SB3242 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3242

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Steve Stadelman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 415/8b	from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b
20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new

Amends the Illinois Personnel Code. Provides that a State agency shall not require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in State employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. Provides that the provisions shall not apply the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree or advanced degree. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing Section 8b and adding Section 8b.21 as follows:

(20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b)

Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B; merit B - Merit and fitness.

(a) For positions in the State service subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services with respect to selection and tenure on the basis of merit and fitness, those matters specified in this Section and Sections 8b.1 through 8b.21 8b.17.

(b) Application, testing and hiring procedures for all State employment vacancies for positions not exempt under Section 4c shall be reduced to writing and made available to the public via the Department's website or equivalent. All vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B shall be posted. Vacant positions shall be posted on the Department's website in such a way that potential job candidates can easily identify and apply for job openings and identify the county in which the vacancy is located. Vacant positions shall be updated at least weekly.

(c) If a position experiences a vacancy rate that is greater than or equal to 10%, that position shall be posted until the vacancy rate is less than 10%.

(Source: P.A. 103-108, eff. 6-27-23.)

(20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new)

Sec. 8b.21. Degree requirements.

(a) A State agency shall not require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in State employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree, except as provided in subsection (b).

(b) This Section shall not apply if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree or advanced degree.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.