Full Text of HR0133 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 133
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Employing youth is not only a vital and effective | 3 | | way to prevent violence, but it is also a means
for encouraging | 4 | | youth to stay in school; it provides much-needed financial | 5 | | support to them
and their families while serving as a critical | 6 | | stepping-stone to future employment; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, the Illinois youth employment rate was | 8 | | 27%, a 10% decrease from
2006; Illinois is 1 of 10 states with | 9 | | the highest teen unemployment rate; the youth employment rate | 10 | | in Chicago is 19.6%; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, African-American teens have the lowest employment | 12 | | rate compared to other ethnic and racial
groups; | 13 | | African-American males aged 16-19, living in Chicago, face the | 14 | | most uncertainty in employment; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Almost 23% of the city's 20 to 24 year-olds were | 16 | | out of work and school,
compared to less than 10% of Chicago's | 17 | | teens; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, According to a report by the Center for Economic | 19 | | and Policy Research, 92% of
Chicago's African-American male | 20 | | teens were unemployed; only 6% of low-income African-American | 21 | | teens were
employed in comparison with 13% of Hispanics and 25% |
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| 1 | | White males from similar economic
backgrounds; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The report noted that students who do not work | 3 | | while in school face greater chances of dropping out of
high | 4 | | school as well as having increased incidences of teenaged | 5 | | childbearing and juvenile delinquency
and arrests; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The report also stated that higher rates of youth | 7 | | unemployment lead to increased tax burdens for other workers
as | 8 | | governments forgo income tax revenue, Social Security, and | 9 | | Medicare taxes and have to pay
out more in welfare and | 10 | | unemployment insurance costs; it is estimated that high youth
| 11 | | unemployment costs various governments $25 billion a year; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Across Illinois, the teen employment rate fell | 13 | | from just under 50% in 2000 to 28% in 2012 - the lowest rate in | 14 | | the 42 years for which such data exist; if Illinois teens had
| 15 | | been able to maintain their 1999-2000 employment rates during | 16 | | the past year, there would have
been another 151,000 teens at | 17 | | work in Illinois in 2011-2012; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The investment to hire youth is lower than hiring | 19 | | seasoned individuals; companies
have the opportunity to train | 20 | | newcomers possibly, for their own businesses or outside
| 21 | | prospects; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Younger individuals are more technologically | 2 | | advanced and possess more unique skill
sets that can benefit | 3 | | any company; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | encourage businesses to employ teens and young adults in order | 7 | | to help alleviate the youth
unemployment that contributes to | 8 | | the demise of communities; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That employers would be not only
providing a | 10 | | critical asset for their own businesses but preparing the next | 11 | | generation to become
productive citizens of society.
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