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16-2242
| 1 | | minutes from the meeting of 3/2/2016 | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 3/2/2016 | approve | Pass |
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16-1665
| 1 | | CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS NETWORK AND UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS’ REPORT ON YOUTH JOBLESSNESS | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS NETWORK AND UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS’ REPORT ON YOUTH JOBLESSNESS
WHEREAS, a new report, Lost: The Crisis Of Jobless and Out Of School Teens and Young Adults In Chicago, Los Angeles, New York Illinois and the U.S., was commissioned by the Alternative Schools Network and developed by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute; and,
WHEREAS, despite a growing national economic recovery, youth employment (16-24) is still at 27% nationwide; and,
WHEREAS, Chicago leads the national average in out of work, out of school youth; and,
WHEREAS, 47% of Black men (20-24) and 20% of Hispanic men are jobless and out of school in Chicago; and,
WHEREAS, the situation is even worse for Chicago’s Black and Hispanic teens (16-19) with 88% of Blacks and 85% of Hispanic youth, compared to 71% nationwide; and,
WHEREAS, jobless rates for youth (20-24) are highest on the South and West Sides of the City of Chicago; and,
WHEREAS, until 2000, there was a national summer youth | recommend for approval | Pass |
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