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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Many schools in the State of Illinois are facing
3critical funding shortages, which has negatively impacted
4their ability to provide quality education to their students;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly believe that
7all educational institutions throughout the State should be
8funded as equally as possible in order to provide every student
9with the best education possible; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
12SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the School
13Poverty Task Force to study sources of funding for
14poverty-stricken schools throughout the State of Illinois; and
15be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study possible
17solutions and new methods for State funding, including General
18State Aid and poverty grant funding, in order to give advice on
19how school funding can be more equally distributed to schools
20in the State; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Board of Education shall

 

 

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1provide administrative support to the Task Force; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
4following members:
5        (1) one member appointed by the Governor;
6        (2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
7    Representatives;
8        (3) one member appointed by the President of the
9    Senate;
10        (4) one member appointed by the Illinois State Board of
11    Education;
12        (5) one member appointed by the Illinois Department of
13    Human Services;
14        (6) one member with expertise in poverty, appointed by
15    a non-profit group involved in poverty-stricken schools in
16    the State; and
17        (7) one member to serve as a representative of teacher
18    unions in the State, appointed by election from all major
19    teacher unions in the State; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the
21call of the Speaker of the House and the President of the
22Senate, submit a report to the General Assembly no later than
23October 31, 2014, and, upon submission, be dissolved; and be it
24further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2delivered to the Governor, the Illinois State Board of
3Education, and the Illinois Department of Human Services.