Full Text of SB0851 94th General Assembly
SB0851sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 4/14/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 851
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 851 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
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| Opportunity in State Public Construction Act . | 6 |
| Section 5. Legislative purpose. The purposes of this Act
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| (1) Prepare Illinois women and minorities to fully
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| participate in the construction industry where women and
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| minorities are underrepresented.
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| (2) Respond to the Illinois construction workforce
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| shortage which increasingly requires high skilled workers.
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| (3) Provide the Illinois construction industry with a
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| well prepared and diverse workforce to replace retiring
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| workers.
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| (4) Enhance the viability and competitiveness of local
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| communities through an economic development strategy that
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| will employ qualified residents for jobs that offer self-
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| sufficient wages.
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| (5) Increase economic opportunities in low-income
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| communities in Illinois resulting in jobs for members of
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| those communities.
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| (6) Provide support to stakeholders, including,
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| community job training programs, labor, employers,
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| community colleges, public agencies, and others to | 2 |
| increase
opportunities for women and minorities to be fully
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| represented in the skilled workforce in Illinois.
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| (7) Develop and sustain local community partnerships
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| among stakeholders resulting in increased capacity to
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| prepare women and minorities in low-income communities
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| across Illinois to enter and succeed in the construction
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| industry workforce.
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| (8) Develop and widely disseminate best practices to
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| stakeholders.
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| (9) Assess progress and trends in construction
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| industry training and employment of the target
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| populations.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Community-based organizations and institutions" include
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| community-based training providers and faith-based
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| organizations.
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| "Support services" includes application fees, childcare,
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| union dues, and transportation. | 20 |
| Section 15. Programs to prepare women and minorities for
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| increased participation in the construction trades in
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| Illinois. Programs that meet the criteria provided under | 23 |
| Section 20
of this Act, designed to prepare, screen, and | 24 |
| evaluate individual
women and minorities for entry into | 25 |
| apprenticeships in the
skilled construction trades based on | 26 |
| labor market information
and projections, shall be eligible for | 27 |
| funding under this Act. Funding shall be made available for the | 28 |
| following: | 29 |
| (1) Direct services to clients and participants, which
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| shall include, but not be limited to, outreach, | 31 |
| recruitment,
and public education; career exploration and | 32 |
| assessment;
skill development, which shall include, but |
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| not be limited
to, math remediation, physical fitness, | 2 |
| hands-on skills,
tool identification, spatial and | 3 |
| mechanical aptitude,
apprenticeship interviewing and test | 4 |
| taking, blueprint
reading, career exploration, job | 5 |
| readiness, and employment
counseling; case management; job | 6 |
| referrals; provision of
tools and other materials to | 7 |
| training programs and their
clients; and support services | 8 |
| to assist clients during
pre-vocational preparation, job | 9 |
| training, and through the
first 12 months of employment, | 10 |
| including a revolving loan fund.
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| (2) Capacity building for funded programs to
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| organizations that are experienced with the industry and
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| have demonstrated success in increasing access,
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| participation, success, and retention of women and
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| minorities in high-wage, high-skill jobs in the
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| construction trades to increase the capacity of programs to
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| provide training services. Allowable activities shall
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| include materials and resource development, including
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| handbooks, directories, resource guides, and other
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| instructional aids, data collection, and organizational
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| development, including staff training, curriculum
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| development, and technology upgrades.
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| (3) Technical assistance for workforce development and
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| vocational education systems to organizations that are
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| experienced with the industry and have demonstrated
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| success in increasing access, participation, success, and
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| retention of women and minorities in high-wage, high-skill
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| jobs in the construction trades for technical assistance
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| services to increase the capacity of programs and
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| institutional stakeholders. Allowable activities shall
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| include training staff, including staff of one-stop career
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| centers, high school counselors, superintendents, and
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| gender equity coordinators; development of public
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| education and marketing materials; strategic planning and
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| goal setting; development of institutional and
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| cross-agency protocols and policies, including memoranda | 3 |
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understanding; participation in task force or advisory
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| meetings; and monitoring the utilization and impact of
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| policies and activities.
