Full Text of SB2330 98th General Assembly
SB2330 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2330 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 1005/1005-15 | was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.02 | 20 ILCS 1005/1005-75 | was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.12 | 30 ILCS 787/5 | | 30 ILCS 787/10 | | 30 ILCS 787/15 | | 30 ILCS 787/20 | | 30 ILCS 787/25 | |
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Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Act. Authorizes the Department of Employment Security to operate a program to provide employers with pre-screened candidates for on-the-job training and to provide wage support therefor. Provides for candidate preference for young adults, veterans, and others. Provides for third parties to operate programs. Authorizes the Department to collect a fee of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 from all employers with 2 or more employees to be deposited into the 21st Century Workforce Investment Fund to be expended for the purposes of the program. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Business | 5 | | Jumpstart Act. The purposes of this Act are: | 6 | | (1) for the Department of Employment Security to design and | 7 | | implement a program to be known as Business Jumpstart to | 8 | | support economic growth and enhance employment opportunities | 9 | | for persons who are unemployed, veterans seeking jobs, | 10 | | unemployed persons whose benefits are expiring, graduates from | 11 | | school, and others who are entering the workforce; | 12 | | (2) for Business Jumpstart to provide, through qualified | 13 | | third-party intermediaries, a public-private support for | 14 | | businesses, especially small businesses, including | 15 | | pre-screened, prepared job candidates, support to gain tax | 16 | | credits, pre-probationary wage support for on the job training, | 17 | | and training; | 18 | | (3) to re-designate the Department of Employment Security | 19 | | as the lead agency administering the 21st Century Workforce | 20 | | Fund, which will be used for Business Jumpstart funds; and | 21 | | (4) to levy a fee upon businesses for dedicated funding to | 22 | | support Business Jumpstart. | 23 | | Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the
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| 1 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 2 | | Sections 1005-15 and 1005-75 as follows:
| 3 | | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-15) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.02)
| 4 | | Sec. 1005-15. Employment opportunities. | 5 | | (a) The Department has the power to
advance opportunities | 6 | | for profitable employment.
| 7 | | (b) The power to advance opportunities for profitable | 8 | | employment includes, but is not limited to, the administration | 9 | | of Business Jumpstart and the 21st Century Workforce Investment | 10 | | Fund to advance opportunities for profitable employment. | 11 | | (c) Business Jumpstart shall provide employers with an | 12 | | opportunity to select from pre-screened candidates for | 13 | | pre-probationary on-the-job training with wage support during | 14 | | the training where a third party intermediary is the | 15 | | time-limited employer of record) prior to employment. | 16 | | Candidate preference shall be given to the veterans, the | 17 | | unemployed who have exhausted benefits, young adults, and those | 18 | | defined in Section 20 of the 21st Century Workforce Development | 19 | | Fund Act. The Department shall select third party | 20 | | not-for-profit or governmental intermediaries with community | 21 | | based sites, job readiness capabilities, skill testing, and | 22 | | other workforce experience to coordinate service delivery in | 23 | | every community and to serve as the employer of record during | 24 | | training. | 25 | | (d) The Department is authorized to collect from all |
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| 1 | | employers with 2 or more employees a fee of not less than $500 | 2 | | nor more than $1,000 to be placed into the 21st Century | 3 | | Workforce Investment Fund to fund Business Jumpstart and | 4 | | programs authorized in the 21st Century Workforce Development | 5 | | Fund Act. | 6 | | (e) The Department is authorized to adopt all rules | 7 | | necessary to implement and administer Business Jumpstart. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-75) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.12)
| 10 | | Sec. 1005-75. Jobs for summer employment of youth. The | 11 | | Department has the
power to make available through its offices | 12 | | a listing of all jobs available in
each area for the
summer | 13 | | employment of youth. The Department shall implement Business | 14 | | Jumpstart to advance and identify opportunities for summer | 15 | | youth employment earning wages.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Act | 18 | | is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 as | 19 | | follows: | 20 | | (30 ILCS 787/5)
| 21 | | Sec. 5. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund. | 22 | | (a) The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund is created | 23 | | as a special fund in the State Treasury. The Fund shall be |
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| 1 | | administered by the Department of Employment Security Commerce | 2 | | and Economic Opportunity ("the Department"), in consultation | 3 | | with other appropriate State agencies, and overseen by the 21st | 4 | | Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory Committee ("the | 5 | | Advisory Committee"). There shall be credited to the Fund any | 6 | | moneys , fees, or surcharges specifically collected for or | 7 | | designated for deposit into the Fund, including State | 8 | | appropriations, set asides from public expenditures on capital | 9 | | projects, federal funds, gifts, grants, and private | 10 | | contributions.
