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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 21st | 5 |
| Century Workforce Development Fund Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund. The | 7 |
| 21st Century Workforce Development Fund is created as a special | 8 |
| fund in the State Treasury. The Fund shall be administered by | 9 |
| the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ("the | 10 |
| Department"), in consultation with other appropriate State | 11 |
| agencies, and overseen by the 21st Century Workforce | 12 |
| Development Fund Advisory Committee ("the Advisory | 13 |
| Committee"). There shall be credited to the Fund any moneys | 14 |
| specifically designated for deposit into the Fund, including | 15 |
| State appropriations, set asides from public expenditures on | 16 |
| capital projects, federal funds, gifts, grants, and private | 17 |
| contributions.
Earnings attributable to moneys in the fund | 18 |
| shall be deposited into the fund. | 19 |
| Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of the 21st Century | 20 |
| Workforce Development Fund is to promote the State's interest | 21 |
| in the creation and maintenance of a diverse and skilled | 22 |
| workforce for the economic development of the State. The Fund |
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| is intended to support integrated, innovative, and emergency | 2 |
| workforce development strategies that promote local economic | 3 |
| development and a continuum of workforce and education | 4 |
| strategies, including workforce development activities to | 5 |
| prepare individuals for occupations in the energy efficiency | 6 |
| and renewable energy industries, as well as other occupations | 7 |
| that are created or transformed by the implementation of policy | 8 |
| to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to prevent and remediate | 9 |
| pollution, and to promote energy-efficient, healthy, and | 10 |
| lead-safe homes in Illinois. | 11 |
| Section 15. Use of Fund. | 12 |
| (a) Role of Fund. Resources from the Fund are intended to | 13 |
| be used flexibly to support innovative and locally-driven | 14 |
| strategies, to leverage other funding sources, and to fill gaps | 15 |
| in existing workforce development resources in Illinois. They | 16 |
| are not intended to supplant existing workforce development | 17 |
| resources. | 18 |
| (b) Distribution of funds. Funds shall be distributed | 19 |
| through competitive grantmaking processes administered by the | 20 |
| Department and overseen by the Advisory Committee. No more than | 21 |
| 6% of funds used for grants may be retained by the Department | 22 |
| for administrative costs or for program evaluation or technical | 23 |
| assistance activities. | 24 |
| (c) Grantmaking. The Department must administer funds | 25 |
| through competitive grantmaking in accordance with the |
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| priorities described in this Act. Grantmaking must be used to | 2 |
| support workforce development strategies consistent with the | 3 |
| priorities outlined in this Act. Strategies may include, but | 4 |
| are not limited to the following: | 5 |
| (i) Expanded grantmaking for existing State workforce | 6 |
| development strategies, including the Job Training and | 7 |
| Economic Development Program and programs designed to | 8 |
| increase the number of persons traditionally | 9 |
| underrepresented in the building trades, specifically | 10 |
| minorities and women. | 11 |
| (ii) Workforce development initiatives that help the | 12 |
| least skilled adults access employment and education | 13 |
| opportunities, including transitional jobs programs and | 14 |
| educational bridge programming that integrate basic | 15 |
| education and occupational skills training. | 16 |
| (iii) Sectoral strategies that develop | 17 |
| industry-specific workforce education and training | 18 |
| services that lead to existing or expected jobs with | 19 |
| identified employers and that include services to ensure | 20 |
| that low-income, low-skilled adults can be served. | 21 |
| (iv) Support for the development and implementation of | 22 |
| workforce education and training programs in the energy | 23 |
| efficiency, renewable energy, and pollution control | 24 |
| cleanup and prevention industries. | 25 |
| (v) Support for planning activities that: ensure that | 26 |
| workforce development and education needs of low-skilled |
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| adults are integrated into industry-specific career | 2 |
| pathways; analyze labor market data to track workforce | 3 |
| trends in the State's energy-related initiatives; or | 4 |
| increase the capacity of communities to provide workforce | 5 |
| services to low-income, low-skilled adults.
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| (d) Allowable expenditures. Grant funds are limited to | 7 |
| expenditures for the following: | 8 |
| (i) Basic skills training, adult education, | 9 |
| occupational training, job readiness training, and | 10 |
| soft-skills training for which financial aid is otherwise | 11 |
| not available.
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| (ii) Workforce development-related services including | 13 |
| mentoring, job development, support services, | 14 |
| transportation assistance, and wage subsidies, that are | 15 |
| tied to participation in training and employment.
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| (iii) Capacity building, program development, and | 17 |
| technical assistance activities necessary for the | 18 |
| development and implementation of new workforce education | 19 |
| and training strategies.
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| No more than 5% of any grant may be used for administrative | 21 |
| costs.
