Full Text of HR0873 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The introduction of exclusionary discipline | 3 | | should be used only as a method of last
resort; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Exclusionary discipline is any type of
school | 5 | | disciplinary action that removes or excludes a student from the | 6 | | their traditional
educational setting; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Non-violent offenses carried out by students in | 8 | | pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade often result in suspension | 9 | | or expulsion from traditional school settings; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The offenses that lead to such discipline often | 11 | | stem from a child's emotional, social,
or family-related | 12 | | issues; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Exclusionary discipline often leads to negative | 14 | | student outcomes, such as low academic performance, higher | 15 | | rates of drop-outs, failures to graduate on
time, and even | 16 | | continued disciplinary problems; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Statistics show African American and Latino youth | 18 | | in Illinois are more often
suspended or expelled when a | 19 | | progression of disciplinary steps do not have a positive effect | 20 | | on
the issue; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, From the new study "Girlhood Interrupted: The | 2 | | Erasure of Black Girls' childhood" released by Georgetown Law's | 3 | | Center on Poverty and Inequality, authors reported
that adults | 4 | | view black girls as " ... less innocent and more adult-like | 5 | | than their white peers,
especially in the age range of 5- 14"; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The study also states, "This new evidence of what | 8 | | we call the 'adultification' of black
girls may help explain | 9 | | why black girls in America are disciplined much more often and | 10 | | more
severely than white girls - across our schools and in our | 11 | | juvenile justice system"; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The report continues by saying, "Black girls are | 13 | | five times more likely to be suspended as white
girls, and | 14 | | twice as likely to be suspended as white boys"; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Lawmakers, educators, counselors, youth councils, | 16 | | lawyers, and judges in the State
of Illinois have insight into | 17 | | the problems facing youth today; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, A review of current practices as well as proposed | 19 | | ideas and policies are in order to
change exclusionary | 20 | | practices to a restorative justice model for child discipline; | 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | recognize
the practice of exclusionary discipline among | 4 | | pre-kindergarten to 12th grade students occurs at
a rate above | 5 | | and beyond that which is necessary; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the U.S. Departments of Education,
| 7 | | juvenile court officials, and other legal legislative and court | 8 | | staff to review current laws and
policies related to | 9 | | exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for | 10 | | students in prekindergarten
through kindergarten who have | 11 | | committed non-violent offenses; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the review to 1) examine the number | 13 | | of exclusionary
discipline actions issues by a local education | 14 | | agency (school district) and the length of each
respective | 15 | | action, 2) detail the type of offenses committed by the | 16 | | student(s) that led to the
disciplinary action, 3) review the | 17 | | impact the discipline had on the student(s), 4) examine
| 18 | | restorative recommendations that may be used as opposed to | 19 | | exclusionary practices, 5) identify
resources to support | 20 | | teachers, parents and school personnel as they work to address | 21 | | the child's
social, emotional and behavioral health, and 6) | 22 | | encourage schools to adopt restorative justice
and | 23 | | disciplinary practices; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the President of the
United States, the Vice | 3 | | President of the United States, all members of the U.S. | 4 | | Congress, and other federal
and Illinois state government | 5 | | officials as appropriate.
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