Bill Text: IL SR0299 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages all school districts in Illinois to adopt a Know Me, Know My Name plan to identify disconnected youth in their schools and start on a path to build relationships with those children that leads away from violence and toward compassion and belonging.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0299-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, There are many competing theories on why violence | ||||||
| 3 | plagues our nation and why mass shooters repeatedly target our | ||||||
| 4 | schools; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Many acts of violence begin with feelings of | ||||||
| 6 | detachment, desolation, and isolation; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Part of the shock of any mass shooting is the | ||||||
| 8 | helplessness we all feel afterwards; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, It is critical for children to have relationships | ||||||
| 10 | and be connected with adults and other children, and many | ||||||
| 11 | children are missing these powerful connections and | ||||||
| 12 | relationships outside of school; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, These children may be in danger of slipping | ||||||
| 14 | through the cracks and may resort to violence to be heard; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, A greeting, a smile, or a show of genuine concern | ||||||
| 16 | for a disconnected student can make a difference in that | ||||||
| 17 | child's life; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Know Me, Know My Name movement is an effort by | ||||||
| 19 | educators to identify individual students in a school who have | ||||||
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| 1 | "little to no" connections with staff or others; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Know Me, Know My Name movement is an effort to | ||||||
| 3 | build relationships between disconnected youth and educators, | ||||||
| 4 | and in the process, realize better attendance and increase | ||||||
| 5 | academic success; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In the San Juan, California School District, where | ||||||
| 7 | this was implemented, they found that student attendance | ||||||
| 8 | increased and grades improved; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Know Me, Know My Name movement is a cost-free | ||||||
| 10 | way for educators to identify and make contact with children | ||||||
| 11 | who are in danger of slipping through the cracks at school; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, A Know Me, Know My Name plan can be carried out | ||||||
| 13 | during an existing school in-service; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, After disconnected students are identified, | ||||||
| 15 | teachers and other school officials make a concerted effort to | ||||||
| 16 | establish connections with these children; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, These connections will help to lead away from | ||||||
| 18 | violence and toward compassion, kindness, connection, | ||||||
| 19 | community, and resilience and may save lives in the process; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we encourage all school | ||||||
| 3 | districts in Illinois to adopt a Know Me, Know My Name plan to | ||||||
| 4 | identify disconnected youth in their schools and start on a | ||||||
| 5 | path to build relationships with those children that leads away | ||||||
| 6 | from violence and toward compassion and belonging.
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