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Full Text of HJR0053 96th General Assembly

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HJ0053 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
4 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Four-day
5 School Week Task Force to study the feasibility of a 4-day
6 school week in school districts in this State; and be it
7 further

8     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
9 following members, all of whom shall serve without compensation
10 but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary
11 expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose:
12         (1) a person appointed by an organization representing
13     school principals;
14         (2) a person appointed by an organization representing
15     school administrators;
16         (3) a person appointed by an organization representing
17     school business officials;
18         (4) a person appointed by an organization representing
19     school board members;
20         (5) a person appointed by an organization representing
21     school teachers;
22         (6) a person appointed by another organization
23     representing school teachers;
24         (7) a person appointed by an organization representing

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1     school transportation providers;
2         (8) a person appointed by an organization representing
3     regional offices of education;
4         (9) a person appointed by an organization representing
5     a school district in a city having a population exceeding
6     500,000;
7         (10) a person appointed by an organization
8     representing the teachers of a school district in a city
9     having a population exceeding 500,000;
10         (11) a person appointed by an organization responsible
11     for high school athletic competition;
12         (12) a person appointed by an organization responsible
13     for elementary school athletic competition;
14         (13) the State Superintendent of Education or his or
15     her designee;
16         (14) a person appointed by the Speaker of the House;
17         (15) a person appointed by the Minority Leader of the
18     House;
19         (16) a person appointed by the President of the Senate;
20     and
21         (17) a person appointed by the Minority Leader of the
22     Senate; and be it further

23     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the
24 call of the Speaker of the House and the President of the
25 Senate, shall select one member as chairperson at its initial

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1 meeting, shall thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson,
2 shall hold public hearings, shall receive staff assistance from
3 the State Board of Education, and shall report its findings and
4 recommendations concerning a 4-day school week to the House and
5 Senate by filing copies of its report with the Clerk of the
6 House and the Secretary of the Senate on or before January 1,
7 2010; and that upon filing its report the Task Force is
8 dissolved.

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