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[I support Ryan because he is] committed to restoring much-needed civility in the House [and will] set the tone for tackling our country’s biggest challenges.” Randy Hultgren, R-Plano
Rep. Paul Ryan elected new speaker of the House Reps. Roskam, Hultgren weigh in on the vote
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Ill. report cards lack PARCC test results
School districts wait indefinitely
By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com
By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com Although the state’s annual report card data was released Friday, school districts are left waiting to find out how students did on the assessments administered for the first time last school year. In addition to demographics, financials, college and career readiness and other information, the annual report card typically includes student academic performance and growth data. However, the latter component this year is lacking, as the report card does not detail the results of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, test. In line with new and more rigorous state standards, PARCC last school year replaced the Illinois Standards
Achievement Test and the Prairie State Achievement Exam. Scores from PARCC cannot be compared to ISAT or PSAE scores. Students in third through eighth grade and some high school students took the PARCC test beginning in March, and it’s unclear when the results will be released. “The 2015 PARCC scores are taking additional time to produce as Illinois educators and their colleagues review students’ work to determine the performance level threshold scores,” Illinois State Board of Education officials said in a news release. In a message Monday, state Superintendent Tony Smith said he expects questions about how the PARCC score release will work, especially relating to a more specific timeline. In the same
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Fox Lake to vote on sales tax hike AP photo
An emotional outgoing House Speaker John Boehner stands Thursday with his successor, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Republicans rallied behind Ryan to elect him as the House’s 54th speaker, as a splintered GOP turned to the youthful but battle-tested lawmaker to mend its self-inflicted wounds and craft a conservative message to woo voters in next year’s elections. said after the vote, which mostly was a formality after his successful Wednesday nomination. U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam voted Thursday Having won his House to elect Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as the new House speaker. seat in 1998 at age 28, Ryan They also voted Wednesday against a two-year deal on the quickly earned the reputafederal budget and debt ceiling, which passed and will move on tion as a conservative “ideas to the Senate. man” who wrote major proposed overhauls of the federHouse” and will “set the tone “I was proud to vote for al tax code and health care. for tackling our country’s my friend Paul Ryan. He will See SPEAKER, page A4 biggest challenges.” be a great speaker,” Roskam
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Referendum to be on March ballot By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com FOX LAKE – The Fox Lake Police Department needs at least three more officers, its village president said. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Michael Keller made the recommendation as part of his ongoing review of the department’s processes, practices and staffing, which started after he appointed the village’s interim police chief in the wake of Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz’s death Sept. 1. More than 30 people have applied to be Fox Lake’s permanent police chief – the last police chief retired a week after an investigation related to a 2014 incident was launched – and the village
is in its due diligence phase, reviewing the applications and sending questions to applicants, Village President Donny Schmit said. Schmit expects interviews to start within two weeks. Keller hasn’t made any other recommendations at this point, but hiring officers would be one of the priorities the Fox Lake Village Board would consider if a March 18 ballot measure is approved, Schmit said. The Fox Lake Village Board voted unanimously to put the question – whether the village should implement a 1 percent sales tax on goods and services bought in the village – on the ballot. The sales tax, if approved, would not affect certain food, drugs and medical appliances or titled property, such as cars or boats, according to
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Local U.S. House members voted to elect Paul Ryan as the new House speaker, and against a two-year budget deal that rids him of a major starting-gate headache. Republican U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam helped Ryan, R-Wisconsin, handily win the speaker’s gavel Thursday morning after weeks Rep. Randy of uncertainHultgren, ty as to who R-Plano would take up the mantle. T h e y also voted Wednesday e v e n i n g against a bipartisan budRep. Peter get and debt Roskam, ceiling deal R-Wheaton that averts a debt default and government shutdown. The budget passed on a 266-167 vote, carried by the Democratic minority. Ryan, who didn’t want to be speaker and only took the powerful position on certain conditions, at age 45 is the youngest House speaker in almost 150 years. He succeeded John Boehner, R-Ohio, whose September announcement that he would resign and step down from his Ohio congressional seat after frequent duels between the GOP establishment and its harder conservative base sent shockwaves through Washington. Roskam, R-Wheaton, is close with Ryan and long supported him taking the seat as the best shot to unify a fractured and “dysfunctional” House Republican conference. Hultgren, R-Plano, said he supports Ryan because he is “committed to restoring much-needed civility in the