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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has an unacceptably large and increasing |
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| funding disparity between affluent school districts and all |
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| other school districts, a growing achievement gap, and a |
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| teacher shortage; and
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| WHEREAS, The majority of schools in this State are deficit |
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| spending schools; and
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| WHEREAS, In terms of education spending, the State's |
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| minimum per student foundation level of support is inadequate |
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| considering what it costs to prepare students to pass the |
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| State's standardized tests; and
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| WHEREAS, National organizations, such as Education Week, |
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| continually assign Illinois the failing grade of "F" for school |
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| funding awareness; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has the worst spread in the nation in |
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| terms of school funding between school districts, and Illinois |
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| ranks 49th in the portion of school funding provided from State |
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| rather than local resources; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that, pursuant to subsection (a) of |
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| Section 1 of Article XIV of the Illinois Constitution, in order |
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| to resolve the issue of school funding in this State, we direct |
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| that the question of whether a Constitutional Convention should |
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| be called be submitted to the electors at the general election |
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| next occurring at least 6 months after the passage of this |
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| resolution by at least three-fifths of the members elected to |
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| each house.
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