Earnings attributable to moneys in the fund | 11 | | shall be deposited into the fund.
| 12 | | (b) The Department is authorized to collect from all | 13 | | employers with 2 or more employees a fee of not less than $500 | 14 | | nor more than $1,000 to be placed in the 21st Century Workforce | 15 | | Investment Fund to fund Business Jumpstart and programs | 16 | | authorized by rule. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.) | 18 | | (30 ILCS 787/10)
| 19 | | Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of the 21st Century Workforce | 20 | | Development Fund is to promote the State's interest in | 21 | | supporting employers through the creation and maintenance of a | 22 | | diverse and skilled workforce for the economic development of | 23 | | the State. The Fund is intended to support rapid attachment, | 24 | | integrated, innovative, and emergency workforce development | 25 | | strategies that promote local economic development and a |
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| 1 | | continuum of workforce and education strategies, including | 2 | | workforce development activities to prepare individuals for | 3 | | occupations in the energy efficiency and renewable energy | 4 | | industries, as well as other occupations that are created or | 5 | | transformed by the implementation of policy to reduce | 6 | | greenhouse gas emissions, to prevent and remediate pollution, | 7 | | and to promote energy-efficient, healthy, and lead-safe homes | 8 | | in Illinois.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.) | 10 | | (30 ILCS 787/15)
| 11 | | Sec. 15. Use of Fund. | 12 | | (a) Role of Fund. Subject to appropriation, resources from | 13 | | the Fund are intended to be used flexibly to support innovative | 14 | | and locally-driven strategies, to leverage other funding | 15 | | sources, to advance opportunities for profitable employment, | 16 | | and to fill gaps in existing workforce development resources in | 17 | | Illinois. They are not intended to supplant existing workforce | 18 | | development resources. | 19 | | (b) Distribution of funds. Funds shall be distributed | 20 | | through competitive grantmaking processes , fee for service | 21 | | contracting, or both, administered by the Department and | 22 | | overseen by the Advisory Committee. No more than 6% of | 23 | | obligated funds used for grants may be retained by the | 24 | | Department for administrative costs or for program evaluation | 25 | | or technical assistance activities. Funds awarded to a third |
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| 1 | | party not-for-profit intermediary for technical assistance, | 2 | | provision of payroll services, or administrative coordination | 3 | | of multiple subcontractors shall count against the 6%. | 4 | | (c) Grantmaking. The Department must administer funds | 5 | | through competitive grantmaking in accordance with the | 6 | | priorities described in this Act. Grantmaking must be used to | 7 | | support workforce development strategies consistent with the | 8 | | priorities outlined in this Act. Strategies may include, but | 9 | | are not limited to the following: | 10 | | (i) Expanded grantmaking for existing State workforce | 11 | | development strategies, including the Job Training and | 12 | | Economic Development Program and programs designed to | 13 | | increase the number of persons traditionally | 14 | | underrepresented in the building trades, specifically | 15 | | minorities and women. | 16 | | (ii) Workforce development initiatives that help the | 17 | | least skilled adults access employment and education | 18 | | opportunities, including transitional jobs programs and | 19 | | educational bridge programming that integrate basic | 20 | | education and occupational skills training. | 21 | | (iii) Sectoral strategies that develop | 22 | | industry-specific workforce education and training | 23 | | services that lead to existing or expected jobs with | 24 | | identified employers and that include services to ensure | 25 | | that low-income, low-skilled adults can be served. | 26 | | (iv) Support for the development and implementation of |
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| 1 | | workforce education and training programs in the energy | 2 | | efficiency, renewable energy, and pollution control | 3 | | cleanup and prevention industries. | 4 | | (v) Support for planning activities that: ensure that | 5 | | workforce development and education needs of low-skilled | 6 | | adults are integrated into industry-specific career | 7 | | pathways; analyze labor market data to track workforce | 8 | | trends in the State's energy-related initiatives; or | 9 | | increase the capacity of communities to provide workforce | 10 | | services to low-income, low-skilled adults.
| 11 | | (d) Allowable expenditures. Grant funds are limited to | 12 | | expenditures for the following: | 13 | | (i) Basic skills training, adult education, | 14 | | occupational training, job readiness training, and | 15 | | soft-skills training for which financial aid is otherwise | 16 | | not available.
| 17 | | (ii) Workforce development-related services including | 18 | | mentoring, job development, support services, | 19 | | transportation assistance, and wage subsidies, that are | 20 | | tied to participation in training and employment.
| 21 | | (iii) Capacity building, program development, and | 22 | | technical assistance activities necessary for the | 23 | | development and implementation of new workforce education | 24 | | and training strategies.
| 25 | | No more than 5% of any grant may be used for administrative | 26 | | costs.
