Bill Text: IL HR0314 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Acknowledges the importance of having a high quality education system and all of the societal benefits that go along with it. Encourages the General Assembly to make education a priority in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, fully fund elementary and secondary education, and continue to strive to create an adequately funded and high quality education system for the benefit of all citizens. Encourages the business community to advocate for a high quality education system in Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-22 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford [HR0314 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0314-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Article X, Section 1 of the Illinois Constitution | ||||||
3 | provides that "A fundamental goal of the People of the State is | ||||||
4 | the educational development of all persons to the limits of | ||||||
5 | their capacities."; the Section also provides that "The State | ||||||
6 | shall provide for an efficient system of high quality public | ||||||
7 | educational institutions and services." and that "The State has | ||||||
8 | the primary responsibility for financing the system of public | ||||||
9 | education."; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The economic competitiveness of the United States | ||||||
11 | and Illinois in the global economy requires a well-educated | ||||||
12 | workforce; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In 2017, education is more important than ever | ||||||
14 | because it is an essential step to entering and remaining in | ||||||
15 | the middle class; and
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16 | WHEREAS, High school dropouts are more than twice as likely | ||||||
17 | to be unemployed and three times as likely to receive welfare | ||||||
18 | assistance; nationally, this costs billions of dollars to | ||||||
19 | government-funded assistance programs annually; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The United States Census Bureau estimates that a | ||||||
21 | person with a high school diploma will earn $9,634 more per |
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1 | year than someone without a high school diploma; and
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2 | WHEREAS, In 2014, people without a high school diploma had | ||||||
3 | a 9% unemployment rate, compared to a 6% rate for those with a | ||||||
4 | high school diploma; and
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5 | WHEREAS, A well-educated citizenry improves the business | ||||||
6 | climate by providing highly skilled workers that employers | ||||||
7 | need; and
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8 | WHEREAS, According to a Georgetown University study, the | ||||||
9 | United States economy will face a shortage of five million | ||||||
10 | workers with the necessary education and training by 2020; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The majority of jobs that will be created will | ||||||
12 | require some sort of education and training after high school; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | WHEREAS, Males with a college education live an average of | ||||||
15 | 8 years longer than those without a high school diploma, while | ||||||
16 | females with a college education lived an average of 6 years | ||||||
17 | longer; males with a college education are also 55% more likely | ||||||
18 | to vote than those without a high school diploma, and females | ||||||
19 | with a college education are 40% more likely to vote than those | ||||||
20 | without a high school diploma; a one-year increase in median | ||||||
21 | education level is associated with a more than 13% increase in |
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1 | political primary turnouts; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Between 1987 and 2007, the United States has | ||||||
3 | increased spending on incarceration by 127%, compared with a | ||||||
4 | 21% increase in funding for education during the same time | ||||||
5 | period; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Forty-one percent of all prisoners have not | ||||||
7 | completed high school, compared to 18% of the general adult | ||||||
8 | population; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The annual cost of incarcerating an individual is | ||||||
10 | roughly $32,000, while the annual cost of educating a student | ||||||
11 | is about $11,000; a 5% increase in male graduation rates | ||||||
12 | nationally would save an estimated $5 billion annually in | ||||||
13 | crime-related expenses; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Investment in education is shown to prevent | ||||||
15 | violence by providing opportunities and knowledge that create a | ||||||
16 | higher quality life; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The average annual public health cost is an | ||||||
18 | estimated $2,700 per high school dropout, $1,000 per high | ||||||
19 | school graduate, and $170 per college graduate; it is estimated | ||||||
20 | that if every high school dropout graduated, the national | ||||||
21 | savings in public health costs would exceed $40 billion |
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1 | annually; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The foundation level is the statutorily set | ||||||
3 | minimum per-pupil funding necessary to adequately educate | ||||||
4 | public K-12 students in Illinois through a combination of State | ||||||
5 | and local resources; the foundation level has remained at | ||||||
6 | $6,119 since the 2009-2010 school year, despite rising costs of | ||||||
7 | education; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Education Funding Advisory Board recommended | ||||||
9 | that the foundation level be changed to $9,204 for Fiscal Year | ||||||
10 | 2016 to adequately fund the educational needs of students; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Illinois currently ranks last in state share of | ||||||
12 | P-12 education funding; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Improved education and more stable employment | ||||||
14 | greatly increases tax revenue, returning at least seven dollars | ||||||
15 | for every dollar invested in pre-kindergarten education; and
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16 | WHEREAS, A high quality education system should be the | ||||||
17 | identity and legacy that we establish for Illinois and the | ||||||
18 | United States; in addition, education should be the number one | ||||||
19 | budget priority for the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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1 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
2 | acknowledge the importance of having a high quality education | ||||||
3 | system and all of the societal benefits that go along with it; | ||||||
4 | and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That we encourage the General Assembly to make | ||||||
6 | education a priority in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget and to | ||||||
7 | fully fund elementary and secondary education; and be it | ||||||
8 | further
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9 | RESOLVED, That we encourage the business community to | ||||||
10 | advocate for a high quality education system in Illinois, which | ||||||
11 | will benefit the business climate as well as the citizens of | ||||||
12 | Illinois; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That we encourage the General Assembly to | ||||||
14 | continue to strive to create an adequately funded and high | ||||||
15 | quality education system for the benefit of all citizens.
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