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| 2 | 2 | | SJ0002 LRB104 08170 ECR 18219 r |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The Professional Review Panel is responsible for |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 evaluating and recommending modifications to the |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Evidence-Based Funding Formula to ensure all students have |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 access to a quality education, including special education |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 resource services; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 WHEREAS, Special education resource services are provided |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 by special education resource teachers who work outside of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 general education classroom, providing specialized support to |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 students with disabilities in one-on-one or small group |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 settings or by providing support through other forms of |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 specialized instruction such as co-teaching; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, High caseloads, meaning the number of students |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 assigned to an individual special education resource teacher, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 are contributing to Illinois' teacher shortage and are |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 adversely impacting the special education resource services |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 districts can provide; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, California, for example, has a maximum caseload |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 of 28 students for special education resource specialists; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 WHEREAS, The Illinois Education Association, in alignment |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 with California and the California Teachers Association, |
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| 31 | 31 | | SJ0002 - 2 - LRB104 08170 ECR 18219 r |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 recommends a maximum caseload of 28 students for special |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 education resource specialists; therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we direct the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 Professional Review Panel and the Illinois State Board of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Education to conduct the analysis and financial modeling |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 required to evaluate the effects of implementing the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 recommended maximum caseloads for special education resource |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 teachers; and be it further |
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| 47 | 47 | | SJ0002 - 2 - LRB104 08170 ECR 18219 r |
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