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| (e) Eligible applicants. For grants under this Section, | 23 |
| eligible applicants include the following:
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| (i) Any private, public, and non-profit entities that | 25 |
| provide education, training, and workforce development | 26 |
| services to low-income individuals. |
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| (ii) Educational institutions. | 2 |
| (iii) Labor and business associations. | 3 |
| Section 20. Priorities. The Department shall implement | 4 |
| grantmaking using the following priorities, and the Advisory | 5 |
| Committee shall monitor the application of these priorities to | 6 |
| grantmaking: | 7 |
| (a) Priority populations. Priority shall be given to | 8 |
| workforce education and training strategies that target | 9 |
| individuals with barriers to employment including, but not | 10 |
| limited to, criminal backgrounds, low incomes, residents of | 11 |
| public or subsidized housing, and individuals with limited | 12 |
| literacy, math skills, or English proficiency. Priority may | 13 |
| also be given to workers with jobs that are affected by the | 14 |
| implementation of State energy and environmental policy. | 15 |
| (b) Priority industries. Priority shall be given to | 16 |
| workforce education and training strategies for the following:
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| (i) Industries that will reduce carbon emissions, | 18 |
| promote recycling/reuse, prevent and remediate pollution, | 19 |
| and support local food production, including but not | 20 |
| limited to the following: | 21 |
| (A) Energy efficient building construction, | 22 |
| retrofit, and assessment industries. | 23 |
| (B) Renewable electric power generation and | 24 |
| transmission industries. | 25 |
| (C) Deconstruction and materials use industries. |
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| (D) Manufacturers that produce sustainable | 2 |
| products using environmentally sustainable processes | 3 |
| and materials. | 4 |
| (E) Local food systems. | 5 |
| (ii) Industries identified by the Department to be | 6 |
| facing a critical shortage of skilled workers. | 7 |
| (c) Other priority factors. The Department must implement | 8 |
| grantmaking by giving priority to grant applications that | 9 |
| demonstrate collaboration amongst local workforce, education, | 10 |
| and economic development stakeholders in their community; | 11 |
| demonstrate collaboration with outreach programs designed to | 12 |
| connect community residents with training opportunities; | 13 |
| integrate lead-safe work practices into their training; or | 14 |
| serve communities with high rates of unemployment, | 15 |
| underemployment, and poverty. | 16 |
| Section 25. 21st Century Workforce Development Fund | 17 |
| Advisory Committee. The 21st Century Workforce Development | 18 |
| Fund Advisory Committee shall review, advise, and recommend for | 19 |
| approval or denial all grant requests from the Fund. The | 20 |
| Department is responsible for the administration and staffing | 21 |
| of the Advisory Committee. | 22 |
| (a) Membership. The Committee shall consist of 21 persons. | 23 |
| Co-chairs shall be appointed by the Governor with the | 24 |
| requirement that one come from the public and one from the | 25 |
| private sector. |
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| (b) Eleven members shall be appointed by the Governor, and | 2 |
| any of the 11 members appointed by the Governor may fill more | 3 |
| than one of the following required categories: | 4 |
| (i) Four must be from communities outside of the City | 5 |
| of Chicago. | 6 |
| (ii) At least one must be a member of a local workforce | 7 |
| investment board (LWIB) in his or her community. | 8 |
| (iii) At least one must represent organized labor. | 9 |
| (iv) At least one must represent business or industry. | 10 |
| (v) At least one must represent a non-profit | 11 |
| organization that provides workforce development or job | 12 |
| training services. | 13 |
| (vi) At least one must represent a non-profit | 14 |
| organization involved in workforce development policy, | 15 |
| analysis, or research. | 16 |
| (vii) At least one must represent a non-profit | 17 |
| organization involved in environmental policy, advocacy, | 18 |
| or research. | 19 |
| (viii) At least one must represent a group that | 20 |
| advocates for individuals with barriers to employment, | 21 |
| including at-risk youth, formerly incarcerated | 22 |
| individuals, and individuals living in poverty. | 23 |
| (c) The other 10 members shall be the following: | 24 |
| (i) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | 25 |
| or his or her designee who oversees workforce development | 26 |
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| (ii) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | 2 |
| designee who oversees human capital services. | 3 |
| (iii) The Director of Corrections, or his or her | 4 |
| designee who oversees prisoner re-entry services. | 5 |
| (iv) The Director of the Environmental Protection | 6 |
| Agency, or his or her designee who oversees contractor | 7 |
| compliance. | 8 |
| (v) The Chairman of the Illinois Community College | 9 |
| Board, or his or her designee who oversees technical and | 10 |
| career education. | 11 |
| (vi) A representative of the Illinois Community | 12 |
| College Board involved in energy education and sustainable | 13 |
| practices, designated by the Board. | 14 |
| (vii) Four State legislators, one designated by the | 15 |
| President of the Senate, one designated by the Speaker of | 16 |
| the House, one designated by the Senate Minority Leader, | 17 |
| and one designated by the House Minority Leader. | 18 |
| (d) Appointees under subsection (b) shall serve a 2-year | 19 |
| term and are eligible to be re-appointed one time. Members | 20 |
| under subsection (c) shall serve ex officio or at the pleasure | 21 |
| of the designating official, as applicable. | 22 |
| Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 23 |
| Section 5.719 as follows: | 24 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) |
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| Sec. 5.719. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 3 |
| 2009.
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