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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois
4Association of School Boards on the occasion of the 100th
5anniversary of its founding; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is a
7voluntary organization of local boards of education dedicated
8to strengthening public schools through local citizen control;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards is
11organized by member school boards as a private, not-for-profit
12corporation under the authority granted by Article 23 of the
13School Code; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards was
15founded 100 years ago in December 1913 by a group of 25 school
16board members meeting in Quincy; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Today, nearly 99% of the school boards in Illinois
18hold active membership; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Membership in the Illinois Association of School
20Boards also consists of active, associate, affiliate,

 

 

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1honorary, and service associate classifications; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The mission of the Illinois Association of School
3Boards is excellence in local school governance in support of
4quality public education; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Boards's
6constitution provides that major policies be established by an
7annual Delegate Assembly and places governance in the hands of
8an elected board of directors; and
 
9    WHEREAS, A board of directors comprised of locally elected
10school board members has supervision, control, and direction of
11the affairs of the Illinois Association of School Boards; it
12implements the Association's policies or determines changes
13therein within the limits of the constitution and actively
14prosecutes its purposes; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of School Board's
16programs are designed to provide leadership, service, and
17advocacy for local school boards through professional
18development, governmental relations, executive searches,
19in-district services, policy development, information
20services, legal counsel, and many other services; therefore, be
21it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate the Illinois Association of School Boards on
4the 100th anniversary of its founding and wish them many more
5successful years; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to the Illinois Association of School Boards as an
8expression of our esteem and respect.