Full Text of SR0871 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 100-0465, the Evidence-Based Funding | 3 | | for Student Success Act, created the Professional Review Panel | 4 | | (PRP), a body that is responsible for continually evaluating | 5 | | the State's K-12 public school funding formula, the | 6 | | Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) Formula, to ensure that it is | 7 | | capturing the costs of providing a high-quality education to | 8 | | all students and to ensure that the formula is working as | 9 | | intended to make progress toward adequately and equitably | 10 | | funding all schools; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel is tasked with | 12 | | studying and reviewing topics related to the implementation | 13 | | and effect of Evidence-Based Funding, as assigned by a joint | 14 | | resolution or Public Act of the General Assembly or a motion | 15 | | passed by the State Board of Education; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The importance of continuous improvement within | 17 | | education cannot be overstated, and a commitment to | 18 | | continually working to increasing equity, even within an | 19 | | already equitable funding system, is critical to close | 20 | | opportunity and outcome gaps for Illinois students; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 101-0654 charged the Professional | 22 | | Review Panel with conducting research and presenting findings |
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| 1 | | to ensure that (i) the Adequacy Target calculation under | 2 | | subsection (b) accurately reflects the needs of students | 3 | | living in poverty or attending schools located in areas of | 4 | | high poverty, (ii) racial equity within the Evidence-Based | 5 | | Funding formula is explicitly explored and advanced, and (iii) | 6 | | the funding goals of the formula distribution system | 7 | | established under this Section are sufficient to provide | 8 | | adequate funding for every student and to fully fund every | 9 | | school in this State; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, To consider these issues, the PRP formed an | 11 | | ad-hoc committee that was comprised of diverse stakeholders, | 12 | | including educators, school and district leaders, education | 13 | | advocates, and members of the State Board of Education, and | 14 | | that met biweekly from April through December of 2021; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The PRP Ad-Hoc Committee dedicated considerable | 16 | | time, capacity, and expertise to conducting a robust review of | 17 | | evidence and facilitating rich discussion of the issues under | 18 | | its charge; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The findings included in the committee's final | 20 | | report include potential opportunities for addressing trauma, | 21 | | accounting for the needs of students living in concentrated | 22 | | poverty, and increasing racial equity within the education | 23 | | funding formula, all of which require further detailed |
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| 1 | | analysis and financial modeling and merit additional future | 2 | | discussion; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The findings of the report call for additional | 4 | | study and presentation of findings related to the appropriate | 5 | | levels for re-enrolling and graduating high-risk high school | 6 | | students who have been previously out of school by December | 7 | | 31, 2022; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The findings of the report suggest that the task | 9 | | of exploring the potential to increase efficiency and to find | 10 | | cost savings within the school system to expedite the journey | 11 | | to a fully funded system would require further review by a | 12 | | committee of diverse stakeholders convened by the Illinois | 13 | | State Board of Education; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The availability of publicly accessible, | 15 | | high-quality information about how districts allocate and | 16 | | utilize funding received through the EBF formula is critical | 17 | | for understanding how districts are working to support | 18 | | historically underserved student groups and to increase equity | 19 | | within their districts, including closing resource gaps by | 20 | | student race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and | 21 | | English-learner status; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education is in the |
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| 1 | | process of revising EBF spending plans that districts are | 2 | | required to submit to the agency on an annual basis and | 3 | | increasing the transparency of this information by | 4 | | transitioning to the inclusion of these plans in the public | 5 | | budget process by FY23; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel has diligently and | 7 | | with dedication executed their task and delivered a thorough | 8 | | and thoughtful report and findings; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, ISBE has made a concerted effort to increase the | 10 | | value and public transparency of the information reported | 11 | | through districts' EBF spending plans; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 14 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that in keeping with the | 15 | | spirit of the charge outlined in Public Act 101-0654, we | 16 | | direct the Professional Review Panel and Illinois State Board | 17 | | of Education to conduct the rigorous analysis and financial | 18 | | modeling required to evaluate the potential value, impact, and | 19 | | financial implications of implementing the findings in the PRP | 20 | | Ad-Hoc Committee's report related to adjusting the | 21 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula's calculations in order to more | 22 | | accurately reflect the costs of supporting students exposed to | 23 | | trauma and living in concentrated poverty (Charge B) as well |
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| 1 | | as to close racial equity gaps in opportunity and outcomes | 2 | | (Charges C and H); this includes modeling options, including | 3 | | but not limited to those presented in the report for | 4 | | differentiating existing cost factors within and adding new | 5 | | cost factors to the formula's calculation of districts' | 6 | | Adequacy Targets in order to understand the implications for | 7 | | equity as well as the anticipated fiscal impact of said | 8 | | adjustments; this analysis is to be completed and shared by | 9 | | November 30, 2022; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That we call on the Professional Review Panel to | 11 | | complete the study and development of findings related to | 12 | | re-enrolling students who have dropped out of school by the | 13 | | extended deadline included within the PRP Ad-Hoc Committee | 14 | | report of December, 31 2022; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Board of | 16 | | Education to complete their revision of the district spending | 17 | | plans template and requirements and annually make all | 18 | | districts' spending plans publicly available on the Illinois | 19 | | State Board of Education's website starting with Fiscal Year | 20 | | 2023 by January 2023; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 | | delivered to the State Superintendent of Education, the Chair | 23 | | of the Illinois State Board of Education, and members of the |
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