HR1313 Summary

• Congratulates Rep. John D. Cavaletto on his retirement after 10 years of service in the Illinois House of Representatives.

• Recognizes Cavaletto's legislative achievements, including sponsoring over 100 pieces of legislation focused on grandparents' rights, government reform, fiscal accountability, and economic development.

• Honors Cavaletto's pioneering work with special needs children at Southern Illinois University camps in the 1960s, which contributed to the development of the Special Olympics movement.

• Acknowledges his career as a high school teacher, basketball coach (leading Breese Mater Dei to 4th place in the 1974 Illinois State Championships), and principal of Salem Community High School until his 2001 retirement.

• Notes that Southern Illinois University renamed the Cavaletto House at its Touch of Nature Environmental Center on October 12, 2018, in recognition of his contributions to youth programs and Special Olympics.