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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The demands of the 21st century require a new
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| 3 | approach to education to fully prepare our state's youth for
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| 4 | college, career, and citizenship; a whole child approach to
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| 5 | education addresses students' comprehensive needs through the
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| 6 | shared responsibility of students, families, schools, and
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| 7 | communities; the goal of such an approach is to ensure that | ||||||
| 8 | each
child is challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and | ||||||
| 9 | engaged; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The children of Illinois are our future and will
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| 11 | provide the leadership, creativity, and productivity to
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| 12 | sustain and strengthen the quality of life in our state; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the responsibility to | ||||||
| 14 | ensure that our children have every possible opportunity for a
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| 15 | quality education and future success; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be | ||||||
| 17 | challenged
academically and prepared for college, meaningful | ||||||
| 18 | employment
in our global economy, and lifelong success; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be supported
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| 20 | by qualified, caring adults and to receive access to | ||||||
| 21 | personalized
learning; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn about
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| 2 | and practice a healthy lifestyle; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to learn in an
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| 4 | environment that is physically and emotionally safe; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Each student in Illinois deserves to be actively
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| 6 | engaged in learning and connected to the school and broader
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| 7 | community; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The consequences of not ensuring that our young
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| 9 | people are challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged
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| 10 | are clear; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The current high school graduation rate is 86 | ||||||
| 12 | percent; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, SAT Math scores for 11th graders who achieve
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| 14 | "meets or exceeds" are at only 35 percent; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, SAT English/Language Arts scores for 11th graders
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| 16 | who achieve "meets or exceeds" are at only 37 percent; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In science, only 49 percent of all students in | ||||||
| 18 | all grades
are testing at the proficient level; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Only 73 percent of high school seniors enroll in | ||||||
| 2 | a
college program within 12 months of graduation; therefore, | ||||||
| 3 | be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we declare March of 2022 as Illinois Whole Child Month to | ||||||
| 7 | recognize the value of assuring that each student is | ||||||
| 8 | challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we urge parents, educators, and community
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| 11 | members to support a whole child approach to education for | ||||||
| 12 | each
student; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we urge every school in Illinois to
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| 14 | celebrate Whole Child Month by adopting at least one of the
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| 15 | whole child tenets to promote and encourage throughout the
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| 16 | month; and be it further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 18 | presented to the Illinois Association for Supervision and
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| 19 | Curriculum Development as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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