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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate HH Conrady Jr. High School 
4in North Palos School District 117 on being one of 2 Illinois 
5schools recognized as National Title I Distinguished Schools; 
6and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, The National Title I Association was established 
8to help improve and implement programs under Title
I of the 
9Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA); it recognizes up to 2 
10schools per state as
National Title I Distinguished Schools; 
11Title I is the largest federally funded pre-college education

12program, providing funding to school districts that serve 
13students from low-income families; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, The National Title I Association allows each state 
15to select one qualifying school in each of the
following 2 
16categories:
(1) High Performing - A school that has exceeded 
17its Adequate Yearly Progress - or
alternative accountability 
18criteria for those states with ESEA Flexibility Requests 
19approved
by the United States Department of Education - for 2 
20or more years; (2) Achievement Gap - A school that has 
21significantly closed the achievement gap between
subgroups of 
22students; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, More than 56% of students at HH Conrady Jr. High 
2School are classified as low income; Illinois Standards 
3Achievement Tests scores rose from 71.4% of students meeting or 
4exceeding standards in 2011 to 74.9% in 2013; and
  
 
  
5    WHEREAS, HH Conrady Jr. High School will be honored for its 
6academic gains at the upcoming National Title I Association's 
7annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the No Child 
8Left Behind annual statewide conference in Chicago; therefore, 
9be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
12congratulate HH Conrady Jr. High School on being one of 2 
13Illinois schools recognized as National Title I Distinguished 
14Schools and wish them many more years of academic success; and 
15be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to HH Conrady Jr. High School as an expression of our 
18esteem and respect.