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91_HR0228
LRB9106422NTks
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, H.R. 2 is a bill that was introduced this year
3 in the U.S. House of Representatives to send more dollars to
4 the classroom and for certain other purposes; and
5 WHEREAS, In this bill, Congress urges the Department of
6 Education, states, and local educational agencies to work
7 together to ensure that not less than 95% of all funds
8 appropriated for elementary and secondary education programs
9 administered by the Department of Education is spent for
10 children in their classrooms; the bill also provides for an
11 educational flexibility program under which the Secretary of
12 Education allows a State educational entity to waive
13 statutory and regulatory requirements for the State
14 educational agency or any local education agency or school
15 and provides for the modification of arbitrage rebate rules
16 applicable to bonds used to finance public schools; therefore
17 be it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20 we urge the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 2; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
22 delivered to the Speaker of the U.S. House of
23 Representatives, the President pro tempore of the U.S.
24 Senate, and each member of the Illinois congressional
25 delegation.