Bill Text: IL HR0986 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the GED Testing Service to not allow the price of taking the GED to rise above $50.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-29 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HR0986 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0986-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 GED Testing Service 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 GED Testing Service.