Bill Text: IL HR0337 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Honors Ed Rafferty as he retires from his career in School District 54.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Resolution Adopted [HR0337 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0337-Introduced.html


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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to honor Ed Rafferty as he retires
4from his career in School District 54; and
5 WHEREAS, Ed Rafferty's entire educational career has been
6in School District 54; he began in 1976 as a special education
7teacher; in 1983 he became the truant alternative program
8specialist, in 1986 the coordinator for behavior disorder
9services, in 1990 the director of special services, in 1994 the
10assistant superintendent of special services, and in 2004 the
11superintendent; and
12 WHEREAS, Ed Rafferty has been recognized with numerous
13awards over the years including the 2012 Illinois State Board
14of Education Those Who Excel Award in the administrator
15category; in 2010, he was named the Illinois Superintendent of
16the Year; he received the National Organization on
17Disability/National School Boards Association Honorary Award
18for Service to Persons with Disabilities in March 2001, the
19Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Award in
20recognition of outstanding contribution to excellence in
21education in November 1996, and the Commitment to Excellence
22Award was given to District 54's Special Education Department
23for its work with children with Down Syndrome in November 2003;

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2 WHEREAS, Ed Rafferty helped implement a myriad of changes
3to the educational process in District 54; he instituted
4tighter schedules to provide more uninterrupted and protected
5time for instruction in the core areas and fine arts areas; he
6saw that every student has the opportunity for intervention or
7enrichment opportunities; he helped develop essential outcomes
8for every grade-level curricular area; common district
9assessments and grade-level assessments have been written and
10implemented, professional development priorities are focused
11and support best practices, and administrators, teachers, and
12support staff evaluation systems are aligned to the district's
13student learning goals; the Measures of Academic Progress
14assessment was installed in all 27 schools by the spring of
152007 to provide timely, consistent data to used to determine if
16the goals are being met; and
17 WHEREAS, Ed Rafferty served as president on the board of
18directors of the Illinois Special Olympics and on the Illinois
19Advisory Council for Bilingual Education; therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22we are pleased to honor Ed Rafferty as he retires from his
23career in School District 54, thank him for his commitment to

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1education, and wish him all the best in his future endeavours;
2and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to Ed Rafferty as an expression of our esteem and
5respect.
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