Full Text of HR1276 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, the Illinois Senate adopted Senate | 3 | | Resolution 431, which created the Senate Education Funding
| 4 | | Advisory Committee; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of the Senate Education Funding
| 6 | | Advisory Committee was to propose a State education funding | 7 | | system that provides
adequate, equitable, transparent, and | 8 | | accountable distribution of funds to school districts that will
| 9 | | prepare students for achievement and success after high school; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, On January 31, 2014, the Senate Education Funding
| 12 | | Advisory Committee filed its recommendations, which included | 13 | | ending the current
General State Aid formula and mandating | 14 | | categorical funding, and replacing it with a new single | 15 | | weighted
formula that assigns weighting criteria for students, | 16 | | such as low-income, English Language Learner,
transportation | 17 | | needs, special education, and gifted students; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Senate Bill 16 was amended in April of 2014 to | 19 | | include the Senate Education Funding
Advisory Committee | 20 | | recommendations; a public hearing
was held in the Senate and | 21 | | the bill was changed significantly to secure passage from the | 22 | | Senate; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The bill is now a piecemeal reallocation of State | 2 | | tax dollars that will negatively impact
hundreds of school | 3 | | districts, causing deep budget reductions and financial | 4 | | uncertainty; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, There is no doubt that education funding reform is | 6 | | a priority to ensure all students are
academically successful | 7 | | and prepared for post-secondary education and the workforce; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, A more equitable and reasonable approach to | 10 | | education funding reform must be taken to
make certain that a | 11 | | comprehensive and meaningful reform is achieved; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Education funding reform deserves thoughtful and | 13 | | thorough discussion that
includes all education stakeholders, | 14 | | parents, teachers, and all members of the General Assembly; | 15 | | therefore, be it | 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we urge the members of this body to cease their efforts to pass | 19 | | Senate Bill 16 to make certain that all aspects of the Senate | 20 | | Education Funding Advisory Committee report are analyzed and | 21 | | discussed thoroughly and publicly by all members of the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly, taxpayers, parents, and the education community.
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