093_HR0574 LRB093 13575 RAH 18944 r 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The Illinois School Psychologists Association is 3 celebrating its 25 years of effectively serving the children 4 and the school districts of the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, The Illinois School Psychologists Association 6 has, since its inception in 1978, provided extensive 7 in-service training and mentoring to school psychologists 8 throughout Illinois; and 9 WHEREAS, The Illinois School Psychologists Association 10 has devoted considerable efforts and resources to provide 11 scholarships and to recruit students to enter the field to 12 become certified school psychologists; and 13 WHEREAS, In 1993, the Illinois School Psychologists 14 Association led the successful legislative effort to ban 15 corporal punishment in the public schools of Illinois; and 16 WHEREAS, The Illinois School Psychologists Association 17 has made a commitment to provide help to students who may 18 otherwise become subject to depression or to suicide 19 attempts; therefore, be it 20 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 22 we congratulate the Illinois School Psychologists Association 23 on its 25th anniversary of service to students throughout the 24 State of Illinois, their families, and to its members; and be 25 it further 26 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 27 presented to the Illinois School Psychologists Association.