Public Act 100-0141
 
HB2987 EnrolledLRB100 09258 HLH 19415 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
Agency Student Worker Opportunity Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Court-involved youth" means an individual who was 
committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice 
or a county juvenile detention center and has been released 
from that facility or discharged from custody.
    "Homeless youth" means an individual up to 21 years of age, 
who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined 
under the Federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
    "Qualified applicant" means an individual who: (1) is 21 
years of age or younger; (2) is qualified for the internship or 
student worker position; and (3) is or has been a dependent 
child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a court-involved 
youth.
    "State agency" means all boards,
commissions, agencies, 
institutions, authorities, bodies politic and corporate
of the 
State created by or pursuant to the constitution or statute, of 
the
executive branch of State government.
 
    Section 10. Internships and student workers; transmit 
information.   
    (a) Whenever a State agency has a job opening for an intern 
or a student worker, that State agency shall notify the 
Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile 
Justice, and the Department of Children and Family Services and 
document that notification.
    (b) The Department of Human Services, the Department of 
Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Children and Family 
Services shall take steps to notify qualified applicants of 
each internship or student worker job opening for which a 
notification is received under subsection (a) and shall 
document those steps.