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| (4) Technical assistance to organizations that are
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| experienced with the industry and have demonstrated
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| success in increasing access, participation, success and
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| retention of women and minorities in high-wage, high-skill
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| jobs in the construction trades for technical assistance
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| services to train industry partners in supporting,
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| retaining, and advancing women and minorities in the
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| construction trades industry. Allowable activities shall
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| include, training staff, including union stewards,
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| business agents, training coordinators, development of
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| outreach and marketing materials for targeted populations,
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| strategic planning and goal setting, and monitoring the
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| utilization and impact of policies and activities. | 19 |
| Section 20. Eligible recipients of funds; eligible | 20 |
| participants. | 21 |
| (a) Eligible recipients of funds under this Act shall
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| include:
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| (1) Community-based organizations and institutions
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| with demonstrated expertise in serving the target
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| populations, knowledge of the construction industry, and
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| demonstrated success in placing clients in employment. | 27 |
| (2) Organizations offering employment services for
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| targeted populations with expertise in preparing skilled
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| workers for the construction field, not including entities | 30 |
| regulated
by the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. | 31 |
| (3) Labor organizations, including subunits devoted to
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| the concerns of the target populations.
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| (4) Contractor associations that participate in a |
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| Joint
Apprenticeship Training Council as provided under | 2 |
| paragraph (5)
of this subsection (a).
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| (5) Joint labor and management sponsored
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| apprenticeship programs that: (i) have a dedicated trust | 5 |
| fund for the
administration of their apprenticeship | 6 |
| program; and (ii) have a Joint
Apprenticeship Training | 7 |
| Counsel made up of representatives of contractor
and labor | 8 |
| organizations.
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| (6) Public secondary and post-secondary educational | 10 |
| institutions with
vocational education programs focused on | 11 |
| the construction industry.
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| (b) Eligible participants in programs funded under this Act
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| shall include women, minorities, and residents of low-income
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| communities that lack resources and have critical skills
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| shortages in the construction industry.
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| (c) The curriculum of any program or organization that | 17 |
| participates in this
Act shall include, but not be limited to, | 18 |
| the following subjects:
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| (1) Skill development, which may include, but not be | 20 |
| limited to, math
remediation, physical fitness, hands-on | 21 |
| skills, tool identification, blueprint
reading, and | 22 |
| special and mechanical aptitude.
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| (2) An overview of apprenticeship programs and their | 24 |
| requirements.
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| (3) Apprenticeship interviewing and test taking.
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| (4) Language skills.
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| (5) Employee rights.
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| (6) Labor history.
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| (7) Mandatory drug testing.
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| (8) A valid driver's license. | 31 |
| Section 25. Data collection and reporting.
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| (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| shall collect annually from each program funded under this Act
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| the following information: the number of individuals that
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| participate in training programs funded by this Act over a | 3 |
| 12-month period, including participants that enrolled for | 4 |
| program
services, participants that completed program | 5 |
| services,
participants that are accepted into apprenticeship | 6 |
| programs,
participants that entered apprenticeships or other | 7 |
| employment
training programs, participants that entered | 8 |
| employment in a
chosen field upon completion of apprenticeship | 9 |
| selection
process and preliminary training, measuring | 10 |
| participant
employment skills through pre-program and | 11 |
| post-program assessment, and
participants that entered an | 12 |
| industry other than construction.
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| (b) The Department of Labor shall collect data on the labor
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| force in the construction sector to track the participation of
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| women and minorities in the sector, and shall examine the
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| status of women and minorities in relation to the remaining
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| workforce. Data collected shall include gender, race, age,
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| cross-tabulation of gender, race, and age, occupation by trade,
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| geography, advancement, income, pay equity, and assignment
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| disparity measured through income, hours worked, and skill | 21 |
| level.
The Department of Labor shall collect this information | 22 |
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an annual basis and submit it to the Governor, the | 23 |
| Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | 24 |
| Department of
Employment Security, the State Board of | 25 |
| Education, the
Department of Transportation, the Inter-Agency | 26 |
| Opportunity in
State Public Construction Working Group, the | 27 |
| Illinois General Assembly, the
Illinois Statewide | 28 |
| Nontraditional Leadership Team, and the
public through the | 29 |
| Department of Labor's
annual publication entitled "Progress of | 30 |
| Women and Minorities
in the Illinois Workforce". | 31 |
| Section 30. Inter-Agency Commission on Opportunity in | 32 |
| State Public
Construction Working Group.
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| (a) There is created the Inter-Agency Commission on |
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| Opportunity in State
Public Construction Working Group. The | 2 |
| Working Group shall
consist of the Director or Secretary, or | 3 |
| his or her designee, of the Illinois
Department of Commerce and | 4 |
| Economic Opportunity, the Illinois
Department of | 5 |
| Transportation, the Capital Development Board,
the Illinois | 6 |
| Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois
Department | 7 |
| of Labor. The Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity, or | 8 |
| his or her designee, shall serve as chair of the
Working Group. | 9 |
| The Working Group shall appoint additional members
to the | 10 |
| Working Group to include equal representation and geographical
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| representation across the State from labor union organizations | 12 |
| engaged
in collective bargaining for the building trades and | 13 |
| construction contractor
associations that participate in Joint | 14 |
| Apprenticeship Training Counsels
as provided under paragraph | 15 |
| (5) of subsection (a) of Section 20 and engage
in collective | 16 |
| bargaining. The Working Group may also consult with
various | 17 |
| groups, including, but not limited to, representatives of
labor | 18 |
| union organizations, the construction contractor community,
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| organizations that advocate for the civil rights of | 20 |
| African-Americans,
Latinos, women, and other underrepresented | 21 |
| groups, community-based
training providers, and federal | 22 |
| government agencies.
