14-132 Resolution No. 14-132
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
CHARTER SCHOOL IN ELGIN
WHEREAS, high-performing charter schools promote excellence and innovation by
challenging students to reach their potential for academic success; and
WHEREAS, charter schools throughout the United States, and State of Illinois, provide
families with diverse educational options for their children; and
WHEREAS, charter schools are authorized by a designated public entity to respond to the
needs of communities, families and students in the United States; and to promote the principles of
quality, accountability, choice and innovation; and
WHEREAS, in exchange for flexibility and autonomy, charter schools are held
accountable by the public authorizers of such charter schools for improving student achievement
and for sound financial and operational management; and
WHEREAS, charter schools are required to meet the student achievement accountability
requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)
in the same manner as traditional public schools; and
WHEREAS, charter schools often set higher expectations for students, beyond the
requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)
to ensure that such charter schools are of high quality and truly accountable to the public; and
WHEREAS, 42 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws authorizing charter
schools which has led to establishment of 6,400 charter schools, 124 in Illinois, serving more than
2,500,000 children; and
WHEREAS, charter schools improve the achievement of students enrolled in such charter
schools and collaborate with traditional public schools to improve public education for all
students; and
WHEREAS, charter schools (1) give parents the freedom to choose public schools; (2)
routinely measure parental satisfaction levels; and(3)must prove their ongoing success to parents,
policymakers and the communities served by such charter schools; and
WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons, the City of Elgin supports the establishment of a
charter school.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that the city's legislative representatives in the Illinois General Assembly
jointly support the city's effort to support the creation of charter schools in Elgin.
s/David J. Kaptain
David J. Kaptain, Mayor
Presented: September 24, 2014
Adopted: September 24, 2014
Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 3
Attest:
s/Kimberly Dewis
Kimberly Dewis, City Clerk
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