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LRB094 11761 HSS 43920 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that four schools in |
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| Central Illinois have earned Illinois Honor Roll awards given |
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| by the Illinois State Board of Education and Northern Illinois |
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| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Webber High School in Bluford received an Academic |
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| Improvement award for showing significant gains in academic |
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| performance for three consecutive years; schools earning this |
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| award made adequate yearly progress, showed an upward trend in |
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| test results, made significant academic improvement by showing |
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| at least 7.5 point increase in State test scores over last year |
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| or 15 points over three years, or earned removal from the |
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| Academic Warning List or school improvement status; and
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| WHEREAS, Jordan Elementary and Schiller Elementary Schools |
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| in Centralia and J.L. Buford Intermediate School in Mount |
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| Vernon received Spotlight School awards; Spotlight Schools are |
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| high-poverty, high-performing schools that are beating the |
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| "achievement gap"; schools earning this award made adequate |
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| yearly progress, were at least 50% low income in the current |
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| and previous two years, at least 60% of students met or |
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| exceeded State standards in the current years, and at least 50% |
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| of students met or exceeded State standards in the previous two |
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| years; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Honor Roll acknowledges schools that |
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| make outstanding academic accomplishments; a partnership of |
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| the Illinois State Board of Education and Northern Illinois |
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| University, the 2004 Honor Roll is presenting 288 awards to |
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| urban, suburban, and rural schools in every part of the State; |
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| 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, that |