Urges the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop a basic protocol which will provide direction on how best to make available such medications to veterans suffering from PTSD and other forms of severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder, and bipolar disorders.
Urges Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment reversing the Citizens United v. FEC ruling and related cases by clarifying that corporations and other artificial entities are not people with constitutional rights, and that money is property, not speech, and therefore can be regulated.
Creates the General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of education funding and make recommendations to implement an education funding system.
Creates the Teacher Recruiting and Retention Task Force to study the impact of Tier 2 pension benefits on the ability of school districts to recruit and retain teachers in public school classrooms.
Creates the Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning special charter districts.
Honors the American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines from the State of Illinois who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the preceding year.
Recognizes William Grahame Wilkin III for creating the original artwork on the POW/MIA flag.
Honors Glenn "Max" McGee, Ph.D., on his retirement as president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
Congratulates the staff, faculty, and administration of Chicago School District 299 on its efforts and support its mission to increase the quantity and quality of physical education for the students of Chicago Public Schools.
