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LRB094 17502 RSP 52798 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
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| Sec. 4.5. Duties.
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| (a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state |
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| workforce
investment
board under
the federal Workforce |
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| Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and
any
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| other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also perform |
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| all other
functions that are
not inconsistent with the federal |
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| Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act
and that
are |
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| assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to it by the |
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| Governor.
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| (b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly and |
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| make
recommendations
to the
Governor and the General Assembly |
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| concerning legislation necessary to improve
upon
statewide and |
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| local workforce investment systems in order to increase
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| occupational skill
attainment, employment, retention, or |
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| earnings of participants and thereby
improve the
quality of the |
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| workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
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| productivity and
competitiveness of the State. The Board must |
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| annually submit a report to the
General
Assembly on the |
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| progress of the State in achieving state performance measures
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| under the
federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including |
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| information on the levels
of performance achieved by the State |
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| with respect to the core indicators of
performance and the |
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| customer satisfaction indicator
under that Act. The report must |
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| include any other
items that
the Governor may be required to |
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| report to the Secretary of the United States
Department
of |
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| Labor under Section 136(d) of the federal Workforce Investment |
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| Act of
1998.
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| (b-5) The Board shall develop a method for measuring |
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| Illinois' progress in transitioning to a high-skill, |
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| high-wage, and high-productivity economy at the State, |
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| regional, and local levels. The Board shall develop a set of |
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| benchmarks that measure whether Illinois is developing a |
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| globally competitive workforce that is aligned with the needs |
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| of the current and emerging economy. The Board shall report |
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| annually to the General Assembly on Illinois' progress on each |
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| of the benchmarks. The Board shall make changes to these |
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| benchmarks as necessary to improve measurement and reporting |
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| while, at the same time, maintaining consistency across annual |
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| reports.
The Board shall implement a method for measuring the |
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| progress of the
State's workforce development system by using |
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| specified benchmarks. Those
benchmarks are: (i) the |
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| educational level of working adults;
(ii) the percentage of the |
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| adult workforce in education and training;
(iii) adult |
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| literacy;
(iv) the percentage of high school graduates |
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| transitioning to education or
training;
(v) the high school |
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| dropout rate;
(vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th |
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| grade to 9th grade;
(vii) the percentage of individuals and |
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| families at economic
self-sufficiency;
(viii) the average |
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| growth in pay;
(ix) net job growth; and
(x) productivity per |
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| employee.
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| The Board shall identify the most significant early
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| indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to collect |
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| data and
track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and then use |
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| the results to set goals
for each benchmark, to inform |
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| planning, and to ensure the effective use of
State resources.
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| (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
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| allow the
Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority |
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| granted
to, or impose
any duties or requirements on, the State
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| Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
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| Community
College Board, any State agencies created under the |
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| Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois, or any local education |
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| agencies.
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| (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource |
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| Investment Council
before the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 92nd General Assembly
and no rights, powers, duties, |
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| or obligations from those actions are impaired
solely by this |
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| amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. All actions taken
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| by the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council before the |
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| effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 92nd General |
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| Assembly are ratified and validated.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02; 93-331, eff. 1-1-04.)
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