Full Text of SR0896 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The demands of the 21st century require a new | 3 | | approach to education to fully prepare our
State's youth for | 4 | | college, career, and citizenship; a whole child approach to | 5 | | education
addresses students' comprehensive needs through the | 6 | | shared responsibility of students,
families, schools, and | 7 | | communities; the goal of such an approach is to ensure each | 8 | | child is
challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The children of Illinois are our future and will | 10 | | provide the leadership, creativity, and
productivity to | 11 | | sustain and strengthen the quality of life in our State; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the responsibility to | 13 | | ensure that our children have every
possible opportunity for a | 14 | | quality education and future success; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be challenged | 16 | | academically and prepared for
college, meaningful employment | 17 | | in our global economy, and lifelong success; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be supported | 19 | | by qualified, caring adults and
receive access to personalized | 20 | | learning; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn about | 2 | | and practice a healthy lifestyle; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn in an | 4 | | environment that is physically and
emotionally safe; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be actively | 6 | | engaged in learning and connected
to the school and broader | 7 | | community; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The consequences of not ensuring that our young | 9 | | people are challenged, supported,
healthy, safe, and engaged | 10 | | are clear; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The current high school graduation rate is 86%; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, SAT Math scores for 11th graders who achieve | 14 | | "meets or exceeds" are at only 35%; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, SAT English/Language Arts scores for 11th graders | 16 | | who achieve "meets or exceeds" are at only 37%; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In science, only 49% of all students in all grades | 18 | | are testing at the proficient level; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Only 73% of high school seniors enroll in a | 2 | | college
program within 12 months of graduation; therefore, be | 3 | | it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March 2020 | 6 | | as "Illinois Whole Child Month" to recognize the value of | 7 | | assuring that each student is challenged, supported, healthy, | 8 | | safe, and engaged; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we urge parents, educators, and community | 10 | | members to support a whole child
approach to education for each | 11 | | student; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That we urge every school in Illinois to | 13 | | celebrate Whole Child Month by adopting at least one
of the | 14 | | whole child tenets to promote and encourage throughout the | 15 | | month; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Illinois Association for Supervision and | 18 | | Curriculum Development as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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