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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Parental involvement, nutrition, and | ||||||
| 3 | extracurricular activity impact a child's well-being, academic | ||||||
| 4 | success, and life trajectory; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, A child's education does not occur exclusively in | ||||||
| 6 | schools, but also within the child's home and community, and | ||||||
| 7 | without proper support from all 3 aspects of a child's | ||||||
| 8 | education, the child's prospects of becoming a well-equipped | ||||||
| 9 | and valuable member of society are greatly diminished; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Fewer than 45% of parents read to their children | ||||||
| 11 | at home and fewer than 28% tell their children stories; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, All parents want their children to succeed in | ||||||
| 13 | school and in life, yet parental time constraints, lack of | ||||||
| 14 | training, or lack of easily accessible resources inhibit their | ||||||
| 15 | ability to participate in the education of their children; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Class and socioeconomics directly impact the | ||||||
| 17 | school-home experience; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that school districts in this State | ||||||
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| 1 | are strongly urged to improve support resources for involvement | ||||||
| 2 | of parents in the education of their children through the use | ||||||
| 3 | of the following strategies: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) delivering learning activities to parents through | ||||||
| 5 | programs such as Pocket Literacy Coach and | ||||||
| 6 | GreatSchools.org; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) providing parents with coaching on how to | ||||||
| 8 | facilitate a more supportive home-learning environment; | ||||||
| 9 | (3) providing a direct form of communication that is | ||||||
| 10 | convenient and easily accessible, such as text messaging; | ||||||
| 11 | and | ||||||
| 12 | (4) increasing opportunities for parents to provide | ||||||
| 13 | input and otherwise engage with the school; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That teachers and schools are encouraged to | ||||||
| 16 | disseminate information and resources to parents to support the | ||||||
| 17 | education of their children in the home by establishing a | ||||||
| 18 | public system for announcing resources and feedback; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | delivered to the school districts of this State.
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