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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. David R. Schuler, |
| 4 | | Superintendent of High School District 214, on being named the |
| 5 | | National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association |
| 6 | | of School Administrators (AASA), the School Superintendents |
| 7 | | Association; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, This is the first time in the 31-year history of |
| 9 | | the Association's award that a Superintendent from Illinois has |
| 10 | | won the honor; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, High School District 214 serves more than 12,000 |
| 12 | | students in six comprehensive high schools in the northwest |
| 13 | | suburbs of Chicago; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler has served as Superintendent of High |
| 15 | | School District 214 since 2005; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Through his tenure at High School District 214, |
| 17 | | each of the high schools has been named as one of the best and |
| 18 | | most challenging schools in the country; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, High School District 214 is a national leader in |
| 20 | | preparing students for life beyond high school; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler's push to make college more accessible |
| 2 | | and affordable has led to a comprehensive career pathways |
| 3 | | program that offers personalized learning experiences through |
| 4 | | early college credit, internships, and career credentials, and |
| 5 | | the passage of critical education legislation; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Students have earned more than 1,500 career |
| 7 | | certifications in areas including computer programming, |
| 8 | | manufacturing, and healthcare, completed nearly two million |
| 9 | | hours of internship experiences, and annually earn 34,000 early |
| 10 | | college credits; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The District now teaches computer science to all |
| 12 | | 12,000 students, and its six schools were among only seven in |
| 13 | | the nation to pilot an iOS app development curriculum, |
| 14 | | initiatives which were recognized by the White House; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Under Dr. Schuler's leadership, District 214 |
| 16 | | helped write, champion, and pass legislation requiring every |
| 17 | | public Illinois college and university to accept Advanced |
| 18 | | Placement scores of three or higher; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler, with the support of a strong Board of |
| 20 | | Education and an excellent staff, launched Redefining Ready!, a |
| 21 | | national campaign that introduces multiple research-based |
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| 1 | | metrics to demonstrate post-secondary readiness, during his |
| 2 | | time as 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents |
| 3 | | Association; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Redefining Ready! has received support from |
| 5 | | thousands of educators across the country, and multiple states |
| 6 | | adopted the framework as part of their state accountability |
| 7 | | plans in the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Redefining Ready! has a multiple metric approach |
| 9 | | that ensure students are seen as more than a single test score; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, His work on Redefining Ready! has been published |
| 12 | | in several publications, and he has testified about college and |
| 13 | | career readiness before the United States Senate Committee on |
| 14 | | Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee |
| 15 | | on Education and the Workforce; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 18 | | congratulate Dr. David R. Schuler on receiving the prestigious |
| 19 | | recognition as National Superintendent of the Year; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |