Full Text of SB0772 103rd General Assembly
SB0772sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Patrick J. Joyce Filed: 4/9/2024 | | 10300SB0772sam001 | | LRB103 03228 BDA 71921 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 772
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 772 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Energy Transition Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 5-20 and 5-45 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 730/5-20) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045) | 8 | | Sec. 5-20. Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "Program" means the Clean | 10 | | Jobs Workforce Network Program. | 11 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop | 12 | | and, through Regional Administrators, administer the Clean | 13 | | Jobs Workforce Network Program to create a network of 14 13 | 14 | | Program delivery Hub Sites with program elements delivered by | 15 | | community-based organizations and their subcontractors | 16 | | geographically distributed across the State including at least |
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| 1 | | one Hub Site located in or near each of the following areas: | 2 | | Chicago (South Side), Chicago (Southwest and West Sides), | 3 | | Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, | 4 | | Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, Kankakee, and | 5 | | Alton. | 6 | | (c) In admitting program participants, for each workforce | 7 | | Hub Site, the Regional Administrators shall: | 8 | | (1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows: | 9 | | (A) dedicate at least one-third of program | 10 | | placements to applicants who reside in a geographic | 11 | | area that is impacted by economic and environmental | 12 | | challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3 | 13 | | Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the | 14 | | Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an | 15 | | environmental justice community, as defined by the | 16 | | Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic | 17 | | indicators used by the agency unless and until the | 18 | | constitutional basis for their inclusion in | 19 | | determining program admissions is established. Among | 20 | | applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference | 21 | | shall be given to applicants who face barriers to | 22 | | employment, such as low educational attainment, prior | 23 | | involvement with the criminal legal system, and | 24 | | language barriers; and applicants that are graduates | 25 | | of or currently enrolled in the foster care system; | 26 | | and |
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| 1 | | (B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program | 2 | | placements to applicants that satisfy the criteria in | 3 | | paragraph (1) or who reside in a geographic area that | 4 | | is impacted by economic or environmental challenges, | 5 | | defined as an area that is either (i) an R3 Area, as | 6 | | defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis | 7 | | Regulation and Tax Act, or (ii) an environmental | 8 | | justice community, as defined by the Illinois Power | 9 | | Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators used | 10 | | by the agency unless and until the constitutional | 11 | | basis for their inclusion in determining program | 12 | | admissions is established. Among applicants that | 13 | | satisfy these criteria, preference shall be given to | 14 | | applicants who face barriers to employment, such as | 15 | | low educational attainment, prior involvement with the | 16 | | criminal legal system, and language barriers; and | 17 | | applicants that are graduates of or currently enrolled | 18 | | in the foster care system; and | 19 | | (2) prioritize the remaining program placements for: | 20 | | applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in | 21 | | the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face | 22 | | barriers to employment, including low educational | 23 | | attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal | 24 | | system, and language barriers; and applicants who are | 25 | | graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care | 26 | | system, regardless of the applicant's area of residence. |
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| 1 | | The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect | 2 | | the confidentiality of any personal information provided by | 3 | | program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a | 4 | | formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient; | 5 | | however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish | 6 | | aggregated data on the number of participants that were | 7 | | formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as | 8 | | that publication protects the identities of those persons. | 9 | | Any person who applies to the program may elect not to | 10 | | share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether | 11 | | he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster | 12 | | care system or was formerly convicted. | 13 | | (d) Program elements for each Hub Site shall be provided | 14 | | by a community-based organization. The Department shall | 15 | | initially select a community-based organization in each Hub | 16 | | Site and shall subsequently select a community-based | 17 | | organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based | 18 | | organizations delivering program elements outlined in | 19 | | subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may | 20 | | subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of | 21 | | program elements, including, but not limited to, | 22 | | administrative soft and hard skills for program participants, | 23 | | delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or | 24 | | provision of other support functions for program delivery | 25 | | compliance. | 26 | | (e) The Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network shall: |
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| 1 | | (1) coordinate with Energy Transition Navigators: (i) | 2 | | to increase participation in the Clean Jobs Workforce | 3 | | Network Program and clean energy and related sector | 4 | | workforce and training opportunities; (ii) coordinate | 5 | | recruitment, communications, and ongoing engagement with | 6 | | potential employers, including, but not limited to, | 7 | | activities such as job matchmaking initiatives, hosting | 8 | | events such as job fairs, and collaborating with other Hub | 9 | | Sites to identify and implement best practices for | 10 | | employer engagement; and (iii) leverage community-based | 11 | | organizations, educational institutions, and | 12 | | community-based and labor-based training providers to | 13 | | ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have | 14 | | dedicated and sustained support to enter and complete the | 15 | | career pipeline for clean energy and related sector jobs; | 16 | | (2) develop formal partnerships, including formal | 17 | | sector partnerships between community-based organizations | 18 | | and entities that provide clean energy jobs, including | 19 | | businesses, nonprofit organizations, and worker-owned | 20 | | cooperatives, to ensure that Program participants have | 21 | | priority access to employment training and hiring | 22 | | opportunities; and | 23 | | (3) implement the Clean Jobs Curriculum to provide, | 24 | | including, but not limited to, training, certification | 25 | | preparation, job readiness, and skill development, | 26 | | including soft skills, math skills, technical skills, |
