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92_HR0399enr HR0399 Enrolled LRB9209090MWpk 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 399 2 WHEREAS, Inner-city elementary and secondary schools 3 often serve low-income students and those students often 4 continue to fail throughout their educational careers; and 5 WHEREAS, Inner-city schools have never been fully funded 6 and, as a result, lack the resources necessary to improve 7 instruction in inner-city schools and help low-income 8 students meet their potential; and 9 WHEREAS, In order to encourage the growth of industry in 10 urban areas, a well-educated and competitive workforce is 11 needed; therefore, be it 12 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 13 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 14 there is created a legislative task force consisting of 10 15 members appointed as follows: 5 members of the House of 16 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of 17 Representatives and 5 members of the House of Representatives 18 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 19 Representatives, all of whom shall serve without compensation 20 but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary 21 expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose; and be it 22 further 23 RESOLVED, That the task force shall (i) review 24 educational programs being used throughout the United States 25 to improve instruction in elementary and secondary school 26 classrooms located in inner-city schools that are populated 27 by low-income children; (ii) evaluate those programs and 28 determine which are the most successful; (iii) determine the 29 cost of implementing those programs in Illinois schools; (iv) 30 determine what changes in tax policy are needed to provide 31 adequate resources to all schools in order to meet the 32 educational standards of the State Board of Education, the HR0399 Enrolled -2- LRB9209090MWpk 1 Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Community College 2 Board; (v) determine what changes are needed in tax policy in 3 those areas of Illinois where schools are underfunded and 4 ill-equipped to produce students who are competitive in a 5 technology-based society; and (vi) determine how tax policy 6 changes can be used to revitalize urban land and property and 7 to build industry in urban area; and be it further 8 RESOLVED, That the task force shall receive the 9 assistance of legislative staff, may employ skilled experts 10 with the approval of the Speaker of the House, and shall 11 report its findings to the General Assembly on or before 12 April 30, 2002; and be it further 13 RESOLVED, That upon reporting its findings to the General 14 Assembly, the task force is dissolved.