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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Hundreds of Illinois schools in rural, suburban, | ||||||
3 | and urban areas are designated for federal and State | ||||||
4 | improvement status to improve low student achievement levels; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Illinois is committed to closing the gap in | ||||||
7 | learning achievement levels between low-income and | ||||||
8 | middle-income or upper-income children and youth; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Research indicates that successful low-income | ||||||
10 | schools where student achievement rates exceed State averages | ||||||
11 | are led by an outstanding school principal; and
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12 | WHEREAS, An essential route to improving student learning | ||||||
13 | in any low-achieving school is through the intervention of a | ||||||
14 | school principal with the motivation, commitment, current | ||||||
15 | knowledge, skills, and disposition to attract, retain, and | ||||||
16 | mobilize teachers to improve the quality of instruction and | ||||||
17 | learning throughout the school; and
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18 | WHEREAS, It is a goal of the State of Illinois that all | ||||||
19 | schools have leadership that improves teaching and learning and | ||||||
20 | increases the academic achievement and development of all | ||||||
21 | students; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In August 2006 the report, "School Leader | ||||||
2 | Preparation: Blueprint for Change", commissioned by the Board | ||||||
3 | of Higher Education, analyzed the mismatch between leadership | ||||||
4 | credentialing and the needs of Illinois schools and recommended | ||||||
5 | a total of 25 specific actions to be undertaken by the Board of | ||||||
6 | Higher Education, the State Board of Education, the General | ||||||
7 | Assembly, the Governor's office, college and university | ||||||
8 | presidents, and school districts to improve school leadership | ||||||
9 | in this State; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
12 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State Board of Education, the Board | ||||||
13 | of Higher Education, and the Office of the Governor shall | ||||||
14 | jointly appoint a task force to recommend a sequence of | ||||||
15 | strategic steps, based on, but not limited to, the measures | ||||||
16 | detailed in "Blueprint for Change", to implement improvements | ||||||
17 | in school leadership preparation in this State; and be it | ||||||
18 | further
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19 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall include | ||||||
20 | representatives from a statewide organization representing | ||||||
21 | principals, an association representing Chicago public school | ||||||
22 | principals, a statewide organization representing education | ||||||
23 | leadership faculty, a statewide organization representing |
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1 | private college and university education deans, a statewide | ||||||
2 | organization representing public university education deans, | ||||||
3 | statewide organizations representing teachers, a statewide | ||||||
4 | organization representing superintendents, a statewide | ||||||
5 | organization representing school board members, the State | ||||||
6 | Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, and other | ||||||
7 | appropriate stakeholders; and be it further | ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That the Governor shall appoint a chairperson in | ||||||
9 | consultation with the State Board of Education and the Board of | ||||||
10 | Higher Education; and be it further | ||||||
11 | RESOLVED, That the chairperson and the task force shall | ||||||
12 | designate staff from the appropriate State agencies or | ||||||
13 | educational organizations with expertise in school leadership | ||||||
14 | preparation; and be it further | ||||||
15 | RESOLVED, That this task force shall file a report of its | ||||||
16 | findings with the General Assembly, the Office of the Governor, | ||||||
17 | the State Board of Education, and the Board of Higher Education | ||||||
18 | on or before February 1, 2008; and be it further | ||||||
19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | delivered to the State Board of Education, the Board of Higher | ||||||
21 | Education, and the Governor.
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