The Inter-Agency Opportunity in State | 23 |
| Public Construction Working Group shall:
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| (1) Undertake a thorough review of training programs, | 25 |
| data collection
abilities, and grant programs administered | 26 |
| by State, federal, or private entities
that are designed to | 27 |
| prepare Illinois minorities and women to fully participate
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| in the construction industry and provide the Illinois | 29 |
| construction industry with a
well prepared and diverse | 30 |
| workforce.
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| (2) Prepare a report containing the information | 32 |
| compiled under Section 25 of this Act,
as well as | 33 |
| recommendations for policies or programs designed to | 34 |
| encourage
the full participation of minorities and women in |
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| the trades and technical
occupations. This report shall be | 2 |
| presented to the General Assembly no later
than one year | 3 |
| after the effective date of this Act.
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| (3) Develop a 5-year plan to encourage the full | 5 |
| participation of women and
minorities in the trades and | 6 |
| technical occupations. The plan shall include roles and
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| responsibilities of both the public and private sector.
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| (b) Administration of the Working Group and its functions | 9 |
| shall be
shared among the members pursuant to an interagency | 10 |
| agreement from
funds appropriated for this purpose or from | 11 |
| existing funds within the
budgets of the Working Group members.
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| Section 35. Allocation of funds. | 13 |
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(a) The State may reserve up to 5% of the funds provided
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| under Section 45 of this Act for administration of activities
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| provided under Sections 15 and 25
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| (b) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| shall consult with the Working Group in the administration
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| grants under this Act. The Department of Commerce and Economic
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| Opportunity shall award, through a competitive grant process, | 20 |
| 3-year
initial grants to eligible entities for services to be | 21 |
| provided
under Section 15 of this Act. Each organization | 22 |
| receiving
multi-year funding shall annually report on its | 23 |
| programs and
outcomes. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 24 |
| Opportunity
shall provide the Working Group an annual report of | 25 |
| the grant
applications and awards. Subsequent grant cycles | 26 |
| shall be for 2
years.
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| (c) In each grant cycle, the Department of Commerce and
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| Economic Opportunity shall award at least one grant per
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| economic development region, provided that a qualifying
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| proposal is received from the region in question.
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| (d) In awarding grants, the Department of Commerce and
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| Economic Opportunity shall consider the size of the
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| construction projects in the geographic area covered by the
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| proposal, relative to the size of the construction labor force
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| statewide. In addition, the Department shall consider the areas
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| that have the largest disparity of workforce representation in
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| the construction industry.
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| (e) In awarding grants, preference shall be given to
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| community-based training programs that represent the | 7 |
| communities
where delivery of service is targeted, including | 8 |
| collaboratives in
which a community-based organization is a | 9 |
| primary partner.
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| (f) A representative of a prospective grantee shall not be
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| involved in the review of his or her organization's proposal.
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| (g) Program training providers and industry collaborators
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| shall work with apprenticeship program coordinators among
the | 14 |
| various trades to establish articulation agreements to | 15 |
| facilitate
program graduates entry into the apprenticeship | 16 |
| programs where
applicable based on the variant selection | 17 |
| processes among the trades.
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| Section 40. Accountability, evaluation, and oversight.
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| (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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| shall establish performance measures related to the data
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| collection requirements provided under Section 25.
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| (b) Evaluation of program impact shall be based upon an
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| increase in the percentage of the targeted population in
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| industry jobs, the increase in the rate of acceptance,
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| completion, and retention among targeted populations,
raising | 26 |
| the skill levels of individual participants
contributing to | 27 |
| their overall employability, and the increase in rate of
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| employment, including hours, and annual income as measured
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| against pre-program participant income.
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| (c) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may
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| contract with eligible providers to deliver the technical
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| assistance services under this Section.
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| Section 45. Funding authorization.
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| (a) This Act shall be subject to appropriation.
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| (b) The funds are to be allocated to and administered by
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| the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which
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| shall, through a competitive process, solicit proposals from
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| qualified service providers.
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| (c) Each recipient of funds under this Act shall be
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| required to provide a 25% match through any combination of
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| funds and in kind contributions.".
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