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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Some public or private colleges and universities
3claim to be "veteran friendly" without having student veterans
4represented on their governing boards; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Student veterans have different needs compared to
6other students; to ensure representation and consideration of
7those needs in the deliberations of post-secondary educational
8institutions' governing boards, student veterans should serve
9on those boards; and
 
10    WHEREAS, These veteran student governing board members do
11not have to be voting members in order to impart their
12particular wisdom on issues affecting veterans; therefore, be
13it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16state our belief that a public or private post-secondary
17educational institution should include a student veteran on its
18governing board if the institution wishes to call itself
19"veteran friendly"; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be made
21available to every public or private post-secondary

 

 

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