Full Text of SR0903 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois needs to close achievement | 3 | | gaps and provide a quality education for all; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Latinos are the fastest growing population in the | 5 | | State; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, There is a current population of 2 million Latinos | 7 | | in Illinois, which makes up 16% of the State's population; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In the State of Illinois, Latinos contribute to | 9 | | 17% of the population of people between the ages of 18-24 and | 10 | | 25% of the population of people under the age of 18; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Despite the fact that such a large percentage of | 12 | | the Hispanic population in Illinois is of college age, Latinos | 13 | | make up only 14% of the college enrollment in the State; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sixty-nine percent of Hispanic high school | 15 | | graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, 2 | 16 | | percentage points higher than the average rate; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Hispanic youth are less likely to enroll in a | 18 | | 4-year college than their white counterparts, at a rate of 56% | 19 | | compared to 72%; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Hispanic youth are less likely to attend a | 2 | | selective college and are less likely to be enrolled in college | 3 | | full-time; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Latino students are less likely to earn a | 5 | | bachelor's degree and have the lowest graduation rate in the | 6 | | State at 7%; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College System reported | 8 | | that there were 112,746 students identifying as Latino in 2012, | 9 | | constituting the second largest minority group; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, By 2020, 67% of Illinois jobs will require a | 11 | | career certificate or college degree; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Seventeen percent of Latinos in Illinois | 13 | | currently have an associate degree or higher; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, There is a 50% skills gap for Latinos in Illinois, | 15 | | double the average for the general population, and therefore a | 16 | | need for effective education to provide more training to work | 17 | | towards closing the gap; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Board of |
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| 1 | | Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall | 2 | | work along with the Illinois Latino Family Commission to | 3 | | develop a self-study guide that will be distributed to all | 4 | | public universities and community colleges throughout the | 5 | | State of Illinois; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Latino Family Commission shall provide | 7 | | administrative support during the creation of the guide; and be | 8 | | it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the self-study shall include, but not be | 10 | | limited to, the following: | 11 | | (1) identifying the current status and achievement levels | 12 | | for Latino students; | 13 | | (2) examining the current practices that support Latino | 14 | | students; | 15 | | (3) developing an action plan for improving Latino academic | 16 | | achievement; and | 17 | | (4) creating a plan for increasing degree and certificate | 18 | | completion for Latino students; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Board of Higher Education and | 20 | | the Illinois Community College Board shall work with the | 21 | | Illinois Latino Family Commission to better understand low | 22 | | graduation and degree achievement among Latinos in public | 23 | | universities and community colleges and will generate a report |
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| 1 | | on this self-study; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Board of Higher Education and | 3 | | the Illinois Community College Board shall report their | 4 | | findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the | 5 | | Governor on or before July 1, 2015; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Board of Higher Education and | 7 | | the Illinois Community College Board shall make this report | 8 | | available to all Illinois public universities and community | 9 | | colleges.
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