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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate David R. Schuler, Ph.D.,
4 on the occasion of his appointment as the next executive
5 director of the School Superintendents Association (AASA); and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler is a highly experienced, successful,
7 and well-regarded educational leader; he has worked as a
8 superintendent for 22 years, serving 17 of those years at High
9 School District 214, one of Illinois' largest and most
10 innovative high school systems; he received his bachelor's
11 degree at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and he
12 earned both his master's degree and doctorate at the
13 University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin; and
14 WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler has been serving as superintendent of
15 High School District 214 in Arlington Heights; there, he and
16 his team designed and implemented the District 214 Career
17 Pathways program to provide students with an at-scale model
18 for earning early college credit, industry credentials, and
19 work-based learning experiences before leaving high school;
20 under his leadership, District 214 has expanded learning
21 options and now offers 44 programs of study, including more
22 than 600 courses aligned with 16 national career clusters and
23 39 career pathways, all of which are continually updated and
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1 refined in consultation with working professionals in the
2 community; and
3 WHEREAS, With Dr. Schuler at the helm, District 214 has
4 become a nationally recognized leader in providing
5 career-connected learning through internships,
6 apprenticeships, and other workplace learning experiences by
7 establishing the Center for Career Discovery, which
8 encompasses more than 1,000 industry partners and delivered
9 approximately 2,500 work-based learning experiences during the
10 2021-2022 school year; and
11 WHEREAS, Under Dr. Schuler's guidance, District 214 has
12 become a leader in early college credit; partnering with more
13 than half a dozen colleges and universities to prepare
14 students for postsecondary work while reducing college costs,
15 opportunities for students include traditional AP and
16 certification programs and a rapidly growing array of dual
17 credit courses; in addition, he helped write, champion, and
18 pass legislation requiring every public Illinois college and
19 university to accept Advanced Placement scores of 3 or higher,
20 furthering opportunities for students and making the most of
21 students' AP experiences; and
22 WHEREAS, As an additional accomplishment, District 214 was
23 one of only 13 districts across the country to be named as an
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1 AASA Lighthouse Demonstration System; these districts serve as
2 models of positive change in public education; they are
3 members of AASA's Learning 2025 Network, which is a cadre of
4 more than 120 demonstration systems representing
5 forward-leaning, urban, suburban, and rural school districts
6 engaged in learning, networking, and working together to help
7 drive education policy and ultimately improve student
8 learning; and
9 WHEREAS, Through Dr. Schuler's leadership, District 214
10 created the District 214 Education Foundation, which has
11 raised millions of dollars to support innovation, student
12 success, and lifelong learning beyond the limitations of
13 conventional public education funding; and
14 WHEREAS, During Dr. Schuler's tenure, District 214 has
15 continued to expand its Community Education program, which is
16 among the nation's oldest and most extensive, to serve more
17 than 30,000 lifelong learners each year and to offer a wide
18 range of enrichment classes for children; in addition, the
19 program offers an Adult Education and Family Literacy program,
20 providing invaluable support as adults study English, earn
21 high school equivalency certificates, or prepare for the U.S.
22 citizenship test; and
23 WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler served on AASA's executive committee
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1 from 2011 to 2017 and as president from 2015 through 2016; he
2 is the architect of Redefining Ready!, an initiative
3 administered by AASA that introduces research-based metrics to
4 appropriately assess whether students are ready to pursue
5 their lifelong goals and dreams following post-secondary
6 education and defines what it means for them to be ready for
7 college, career, and life; since its launch in 2017,
8 Redefining Ready! has rapidly become a mainstay in AASA's
9 growing stable of Leadership Network professional development
10 programs, mobilizing thousands of superintendents and their
11 respective teams in order to drive innovation, thought
12 leadership, research, and collaboration among school system
13 leaders from coast to coast; and
14 WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler serves as a lead superintendent in
15 AASA's National Superintendent Certification Program and also
16 serves as a lead superintendent in AASA's Aspiring
17 Superintendents Academy; and
18 WHEREAS, Dr. Schuler is an active member of the Illinois
19 Association of School Administrators (IASA) and was named the
20 National AASA School Superintendent of the Year in 2018;
21 therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
23 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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1 we congratulate David R. Schuler, Ph.D., on his appointment as
2 executive director of the School Superintendents Association
3 (AASA) and commend his long career in public education; and be
4 it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Dr. Schuler as an expression of our esteem and
7 respect.
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