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| 1 | | (e) Eligible applicants. For grants under this Section, | 2 | | eligible applicants include the following:
| 3 | | (i) Any private, public, and non-profit entities that | 4 | | provide education, training, and workforce development | 5 | | services to low-income individuals. | 6 | | (ii) Educational institutions. | 7 | | (iii) Labor and business associations.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09; 97-581, eff. 8-26-11.) | 9 | | (30 ILCS 787/20)
| 10 | | Sec. 20. Priorities. The Department shall implement | 11 | | grantmaking using the following priorities, and the Advisory | 12 | | Committee shall monitor the application of these priorities to | 13 | | grantmaking: | 14 | | (a) Priority populations. Priority shall be given to | 15 | | workforce education and training strategies that target | 16 | | individuals with barriers to employment including, but not | 17 | | limited to, criminal backgrounds, low incomes, residents of | 18 | | public or subsidized housing, and individuals with limited | 19 | | literacy, math skills, or English proficiency. Priority may | 20 | | also be given to workers with jobs that are affected by the | 21 | | implementation of State energy and environmental policy. | 22 | | (b) Priority industries. Priority shall be given to | 23 | | workforce education and training strategies for the following:
| 24 | | (i) Industries that will reduce carbon emissions, | 25 | | promote recycling/reuse, prevent and remediate pollution, |
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| 1 | | and support local food production, including but not | 2 | | limited to the following: | 3 | | (A) Energy efficient building construction, | 4 | | retrofit, and assessment industries. | 5 | | (B) Renewable electric power generation and | 6 | | transmission industries. | 7 | | (C) Deconstruction and materials use industries. | 8 | | (D) Manufacturers that produce sustainable | 9 | | products using environmentally sustainable processes | 10 | | and materials. | 11 | | (E) Local food systems. | 12 | | (ii) Industries identified by the Department to be | 13 | | facing a critical shortage of skilled workers. | 14 | | (iii) Small employers with fewer than 100 employees and | 15 | | no separate human resources department identified by the | 16 | | Department or its agent. | 17 | | (c) Other priority factors. The Department must implement | 18 | | grantmaking by giving priority to grant applications that | 19 | | demonstrate collaboration amongst local workforce, education, | 20 | | and economic development stakeholders in their community; | 21 | | demonstrate collaboration with outreach programs designed to | 22 | | connect community residents with training opportunities; | 23 | | integrate lead-safe work practices into their training; or | 24 | | serve communities with high rates of unemployment, | 25 | | underemployment, and poverty.
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| 1 | | (30 ILCS 787/25)
| 2 | | Sec. 25. 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory | 3 | | Committee. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund | 4 | | Advisory Committee shall review, advise, and recommend for | 5 | | approval or denial all grant requests from the Fund. The | 6 | | Department is responsible for the administration and staffing | 7 | | of the Advisory Committee. | 8 | | (a) Membership. The Committee shall consist of 21 persons. | 9 | | Co-chairs shall be appointed by the Governor with the | 10 | | requirement that one come from the public and one from the | 11 | | private sector. | 12 | | (b) Eleven members shall be appointed by the Governor, and | 13 | | any of the 11 members appointed by the Governor may fill more | 14 | | than one of the following required categories: | 15 | | (i) Four must be from communities outside of the City | 16 | | of Chicago. | 17 | | (ii) At least one must be a member of a local workforce | 18 | | investment board (LWIB) in his or her community. | 19 | | (iii) At least one must represent organized labor. | 20 | | (iv) At least one must represent business or industry. | 21 | | (v) At least one must represent a non-profit | 22 | | organization that provides workforce development or job | 23 | | training services. | 24 | | (vi) At least one must represent a non-profit | 25 | | organization involved in workforce development policy, |
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| 1 | | analysis, or research. | 2 | | (vii) At least one must represent a non-profit | 3 | | organization involved in environmental policy, advocacy, | 4 | | or research. | 5 | | (viii) At least one must represent a group that | 6 | | advocates for individuals with barriers to employment, | 7 | | including at-risk youth, formerly incarcerated | 8 | | individuals, and individuals living in poverty. | 9 | | (c) The other 10 members shall be the following: | 10 | | (i) The Director of Employment Security Commerce and | 11 | | Economic Opportunity , or his or her designee who oversees | 12 | | workforce development services. | 13 | | (ii) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | 14 | | designee who oversees human capital services. | 15 | | (iii) The Director of Corrections, or his or her | 16 | | designee who oversees prisoner re-entry services. | 17 | | (iv) The Director of the Environmental Protection | 18 | | Agency, or his or her designee who oversees contractor | 19 | | compliance. | 20 | | (v) The Chairman of the Illinois Community College | 21 | | Board, or his or her designee who oversees technical and | 22 | | career education. | 23 | | (vi) A representative of the Illinois Community | 24 | | College Board involved in energy education and sustainable | 25 | | practices, designated by the Board. | 26 | | (vii) Four State legislators, one designated by the |
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| 1 | | President of the Senate, one designated by the Speaker of | 2 | | the House, one designated by the Senate Minority Leader, | 3 | | and one designated by the House Minority Leader. | 4 | | (d) Appointees under subsection (b) shall serve a 2-year | 5 | | term and are eligible to be re-appointed one time. Members | 6 | | under subsection (c) shall serve ex officio or at the pleasure | 7 | | of the designating official, as applicable.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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