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91_SJ0055
LRB9113193NTsb
1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, In 1997 the General Assembly enacted Public Act
3 90-548, which created the Education Funding Advisory Board
4 consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor; and
5 WHEREAS, The Education Funding Advisory Board, in
6 consultation with the State Board of Education, is required
7 to make recommendations for the per pupil foundation level of
8 financial support for the 2001-2002 school year and each
9 school year thereafter; and
10 WHEREAS, The recommended foundation level is to be
11 determined based on a methodology that incorporates basic
12 education expenditures of low-spending schools exhibiting
13 high academic performance; and
14 WHEREAS, The Education Funding Advisory Board, in
15 consultation with the State Board of Education, is required
16 to make recommendations for the supplemental general State
17 aid grant level for school districts with high concentrations
18 of children from poverty for the 2001-2002 school year and
19 each school year thereafter; and
20 WHEREAS, The Education Funding Advisory Board is required
21 to make both these recommendations to the General Assembly on
22 January 1 of odd numbered years, beginning on January 1,
23 2001; and
24 WHEREAS, The Governor has not yet appointed any members
25 to the Education Funding Advisory Board; and
26 WHEREAS, The Education Funding Advisory Board and the
27 staff of the State Board of Education should begin work soon
28 in order to make the best recommendations regarding the
29 foundation level and the supplemental general State aid grant
30 level by January 1, 2001; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Governor
4 to appoint members to the Education Funding Advisory Board by
5 April 1, 2000 so that these members may be confirmed by the
6 Senate and the Board can begin its work; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent
8 to the Governor, to the Chairperson of the State Board of
9 Education, and to the State Superintendent of Education.