Full Text of HR0699 093rd General Assembly
HR0699 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Consolidated | 4 |
| Community School District 15 (CCSD 15) of Palatine on being | 5 |
| awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award; and
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| WHEREAS, The Baldrige Award is given by the President of | 7 |
| the United States to businesses, education, and health care | 8 |
| organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in | 9 |
| seven areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer and | 10 |
| market focus, information and analysis, human resource focus, | 11 |
| process management, and business results; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Congress established the award program in | 13 |
| 1987 to recognize organizations for their achievements in | 14 |
| quality and performance and to raise awareness about the | 15 |
| importance of quality and performance excellence as a | 16 |
| competitive edge; and
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| WHEREAS, Several years ago, CCSD 15 began a journey of | 18 |
| continuous quality improvement centered on accountability to | 19 |
| its constituents; as a framework for the district's efforts, | 20 |
| the Board of Education and district administrators adopted the | 21 |
| criteria of the Baldrige Award; the district is among only 3 | 22 |
| other education organizations to win the Baldrige Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout the process, CCSD 15 developed a | 24 |
| mission, implemented multi-year strategic planning, maintained | 25 |
| a high performing quality staff, set challenging goals, and was | 26 |
| accountable to the community through feedback; the district | 27 |
| paid special attention to aligning its mission, goals, and | 28 |
| student performance targets; and
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| WHEREAS, The District 15 Board of Education | 30 |
| enthusiastically endorsed the continuous improvement process |
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| as a way to develop a world-class school system; members of the | 2 |
| superintendent's cabinet and others on the administrative team | 3 |
| took ownership of the Baldrige process and led the way to | 4 |
| implementing it across the entire district organization; and
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| WHEREAS, CCSD 15 has created a number of unique programs | 6 |
| designed to respond to the specific needs of various groups; | 7 |
| these range from the strategic planning process to reading | 8 |
| intervention programs, from on-time bus delivery to teacher | 9 |
| mentoring; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate the administrators, Board of Education, and the | 13 |
| entire staff of Consolidated Community School District 15 of | 14 |
| Palatine on being awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality | 15 |
| Award; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Consolidated Community School District 15 as an | 18 |
| expression of our esteem.
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