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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.173 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.173 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.173. Advanced manufacturing technical skills |
| 8 | | training program. |
| 9 | | (a) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the State |
| 10 | | Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed |
| 11 | | at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical |
| 12 | | skills. The program shall be implemented in no less than 12 |
| 13 | | public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth |
| 14 | | unemployment rate is at least twice the national average, which |
| 15 | | shall include no less than 2 high schools on the west side of |
| 16 | | the City of Chicago, no less than 2 high schools on the south |
| 17 | | side of the City of Chicago, and no less than 2 high schools in |
| 18 | | the southern suburbs of the City of Chicago. |
| 19 | | (b) A high school participating in the program shall offer |
| 20 | | an advanced manufacturing technical skills course that |
| 21 | | provides education and training for available jobs or job |
| 22 | | openings that are anticipated in the field of manufacturing, |
| 23 | | including, but not limited to, classroom and on-site |
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| 1 | | experiential learning. The high school shall be equipped with |
| 2 | | up-to-date computers, digital design units, computer numerical |
| 3 | | control machines, and any other machines that are consistent |
| 4 | | with the needs of modern manufacturers and that provide |
| 5 | | hands-on experience for students. |
| 6 | | (c) An instructor of an advanced manufacturing technical |
| 7 | | skills course under the program must have a minimum of 3 years |
| 8 | | of recognized industry certifications, be effective at |
| 9 | | instructing urban or financially challenged youth, and have an |
| 10 | | adequate amount of shop experience gained in a manufacturing |
| 11 | | setting. |
| 12 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall ensure that each |
| 13 | | high school participating in the program has adequate funding |
| 14 | | for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, |
| 15 | | pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and |
| 16 | | leadership development, and life and financial management |
| 17 | | instruction. |
| 18 | | (e) The State Board of Education shall use a program |
| 19 | | provider to help design, build, and accredit the training |
| 20 | | program under this Section. The program provider shall have no |
| 21 | | less than 10 years of successful experience working in the |
| 22 | | manufacturing industry and serving communities where the high |
| 23 | | schools participating in the program are located.
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law.
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