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Public Act 094-0890 |
HB5429 Enrolled |
LRB094 16778 NHT 52049 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
adding Section 2-23 as follows: |
(110 ILCS 805/2-23 new) |
Sec. 2-23. Mobile response workforce training pilot |
program. |
(a) From appropriations made for the purposes of this |
Section, the State Board shall implement and administer a |
mobile response workforce training pilot program at 3 community |
colleges to address the fact that businesses are struggling to |
recruit a qualified workforce because of the frequent emergence |
of new technologies in the workplace and subsequent skill set |
requirements. The program shall meet all of the following |
requirements: |
(1) The program must be a collaborative model that |
integrates mobile workforce training with job creation and |
economic development. |
(2) The program must provide participating businesses |
with on-site training activities and resources across all |
functions, including without limitation recruiting, |
assessing and training potential employees, developing and |
producing training materials, providing training |
facilities, and delivering customized services, with the |
long-term objective of maintaining business and industry |
in this State and attracting new businesses and industries |
to this State. |
(3) The program must be operated for a period of 3 |
years. |
The program is encouraged to use the highly successful |
Alabama Industrial Development Training program as a model for |