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| 1 | | certification test preparation, and other development | 2 | | needed, to Program participants. | 3 | | (f) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation | 4 | | from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund. | 5 | | (g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly | 6 | | reports, including program performance metrics by each Hub | 7 | | Site to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery | 8 | | Area. Program performance metrics include, but are not limited | 9 | | to: | 10 | | (1) demographic data, including racial, gender, | 11 | | residency in eligible communities, and geographic | 12 | | distribution data, on Program trainees entering and | 13 | | graduating the Program; | 14 | | (2) demographic data, including racial, gender, | 15 | | residency in eligible communities, and geographic | 16 | | distribution data, on Program trainees who are placed in | 17 | | employment, including the percentages of trainees by race, | 18 | | gender, and geographic categories in each individual job | 19 | | type or category and whether employment is union, | 20 | | nonunion, or nonunion via temporary agency; | 21 | | (3) trainee job acquisition and retention statistics, | 22 | | including the duration of employment (start and end dates | 23 | | of hires) by race, gender, and geography; | 24 | | (4) hourly wages, including hourly overtime pay rate, | 25 | | and benefits of trainees placed into employment by race, | 26 | | gender, and geography; |
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| 1 | | (5) percentage of jobs by race, gender, and geography | 2 | | held by Program trainees or graduates that are full-time | 3 | | equivalent positions, meaning that the position held is | 4 | | full-time, direct, and permanent based on 2,080 hours | 5 | | worked per year (paid directly by the employer, whose | 6 | | activities, schedule, and manner of work the employer | 7 | | controls, and receives pay and benefits in the same manner | 8 | | as permanent employees); and | 9 | | (6) qualitative data consisting of open-ended | 10 | | reporting on pertinent issues, including, but not limited | 11 | | to, qualitative descriptions accompanying metrics or | 12 | | identifying key successes and challenges. | 13 | | (h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act, | 14 | | the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review | 15 | | and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and | 16 | | Regional Administrators. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.) | 18 | | (20 ILCS 730/5-45) | 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045) | 20 | | Sec. 5-45. Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program. | 21 | | (a) As used in this Section, "community-based | 22 | | organization" means a nonprofit organization, including an | 23 | | accredited public college or university that: | 24 | | (1) has a history of providing business-related | 25 | | assistance and knowledge to help entrepreneurs start, run, |
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| 1 | | and grow their businesses; | 2 | | (2) has knowledge of construction and clean energy | 3 | | trades; | 4 | | (3) demonstrates relationships with local residents | 5 | | and other organizations serving the community; and | 6 | | (4) demonstrates the ability to effectively serve | 7 | | diverse and underrepresented populations. | 8 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall | 9 | | develop, and through the Regional Administrators, administer | 10 | | the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program ("Program") to | 11 | | create a network of 14 13 Program delivery Hub Sites with | 12 | | program elements delivered by community-based organizations | 13 | | and their subcontractors geographically distributed across the | 14 | | State, including at least one Hub Site located in or near each | 15 | | of the following areas: Chicago (South Side), Chicago | 16 | | (Southwest and West Sides), Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, | 17 | | Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East | 18 | | St. Louis, Kankakee, and Alton. | 19 | | (c) In admitting program participants, for each Contractor | 20 | | Incubator Hub Site the Regional Administrators shall: | 21 | | (1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows: | 22 | | (A) dedicate at least one-third of program | 23 | | placements to the owners of clean energy contractor | 24 | | businesses and nonprofits who reside in a geographic | 25 | | area that is impacted by economic and environmental | 26 | | challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3 |
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| 1 | | Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the | 2 | | Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an | 3 | | environmental justice community, as defined by the | 4 | | Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic | 5 | | indicators used by the agency unless and until the | 6 | | constitutional basis for their inclusion in | 7 | | determining program admissions is established. Among | 8 | | applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference | 9 | | shall be given to applicants who face barriers to | 10 | | employment, such as low educational attainment, prior | 11 | | involvement with the criminal legal system, and | 12 | | language barriers; and applicants that are graduates | 13 | | of or currently enrolled in the foster care system; | 14 | | and | 15 | | (B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program | 16 | | placements to the owners of clean energy contractor | 17 | | businesses and nonprofits that satisfy the criteria in | 18 | | paragraph (1) or who reside in eligible communities. | 19 | | Among applicants who live in eligible communities, | 20 | | preference shall be given to applicants who face | 21 | | barriers to employment, such as low educational | 22 | | attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal | 23 | | system, and language barriers; and applicants that are | 24 | | graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care | 25 | | system; and | 26 | | (2) prioritize the remaining program placements for: |
