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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Regional superintendents of schools have | ||||||
| 3 | performed vital roles for the State, local school districts, | ||||||
| 4 | and taxpayers since their inception as county superintendents | ||||||
| 5 | in
1865; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Regional superintendents are facing an | ||||||
| 7 | unprecedented crisis this summer
after Governor Quinn cut | ||||||
| 8 | funding from the State budget for their salaries; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Regional superintendents around the State have | ||||||
| 10 | remained committed to their
duties as dedicated public | ||||||
| 11 | servants, elected by the people of Illinois, by continuing to | ||||||
| 12 | work
hard in their jobs, despite not receiving pay since July | ||||||
| 13 | 1st; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Regional superintendents perform duties and | ||||||
| 15 | services for school districts in
Illinois that cannot be | ||||||
| 16 | duplicated, either under the law or practically, by either | ||||||
| 17 | State
government or the local districts; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, These valuable services and duties include | ||||||
| 19 | issuing, registering, and
renewing certificates for 120,000 | ||||||
| 20 | teachers and 700 administrators each year, providing safety
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| 21 | training for 20,000 bus drivers each year, inspecting 4,000 | ||||||
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| 1 | school and school-related buildings
each year for safety, | ||||||
| 2 | auditing school district financial numbers, administering | ||||||
| 3 | truancy and
alternative education programs for students with | ||||||
| 4 | behavior problems, and coordinating school
consolidation and | ||||||
| 5 | reorganization hearings, to name a few; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The emotional and financial toll on the part of | ||||||
| 7 | the regional superintendents
from not receiving a paycheck, yet | ||||||
| 8 | continuing to work through this crisis, is great and growing; | ||||||
| 9 | therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we wholeheartedly | ||||||
| 12 | recognize the extremely
difficult situation facing the | ||||||
| 13 | regional superintendents these last few months and moving | ||||||
| 14 | forward; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we disagree with Governor Quinn's | ||||||
| 16 | contention
that the regional superintendents could and should | ||||||
| 17 | be funded at the local level; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That State law clearly recognizes regional | ||||||
| 19 | superintendents
of schools as State employees and a real value | ||||||
| 20 | to the taxpayers of Illinois; and be it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That State legislators should override the | ||||||
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| 1 | Governor's veto and
restore the regional superintendents' | ||||||
| 2 | State funding in the upcoming fall veto session; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | delivered to Governor
Pat Quinn and the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 6 | Education.
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