Full Text of HR0732 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 | | pleased to recognize the Illinois Community College System on | 4 | | the occasion of its 50th anniversary; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The 48 community colleges within 39 districts in | 6 | | Illinois serve nearly one million students taking credit, | 7 | | non-credit, and community education courses each year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College System is the third | 9 | | largest in the nation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Nine out of 10 Illinois community college | 11 | | graduates remain in Illinois after graduation to live, work, | 12 | | pay taxes, and raise their families; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The benefits of earning an associate's degree or | 14 | | long-term certificate from an Illinois community college | 15 | | translates to an average of more than $570,000 in lifetime | 16 | | earnings; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 74% of Illinois employers have hired a | 18 | | community college student; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Illinois community colleges have partnered with |
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| 1 | | local school districts to offer 8,780 dual credit courses to | 2 | | 82,895 high school students; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The colleges within the Illinois Community | 4 | | College System share a common mission to prepare people for | 5 | | college and the workforce, to transfer to other colleges and | 6 | | universities, and to continually respond to the communities | 7 | | they serve through adult literacy and continuing education | 8 | | services; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | commend Governor Rauner for his proclamation of July 15, 2015 | 12 | | through July 15, 2016 as The Year of the Community College, | 13 | | recognize the Illinois Community College System on its rich 50 | 14 | | years of history, and wish it success and prosperity in the | 15 | | future; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Illinois Community College Board as a symbol | 18 | | of our esteem and respect.
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