Bill Text: IL HR0781 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes March as "Illinois Whole Child Month" in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the value of assuring that each student is challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged. Encourages parents, educators, and community members to support a whole child approach to education for each student. Encourages every Illinois school to celebrate Whole Child Month by adopting at least one of the whole child tenets to promote and encourage throughout the month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0781 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0781-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The children of Illinois are our future and will | ||||||
3 | provide the leadership, creativity, and productivity to | ||||||
4 | strengthen and sustain the quality of life in our State; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the responsibility for | ||||||
6 | ensuring that our children have every possible opportunity for | ||||||
7 | school and future success; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be challenged | ||||||
9 | academically and prepared for college, meaningful employment | ||||||
10 | in our global economy, and lifelong success; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be supported | ||||||
12 | by qualified, caring adults and receive access to personalized | ||||||
13 | learning; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn about | ||||||
15 | and practice a healthy lifestyle; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn in an | ||||||
17 | environment that is physically and emotionally safe; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be actively | ||||||
19 | engaged in learning and connected to the school and broader |
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1 | community; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The consequences of not ensuring our young people | ||||||
3 | are challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged are | ||||||
4 | clear; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Illinois has the highest dropout rate of any state | ||||||
6 | in the U.S.; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The cost to the State in lost wages, taxes, and | ||||||
8 | productivity over the lifetime of these students is more than | ||||||
9 | $10.1 billion; and
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10 | WHEREAS, 19% of Illinois children were in poverty in 2010; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, 35% of children ages 3-5 were not enrolled in | ||||||
13 | nursery school, preschool, or kindergarten in 2010; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, 35% of Illinois children and teens ages 10-17 are | ||||||
15 | overweight or obese; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Research indicates that more than 20% of students | ||||||
17 | report there is no adult at their school who cares about them | ||||||
18 | or knows them well; and
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19 | WHEREAS,
According to the Indicators of School Crime and |
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1 | Safety report of 2010, 32% of middle and high school students | ||||||
2 | reported being bullied during the 2007 school year; therefore, | ||||||
3 | be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we recognize March as "Illinois Whole Child Month"; and
be it | ||||||
7 | further
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8 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the value of assuring that each | ||||||
9 | student is challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged; | ||||||
10 | and
be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That we encourage parents, educators, and | ||||||
12 | community members to support a whole child approach to | ||||||
13 | education for each student; and
be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That we encourage every Illinois school to | ||||||
15 | celebrate Whole Child Month by adopting at least one of the | ||||||
16 | whole child tenets to promote and encourage throughout the | ||||||
17 | month.
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