HB5228 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5228

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 30/5
20 ILCS 30/15
20 ILCS 30/20

Amends the African American Employment Plan Act. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to develop and implement plans to improve the delivery of State services to African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25, and increase the number of African American youth between such ages employed in entry-level administrative, clerical, and information technology (IT) positions. Requires the Department to improve the delivery of State services to African Americans by increasing the number of contracts between African Americans and the State for construction and professional services. Requires each State agency to implement strategies and programs in accordance with the African American Employment plan to: (1) improve the delivery of State services to African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25; (2) increase the number of African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25 employed in entry-level administrative, clerical, and information technology (IT) positions; and (3) improve the delivery of State services to African Americans by increasing the number of contracts between African Americans and the State for construction and professional services. Modifies a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The African American Employment Plan Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 15, and 20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 30/5)

Sec. 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are as follows:

(a) improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' African Americans by increasing the number of African American State employees and the number of African American State employees serving in supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial positions;

(a-1) improve the delivery of State services to African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25, and increase the number of African American youth between such ages employed in entry-level administrative, clerical, and information technology (IT) positions;

(a-2) improve the delivery of State services to African Americans by increasing the number of contracts between African Americans and the State for construction and professional services;

(b) identify State agencies' staffing needs and qualification requirements;

(c) track hiring practices and promotions of African Americans employed by State agencies;

(d) increase the number of African Americans employed by State agencies;

(e) increase the number of African American State employees who are promoted;

(f) assist State agencies to meet their goals established pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and

(g) establish the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council.

(Source: P.A. 96-1341, eff. 7-27-10.)

(20 ILCS 30/15)

Sec. 15. African American Employment Plan.

(a) The Department shall develop and implement plans to increase the number of African Americans employed by State agencies and the number of African Americans employed by State agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels.

(a-5) The Department shall develop and implement plans to improve the delivery of State services to African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25, and increase the number of African American youth between such ages employed in entry-level administrative, clerical, and information technology (IT) positions.

(a-10) The Department shall develop and implement plans to improve the delivery of State services to African Americans by increasing the number of contracts between African Americans and the State for construction and professional services.

(b) The Department shall prepare and revise annually an African American Employment Plan in consultation with individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject and with the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council. The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2011, each State agency's activities that implement the African American Employment Plan.

(c) The Department shall monitor compliance with the African American Employment Plan and may assign that duty to the Department's staff or to a full-time African American employment coordinator. Nothing in this Act mandates the Department to hire additional staff.

(Source: P.A. 96-1341, eff. 7-27-10.)

(20 ILCS 30/20)

Sec. 20. State agency affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals.

(a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and programs in accordance with the African American Employment Plan to increase the number of African Americans employed by that State agency and the number of African Americans employed by that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels. Each State agency shall also implement strategies and programs in accordance with the African American Employment plan to: (1) improve the delivery of State services to African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25; (2) increase the number of African American youth between the ages of 18 and 25 employed in entry-level administrative, clerical, and information technology (IT) positions; and (3) improve the delivery of State services to African Americans by increasing the number of contracts between African Americans and the State for construction and professional services.

(b) Each State agency shall report annually to the Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in implementing the African American Employment Plan. Each agency's annual report shall include reports or information related to the agency's African American employment strategies and programs that the agency has received from the Department, the Department of Human Rights, or the Auditor General, pursuant to their periodic review responsibilities; findings made by the Governor in his or her report to the General Assembly; assessments of service needs based upon the agency's service populations; information on the agency's studies and monitoring success concerning the number of African Americans employed by the agency at the supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels and any increases in those categories from the prior year; and information concerning the agency's African American employment budget allocations.

(c) The Department shall assist State agencies required to establish preparation and promotion training programs under subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals. The Department shall survey State agencies to identify effective existing training programs and shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. The Department shall assist agencies in the development and modification of training programs to enable them to meet their affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and shall provide information regarding other existing training and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the Central Management Services Training Center, Executive Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service Internships.

(Source: P.A. 96-1341, eff. 7-27-10.)