WHEREAS, Many employees who work for State universities, State
schools, and Illinois school districts are laid off each summer
and during school vacations, and thus are able to work only seven
to ten months per year; and


	 WHEREAS, Many of these employees are hired on twelve-month appointments,
but are laid off each year after as little as seven to eight months;
and


	 WHEREAS, Many of these employees were hired before 1983, when
summer unemployment insurance was available; and


	 WHEREAS, The 1983 changes in federal law that prevented states
from providing summer unemployment insurance no longer apply as
the federal government, in 1991, returned to the states the option
of providing summer unemployment insurance for educational employees,
and Illinois has yet to reinstate summer unemployment insurance
for these employees, in non-professional academic positions, such
as maintenance and dietary; and


	 WHEREAS, Many of these employees earn as little as ten or eleven
thousand dollars annually, leaving them desperately in need of
summer work to support themselves and their families; and


	 WHEREAS, A wide variety of summer work is usually available at
our State universities, State schools, and school districts, often
including work identical or similar to the work these individuals
perform during the school year, such as kitchen, cleaning, and
maintenance functions; and


	 WHEREAS, Many of the laid off employees are readily and qualified
for the summer work available at the universities, schools, and
school districts; therefore, be it


	 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge State
universities, State schools, and Illinois school districts to
offer any summer work that they have available to qualified, laid
off employees before they offer it to others; and be it further



	 RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall undertake a study of
summer unemployment at the State universities and its impact,
specifically ascertaining the number and type of university employees
who are laid off each summer, determining the number and type
of summer jobs available at the universities and reviewing the
costs that were associated with providing summer unemployment
insurance for university employees before the change in law occurred
in 1983; and be it further


	 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be forwarded
to the Auditor General.


		Adopted by the House of Representatives on May 26, 1994.