Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HJR0012 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, Health insurance for educators throughout our
5	5	3 State has become increasingly unaffordable; and
6	6	4 WHEREAS, Many school districts find themselves facing
7	7	5 financial stress to provide a quality public education for our
8	8	6 students and to offer a reasonable compensation package that
9	9	7 attracts, retains, and rewards educational employees; and
10	10	8 WHEREAS, Illinois has staffing shortages in 62% of its
11	11	9 education agencies, which include K-12 schools, special
12	12	10 education cooperatives, and career centers, according to a
13	13	11 report published by the Illinois State Board of Education and
14	14	12 the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of
15	15	13 Schools; and
16	16	14 WHEREAS, The number of educator vacancies throughout
17	17	15 Illinois exceeds 7,000 trained professionals; and
18	18	16 WHEREAS, Local governments continue to do more with less,
19	19	17 and the idea of creating health insurance efficiencies should
20	20	18 be explored; therefore, be it
21	21	19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
22	22	20 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
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31	31	1 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Educator Health Insurance
32	32	2 Task Force is created to study the feasibility of creating
33	33	3 regional health insurance purchasing pools of school districts
34	34	4 accessible to all public educators in school districts that
35	35	5 have a population of less than 500,000; and be it further
36	36	6 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
37	37	7 following members who will serve without compensation:
38	38	8 (1) One member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
39	39	9 President, who shall serve as Co-Chair;
40	40	10 (2) One member of the House of Representatives
41	41	11 appointed by the House Speaker, who shall serve as
42	42	12 Co-Chair;
43	43	13 (3) One member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
44	44	14 Minority Leader;
45	45	15 (4) One member of the House of Representatives
46	46	16 appointed by the House Minority Leader;
47	47	17 (5) One person representing an association that
48	48	18 advocates on behalf of school boards appointed by the
49	49	19 Governor;
50	50	20 (6) One person representing an association that
51	51	21 advocates on behalf of school management appointed by the
52	52	22 Governor;
53	53	23 (7) One person representing an association that
54	54	24 advocates on behalf of certified teachers appointed by the
55	55	25 Governor; and
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66	66	1 (8) One person representing an association that
67	67	2 advocates on behalf of educational support staff appointed
68	68	3 by the Governor; and be it further
69	69	4 RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Board of Education and
70	70	5 the Illinois Department of Central Management Services shall
71	71	6 provide administrative support for the Task Force; and be it
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73	73	8 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a minimum of
74	74	9 two public hearings in at least two different counties within
75	75	10 the State at the call of the co-chairs; and be it further
76	76	11 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall convene a wide array
77	77	12 of stakeholders to examine the current provision of health
78	78	13 insurance to public educators from throughout the State and to
79	79	14 explore and study the viability of a plan to create at least
80	80	15 five regional insurance purchasing pools; and be it further
81	81	16 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall explore local
82	82	17 governance options for these pools, study the costs and
83	83	18 funding associated with this type of health insurance option,
84	84	19 consider transition plans and costs for school districts to
85	85	20 participate, consider healthcare accessibility, find ways to
86	86	21 integrate the program with efficiencies in state government,
87	87	22 and consider a variety of health insurance benefits and
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98	98	1 options while studying the feasibility of regional pools; and
99	99	2 be it further
100	100	3 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final
101	101	4 report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2026, and
102	102	5 upon the filing of its final report, the Task Force is
103	103	6 dissolved; and be it further
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