PEKIN,
IL – State Representative Mike Unes (R-East Peoria) will be hosting a free
paper shredding event this Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The
event will take place on the street in front of the representative’s district
office, located at 19 S. Capitol Street in Pekin.
on
Thursday, April 21, 2016
With broad support from area school districts, a bill sponsored by Representative Mike Unes (R-East Peoria) requiring the State of Illinois to provide the ACT test to any school district that wishes to employ it for purposes of measuring and demonstrating college readiness, passed by 73-36 votes in the Illinois House of Representatives today despite opposition from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). This proposed legislation comes after ISBE’s unexpected decision to abandon its successful and well-established history with the ACT by instead entering into a three-year contract with SAT. The ACT has long been the preferred college-readiness exam in states like Illinois.
on
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Yesterday, the Illinois House of Representatives
provided essential long-term assurance to community colleges in the state by
passing HB 4675, which would ensure that all future federal dollars distributed
to the State of Illinois for Adult Education and Career and Technical Education
are timely appropriated to community colleges, even in lieu of a state
budget. Currently, these funds are coded within the Comptroller’s Office
as “special funds” rather than “federal funds,” which had previously
compromised their ability to be distributed in lieu of a higher education
budget. Other similar technicalities within the fund distribution process
were addressed by previous bills, but did not include the funds outlined specifically
by HB 4675.
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