | 5 | | budget process by FY23; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel has diligently and | 7 | | with dedication executed their task and delivered a thorough | 8 | | and thoughtful report and findings; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, ISBE has made a concerted effort to increase the | 10 | | value and public transparency of the information reported | 11 | | through districts' EBF spending plans; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | in keeping with the spirit of the charge outlined in Public Act | 15 | | 101-0654, we direct the Professional Review Panel and Illinois | 16 | | State Board of Education to conduct the rigorous analysis and | 17 | | financial modeling required to evaluate the potential value, | 18 | | impact, and financial implications of implementing the | 19 | | findings in the PRP Ad-Hoc Committee's report related to | 20 | | adjusting the Evidence-Based Funding formula's calculations in | 21 | | order to more accurately reflect the costs of supporting | 22 | | students exposed to trauma and living in concentrated poverty | 23 | | (Charge B) as well as to close racial equity gaps in |
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| 1 | | opportunity and outcomes (Charges C and H); this includes | 2 | | modeling options, including but not limited to those presented | 3 | | in the report for differentiating existing cost factors within | 4 | | and adding new cost factors to the formula's calculation of | 5 | | districts' Adequacy Targets in order to understand the | 6 | | implications for equity as well as the anticipated fiscal | 7 | | impact of said adjustments; this analysis is to be completed | 8 | | and shared by November 30, 2022; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That we call on the Professional Review Panel to | 10 | | complete the study and development of findings related to | 11 | | re-enrolling students who have dropped out of school by the | 12 | | extended deadline included within the PRP Ad-Hoc Committee | 13 | | report of December 31, 2022; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Board of | 15 | | Education to complete their revision of the district spending | 16 | | plans template and requirements and annually make all | 17 | | districts' spending plans publicly available on the Illinois | 18 | | State Board of Education's website starting with Fiscal Year | 19 | | 2023 by January 2023; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | delivered to the State Superintendent of Education, the Chair | 22 | | of the Illinois State Board of Education, and members of the | 23 | | Professional Review Panel.
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