Bill Text: IL HR0789 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Community College Board to not allow the price of taking the GED to rise above $50.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HR0789 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0789-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Adult education has the power to transform the
national economy and local family budgets; and
WHEREAS, There are 39 million adults who do not have a high
school diploma; high school dropouts cost the United States
$1.8 billion annually; and
WHEREAS, Adults who earn a General Educational Development
(GED) credential can earn the same level of weekly wages as
high school graduates, increasing their earning potential by
about $115 per week; and
WHEREAS, If the number of dropouts among Americans at the
age of 20 was cut in half, the United States would gain $45
billion in tax revenues and lower costs for health, jail, and
welfare; and
WHEREAS, In 2012, the unemployment rate for high school
dropouts was 12.4%, while high school graduates were at 8.3%,
those with some college but no degree at 7.7%, those with an
associate degree at 6.2%, those with a bachelor degree at 4.5%,
and those with master degree at 3.5%; and
WHEREAS, The GED program gives adults a fighting chance to

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go to college or get a good job with good wages; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we urge the Illinois Community College Board, as the
administering agency, to not allow the price of taking the GED
to rise above $50; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Executive Director and the Chair of the
Illinois Community College Board.