This is Illinois' first Report Card on Racial Equity, assessing the extent to which the General Assembly and Governor support policies that advance racial equity in order to close disparities, protect against discrimination, and promote civic participation for all residents of Illinois. Among the report highlights: (1) The House and Senate received Bs for support of racial equity; (2) The Governor signed all racially equitable bills passed by the General Assembly, but failed to initiate adequate remedies for several longstanding racial inequities; (3) Ten racial equity bills received strong bipartisan support in the House; four racial equity bills were strongly supported in the Senate; (4) Districts with highest percent populations of people of color were most likely to support racial equity; (5) Legislators of color stand behind racial equity; and (6) Sixteen Senators and thirty-six State Representatives attained honor role status for 100 percent support for racial equity. This Report Card finds that Illinois legislators and the Governor have initiated and supported several innovative policy measures that advance racial equity; however policymakers have yet to remedy some of the state's most fundamental inequities that contribute to racial disparities. This Report Card reviews 20 pieces of racial equity legislation passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor during the 94th General Assembly. The Governor signed these education equity bills: (1) SB 1497 (Preschool for All), which increases access to preschool by giving priority for enrollment to at-risk children and expanding the availability of preschool classes to all Illinois children by 2012; (2) SB 2235 (Grow Your Own Teacher), which aims to increase diversity among teachers and allocates more than $2,250,000 in grants to train new teachers to serve low-income and hard-to-staff schools in Illinois more effectively; (3) SB 2202 (Student Teaching Reform), which allows early childhood education teaching assistants to receive pay and credit concurrently for doing their student teaching at their place of employment, making it more feasible to pursue certification while working; and (4) HB 678 (Bilingual Test Time Extension), which allows bilingual students' needs and other factors to be considered in determining whether a student shall be allowed a time extension for taking tests. ["Facing Race: 2006 Legislative Report Card" is a project of the Applied Research Center.]