Bill Text: IL HR0816 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Task Force on Equality in Education. Describes the duties of the task force and provides that the task force submit a final report by December 31, 2016.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-20 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0816 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0816-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Pope Francis, in his address to Congress, called | ||||||
| 3 | upon the American people to come together in aiding those | ||||||
| 4 | "trapped in a cycle of poverty"; in his address, Pope Francis | ||||||
| 5 | asserted that "[t]he Golden Rule . . . reminds us of our | ||||||
| 6 | responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage | ||||||
| 7 | of its development"; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of this State to ensure | ||||||
| 9 | that every child has access to the high quality education he or | ||||||
| 10 | she deserves, whether in the childcare context, early childhood | ||||||
| 11 | education classrooms, elementary school, middle school, high | ||||||
| 12 | school, or college; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, House Resolution 56 of the 96th General Assembly | ||||||
| 14 | urged the State Board of Education to establish a comprehensive | ||||||
| 15 | plan to close the student achievement gap by the 2010-2011 | ||||||
| 16 | school year; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Time and time again, schools in low-income | ||||||
| 18 | communities are strapped for resources and are labeled | ||||||
| 19 | underperforming; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The ongoing inequality of education resources is a | ||||||
| 21 | potential human rights violation that needs to be investigated | ||||||
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| 1 | immediately; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Low-income neighborhoods have a clear | ||||||
| 3 | disadvantage in our State's education system and this body | ||||||
| 4 | seeks to be responsive to the needs of these communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, A closer look at systemic income-related | ||||||
| 6 | discrimination in our schools is needed to develop a clear | ||||||
| 7 | understanding of the challenges we face and what we can do to | ||||||
| 8 | overcome them; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | the Task Force on Equality in Education be created to conduct | ||||||
| 12 | an investigation on education services provided to low-income | ||||||
| 13 | families; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 15 | following members: 3 task force members appointed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Speaker of the House;
3 task force members appointed by the | ||||||
| 17 | Minority Leader of the House; one task force member from the | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Human Rights, appointed by the Governor; one task | ||||||
| 19 | force member from the State Board of Education, appointed by | ||||||
| 20 | the Governor;
and one task force member who is a member of the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Federation of Teachers, appointed by the governing | ||||||
| 22 | board of that entity; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the task force be appointed and hold its | ||||||
| 2 | first meeting by March 1, 2016; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall take voluntary | ||||||
| 4 | assistance and testimony from individuals and professional | ||||||
| 5 | organizations and institutions; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the members of the task force shall serve | ||||||
| 7 | without compensation; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Rights shall provide | ||||||
| 9 | staffing and administrative support services to the task force | ||||||
| 10 | upon request; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall submit its final report | ||||||
| 12 | to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than December | ||||||
| 13 | 31, 2016.
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