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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HR 917          </title>
<shortdesc>SCHOOL DIVERSITY - ISBE</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Mary E. Flowers-Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.-Litesa E. Wallace-Sonya M. Harper-La Shawn K. Ford, Arthur Turner and Emanuel Chris Welch</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted</action>
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<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>     Urges the Illinois State Board of Education to officially recognize the importance and benefits of school diversity and to set it as a priority when making decisions regarding admissions policies and practices, creation of new schools, school rezoning, and other pertinent decisions and to commit to having a strategy in each district for overcoming impediments to school diversity.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/5/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers</action>
<statusdate>1/27/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>11/22/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Elementary &amp; Secondary Education: School Curriculum &amp; Policies  Committee</action>
<statusdate>11/29/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Recommends Be Adopted Elementary &amp; Secondary Education: School Curriculum &amp; Policies  Committee;  018-000-000</action>
<statusdate>11/29/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper</action>
<statusdate>11/30/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford</action>
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