Full Text of HR0447 96th General Assembly
HR0447 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Basic personal financial management, including | 3 |
| the principles of saving, spending, credit, investment, taxes, | 4 |
| and insurance, is an essential life skill necessary to the | 5 |
| well-being of all Illinoisans; and
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| WHEREAS, Experience has shown that students respond to | 7 |
| well-executed life skills programs that have direct practical | 8 |
| application to their daily lives; and
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| WHEREAS, The personal responsibility and well-being of the | 10 |
| emerging generation will be essential to the overall health and | 11 |
| well-being of Illinois' economic and social condition; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, In recent years, the Illinois General Assembly has | 13 |
| placed special emphasis on the importance and effectiveness of | 14 |
| financial education by, among other things, requiring high | 15 |
| schools to offer consumer education to students and by the | 16 |
| establishment of a state-wide task force focused primarily on | 17 |
| financial education for children; and
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| WHEREAS, Through the resources available to educators and | 19 |
| school districts, the Illinois Council on Economic Education | 20 |
| has proven a valuable tool in enhancing the economic future of | 21 |
| students; and
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| WHEREAS, Since Fiscal Year 2000, General Revenue Funds have | 2 |
| been dedicated to financially support the programming of the | 3 |
| Illinois Council on Economic Education; the Illinois State | 4 |
| Board Fiscal Year 2010 budget does not include that | 5 |
| appropriation; and
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| WHEREAS, Impacting almost 200,000 students annually, the | 7 |
| recurring $250,000 appropriation is a small investment of $1.30 | 8 |
| per student that provides a life-long impact; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| request that the Illinois State Board of Education seek federal | 12 |
| and private funding resources to further enhance economic | 13 |
| education for students in Illinois and continue to fund the | 14 |
| Illinois Council on Economic Education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the federal government to spend | 16 |
| stimulus funds promoting educational opportunities to further | 17 |
| educate students on economic principles; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the Illinois State Superintendent of Education and | 20 |
| to each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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