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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Association of School Boards on the occasion of the 100th | ||||||
5 | anniversary of its founding; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is a | ||||||
7 | voluntary organization of local boards of education dedicated | ||||||
8 | to strengthening public schools through local citizen control; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is | ||||||
11 | organized by member school boards as a private, not-for-profit | ||||||
12 | corporation under the authority granted by Article 23 of the | ||||||
13 | School Code; and
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14 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards was | ||||||
15 | founded 100 years ago in December 1913 by a group of 25 school | ||||||
16 | board members meeting in Quincy; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Today, nearly 99% of the school boards in Illinois | ||||||
18 | hold active membership; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, Membership in the Illinois Association of School | ||||||
20 | Boards also consists of active, associate, affiliate, |
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1 | honorary, and service associate classifications; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The mission of the Illinois Association of School | ||||||
3 | Boards is excellence in local school governance in support of | ||||||
4 | quality public education; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards's | ||||||
6 | constitution provides that major policies be established by an | ||||||
7 | annual Delegate Assembly and places governance in the hands of | ||||||
8 | an elected board of directors; and
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9 | WHEREAS, A board of directors comprised of locally elected | ||||||
10 | school board members has supervision, control, and direction of | ||||||
11 | the affairs of the Illinois Association of School Boards; it | ||||||
12 | implements the Association's policies or determines changes | ||||||
13 | therein within the limits of the constitution and actively | ||||||
14 | prosecutes its purposes; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Board's | ||||||
16 | programs are designed to provide leadership, service, and | ||||||
17 | advocacy for local school boards through professional | ||||||
18 | development, governmental relations, executive searches, | ||||||
19 | in-district services, policy development, information | ||||||
20 | services, legal counsel, and many other services; therefore, be | ||||||
21 | it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we congratulate the Illinois Association of School Boards on | ||||||
4 | the 100th anniversary of its founding and wish them many more | ||||||
5 | successful years; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the Illinois Association of School Boards as an | ||||||
8 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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