Bill Text: IL HR0972 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the continued work the University of Illinois Extension-Cook County does to address the educational programs for the residents of Cook County, congratulates it on its 100th anniversary, and declares May 2014 as a month of celebration.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0972 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0972-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the University of | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Extension-Cook County on the occasion of the 100th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary of its founding; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 codified into federal | ||||||
| 7 | law, and provided funding outreach endeavors at the Land-Grant | ||||||
| 8 | Universities founded by the Morrill Act of 1862; the | ||||||
| 9 | appropriation for Cooperative Extension as established by | ||||||
| 10 | Smith-Lever was unique in that it set up a shared partnership | ||||||
| 11 | among federal, state, and county levels of government; a | ||||||
| 12 | formula funding mechanism was designed to insure that there was | ||||||
| 13 | support from each of the levels to help the fledgling system | ||||||
| 14 | achieve stability and leverage resources; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The original formula called for federal funding to | ||||||
| 16 | be divided in the following manner: 20% shared by all states in | ||||||
| 17 | equal proportions, 40% shared in the proportion that the rural | ||||||
| 18 | population of each bears to the total rural population of the | ||||||
| 19 | several states as determined by the census, and 40% shared in | ||||||
| 20 | the proportion that the farm population of each bears to the | ||||||
| 21 | total farm population of the several states as determined by | ||||||
| 22 | the census; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The original formula called for federal funding to | ||||||
| 2 | be divided in a manner based on the agrarian society; in the | ||||||
| 3 | 1980s, the University of Illinois Extension-Cook County | ||||||
| 4 | responded to societal problems which included urban issues; the | ||||||
| 5 | Extension's funds were comprised of 47% State funds, 32% | ||||||
| 6 | federal funds, and 18% local funds; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Extension-Cook County | ||||||
| 8 | continues to provide residents with programs to address urban | ||||||
| 9 | issues, and in the 1990s, the expansion of urban areas | ||||||
| 10 | increased; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we recognize the continued work the University of Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | Extension-Cook County does to address the educational programs | ||||||
| 15 | for the residents of Cook County, congratulate it on its 100th | ||||||
| 16 | anniversary, and declare May 2014 as a month of celebration; | ||||||
| 17 | and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the University of Illinois Extension-Cook County | ||||||
| 20 | as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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