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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5429
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5429 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 2-23 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/2-23 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-23. Mobile response workforce training pilot | ||||||
| 8 | program. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) From appropriations made for the purposes of this | ||||||
| 10 | Section, the State Board shall implement and administer a | ||||||
| 11 | mobile response workforce training pilot program at 3 community | ||||||
| 12 | colleges to address the fact that businesses are struggling to | ||||||
| 13 | recruit a qualified workforce because of the frequent emergence | ||||||
| 14 | of new technologies in the workplace and subsequent skill set | ||||||
| 15 | requirements. The program shall meet all of the following | ||||||
| 16 | requirements: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) The program must be a collaborative model that | ||||||
| 18 | integrates mobile workforce training with job creation and | ||||||
| 19 | economic development. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) The program must provide participating businesses | ||||||
| 21 | with on-site training activities and resources across all | ||||||
| 22 | functions, including without limitation recruiting, | ||||||
| 23 | assessing and training potential employees, developing and | ||||||
| 24 | producing training materials, providing training | ||||||
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| 1 | facilities, and delivering customized services, with the | ||||||
| 2 | long-term objective of maintaining business and industry | ||||||
| 3 | in this State and attracting new businesses and industries | ||||||
| 4 | to this State. | ||||||
| 5 | (3) The program must be operated for a period of 3 | ||||||
| 6 | years. | ||||||
| 7 | The program is encouraged to use the highly successful | ||||||
| 8 | Alabama Industrial Development Training program as a model for | ||||||
| 9 | guidance and direction. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) The State Board is authorized to administer the mobile | ||||||
| 11 | response workforce training pilot program in conjunction with | ||||||
| 12 | current programs and grants and in cooperation with other State | ||||||
| 13 | agencies. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) The State Board shall by rule establish the criteria to | ||||||
| 15 | be used in selecting the community colleges that are to | ||||||
| 16 | participate in the mobile response workforce training pilot | ||||||
| 17 | program, standards for implementation of the program, and goals | ||||||
| 18 | to be accomplished during the 3 years of program. | ||||||
| 19 | (d) On or before January 1, 2009, the State Board shall | ||||||
| 20 | file with the Governor and the General Assembly a report on the | ||||||
| 21 | progress of the mobile response workforce training pilot | ||||||
| 22 | program.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.".
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