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| 1 | | applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in | 2 | | the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face | 3 | | barriers to employment, including low educational | 4 | | attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal | 5 | | system, and language barriers; and applicants who are | 6 | | graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care | 7 | | system, regardless of the applicants' area of residence. | 8 | | Consideration shall also be given to any current or past | 9 | | participant in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, | 10 | | Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or Returning | 11 | | Residents Clean Energy Jobs Training Program. | 12 | | The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect | 13 | | the confidentiality of any personal information provided by | 14 | | program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a | 15 | | formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient; | 16 | | however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish | 17 | | aggregated data on the number of participants that were | 18 | | formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as | 19 | | that publication protects the identities of those persons. | 20 | | Any person who applies to the program may elect not to | 21 | | share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether | 22 | | he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster | 23 | | care system or was formerly convicted. | 24 | | (d) Program elements at each Hub Site shall be provided by | 25 | | a local community-based organization. The Department shall | 26 | | initially select a community-based organization in each Hub |
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| 1 | | Site and shall subsequently select a community-based | 2 | | organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based | 3 | | organizations delivering program elements outlined in | 4 | | subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may | 5 | | subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of | 6 | | program elements, including, but not limited to, | 7 | | administrative soft and hard skills for program participants, | 8 | | delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or | 9 | | provision of other support functions for program delivery | 10 | | compliance. | 11 | | (e) The Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program shall: | 12 | | (1) provide access to low-cost capital for small clean | 13 | | energy businesses and contractors; | 14 | | (2) provide support for obtaining financial assurance, | 15 | | including, but not limited to: bonding; back office | 16 | | services; insurance, permits, training and certifications; | 17 | | business planning; and low-interest loans; | 18 | | (3) train, mentor, and provide other support needed to | 19 | | allow participant contractors to: (i) build their | 20 | | businesses and connect to specific projects, (ii) register | 21 | | as approved vendors, (iii) engage in approved vendor | 22 | | subcontracting and qualified installer opportunities, (iv) | 23 | | develop partnering and networking skills, (v) compete for | 24 | | capital and other resources, and (vi) execute clean | 25 | | energy-related project installations and subcontracts; | 26 | | (4) ensure that participant contractors, community |
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| 1 | | partners, and potential contractor clients are aware of | 2 | | and engaged in the Program; | 3 | | (5) connect participant contractors with the | 4 | | Department of Labor for resources, training, and technical | 5 | | support on prevailing wage compliance; | 6 | | (6) provide recruitment and ongoing engagement with | 7 | | entities that hire contractors and subcontractors, | 8 | | programs providing renewable energy resource-related | 9 | | projects, incentive programs, and approved vendor and | 10 | | qualified installer opportunities, including, but not | 11 | | limited to, activities such as matchmaking, events, and | 12 | | collaborating with other Hub Sites. | 13 | | (f) Funding for the Program and independent evaluations as | 14 | | described in subsection (h) are subject to appropriation from | 15 | | the Energy Transition Assistance Fund. | 16 | | (g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly | 17 | | reports including program performance metrics by each Hub Site | 18 | | to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery Area. | 19 | | Program performance metrics include, but are not limited to: | 20 | | (1) demographic data including: race, gender, | 21 | | geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice | 22 | | Community residency, foster care system participation, and | 23 | | justice-involvement for the owners of contractors | 24 | | applying, accepted into, and graduating from the Program; | 25 | | (2) the number of projects completed by participant | 26 | | contractors, alone or in partnership, by race, gender, |
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| 1 | | geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice | 2 | | Community residency, foster care system participation, and | 3 | | justice-involvement for the owners of contractors; | 4 | | (3) the number of partnerships with participant | 5 | | contractors that are expected to result in contracts for | 6 | | work by the participant contractor, by race, gender, | 7 | | geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice | 8 | | Community residency, foster care system participation, and | 9 | | justice-involvement for the owners of contractors; | 10 | | (4) changes in participant contractors' business | 11 | | revenue, by race, gender, geographic location, R3 | 12 | | residency, Environmental Justice Community residency, | 13 | | foster care system participation, and justice-involvement | 14 | | for the owners of contractors; | 15 | | (5) the number of new hires by participant | 16 | | contractors, by race, gender, geographic location, R3 | 17 | | residency, Environmental Justice Community residency, | 18 | | foster care system participation, and justice-involvement; | 19 | | (6) demographic data, including race, gender, | 20 | | geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice | 21 | | Community residency, foster care system participation, and | 22 | | justice-involvement, and average wage data, for new hires | 23 | | by participant contractors; | 24 | | (7) certifications held by participant contractors, | 25 | | and number of participants holding each certification, | 26 | | including, but not limited to, registration under the |
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| 1 | | Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons | 2 | | with Disabilities Act program and other programs intended | 3 | | to certify BIPOC entities; | 4 | | (8) the number of Program sessions attended by | 5 | | participant contractors, aggregated by race; and | 6 | | (9) indicators relevant for assessing the general | 7 | | financial health of participant contractors. | 8 | | (h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act, | 9 | | the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review | 10 | | and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and | 11 | | Regional Administrators. The report shall be posted publicly. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.) | 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.". |
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