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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Desiree Garcia of
4 Pilsen Elementary Community Academy on being one of 33 winners
5 in Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn's Statewide essay contest and
6 receiving one of 33 laptop computers; and
 
7     WHEREAS, On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the James R.
8 Thompson Center, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn announced the 33
9 winners of the Statewide essay contest, presenting lucky third
10 graders from across the Land of Lincoln with their very own XO
11 laptop; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Lieutenant Governor Quinn first announced the
13 essay contest for Illinois third graders in November of 2007,
14 originally intending to award three lucky third graders with a
15 personal laptop; and
 
16     WHEREAS, When more than 1,000 outstanding essays poured
17 into his office, Lieutenant Governor Quinn decided to expand
18 the contest and purchased 30 more laptop computers, thanks to a
19 grant from the Western Illinois University Foundation; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Illinois third graders, including young Desiree,
21 were asked to answer the question: "How can a laptop change

 

 

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2     WHEREAS, As chairman of the Broadband Deployment Council,
3 Lieutenant Governor Quinn is actively involved in improving
4 high-speed Internet access for all Illinois residents; in 2006,
5 he partnered with the Illinois State Board of Education to
6 implement the Technology Immersion Pilot Project, which
7 provided more than 2,200 students in 17 Illinois schools with
8 laptops or tablet PCs during the first year of the program;
9 therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12 congratulate Desiree Garcia on a job well done and offer her
13 our best as she enjoys her new laptop; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Desiree Garcia as a symbol of our respect.