Full Text of HB2859 100th General Assembly
HB2859 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB2859 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers - LaToya Greenwood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to survey the various counties of the
State to assess the degree of labor surplus on a monthly
basis. Requires the Department to give priority to providing grants
under its Job Training and Economic Development Grant Program for the purpose of job-training
programs in any county or counties which have an unemployment rate
in excess of 110% of the U.S. civilian unemployment rate,
seasonally adjusted for comparable periods.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 605-415 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-415)
| 8 | | Sec. 605-415. Job Training and Economic Development Grant | 9 | | Program.
| 10 | | (a) Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that:
| 11 | | (1) Despite the large number of unemployed job seekers, | 12 | | many employers
are having difficulty matching the skills | 13 | | they require with the skills of
workers; a similar problem | 14 | | exists in industries where overall employment
may not be | 15 | | expanding but there is an acute need for skilled workers in
| 16 | | particular occupations.
| 17 | | (2) The State of Illinois should foster local economic | 18 | | development by
linking the job training of unemployed | 19 | | disadvantaged citizens with the
workforce needs of local | 20 | | business and industry.
| 21 | | (3) Employers often need assistance in developing | 22 | | training resources
that will provide work opportunities | 23 | | for disadvantaged populations.
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| 1 | | (b) Definitions. As used in this Section:
| 2 | | "Community based provider" means a not-for-profit | 3 | | organization, with local
boards of directors, that directly | 4 | | provides job training services.
| 5 | | "Disadvantaged persons" has the same meaning as in
Titles | 6 | | II-A and II-C of the federal Job Training Partnership
Act.
| 7 | | "Training partners" means a community-based provider and | 8 | | one or more
employers who have established training and | 9 | | placement linkages.
| 10 | | (c) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the | 11 | | Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity shall | 12 | | administer a Job Training and Economic
Development Grant | 13 | | Program. The Director shall make grants to community-based
| 14 | | providers , with priority for providers in counties designated | 15 | | under subsection (e-5) . The grants shall be made to support the | 16 | | following:
| 17 | | (1) Partnerships between community-based providers and | 18 | | employers for
the customized training of existing | 19 | | low-skilled, low-wage employees and
newly hired | 20 | | disadvantaged persons.
| 21 | | (2) Partnerships between community-based providers and | 22 | | employers to
develop and operate training programs that | 23 | | link the work force
needs
of local
industry with the job | 24 | | training of disadvantaged persons.
| 25 | | (d) For projects created under paragraph (1) of subsection | 26 | | (c):
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| 1 | | (1) The Department shall give a priority to projects | 2 | | that include an
in-kind match by an employer in partnership | 3 | | with a community-based provider and
projects that use | 4 | | instructional materials and training instructors directly
| 5 | | used in the specific industry sector of the partnership | 6 | | employer.
| 7 | | (2) The partnership employer must be an active | 8 | | participant in the
curriculum development and train | 9 | | primarily disadvantaged populations.
| 10 | | (e) For projects created under paragraph (2) of subsection | 11 | | (c):
| 12 | | (1) Community based organizations shall assess the | 13 | | employment barriers
and needs of local residents and work | 14 | | in partnership with local economic
development | 15 | | organizations to identify the priority workforce needs of | 16 | | the
local industry.
| 17 | | (2) Training partners (that is, community-based | 18 | | organizations and
employers) shall work together to design | 19 | | programs with maximum benefits to
local disadvantaged | 20 | | persons and local employers.
| 21 | | (3) Employers must be involved in identifying specific | 22 | | skill-training
needs, planning curriculum, assisting in | 23 | | training activities, providing job
opportunities, and | 24 | | coordinating job retention for people hired after
training | 25 | | through this program and follow-up support.
| 26 | | (4) The community-based organizations shall serve |
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| 1 | | disadvantaged
persons, including welfare recipients.
| 2 | | (e-5) The Department shall survey the various counties of | 3 | | the
State to assess the degree of labor surplus on a monthly
| 4 | | basis. The Department shall give priority to providing grants
| 5 | | under this Section for the purpose of job-training
programs in | 6 | | any county or counties which have an unemployment rate
in | 7 | | excess of 110% of the U.S. civilian unemployment rate,
| 8 | | seasonally adjusted for comparable periods. | 9 | | (f) The Department shall adopt rules for the grant program | 10 | | and shall
create a competitive application procedure for those | 11 | | grants to be awarded
beginning in fiscal year 1998.
Grants | 12 | | shall be based on a performance based contracting system. Each | 13 | | grant
shall be based on the cost of providing the training | 14 | | services and the goals
negotiated and made a part of the | 15 | | contract between the Department and the
training partners. The | 16 | | goals shall include the number of people to be trained,
the | 17 | | number who stay in the program, the number who complete the | 18 | | program,
the number who enter employment, their wages, and the | 19 | | number who retain
employment. The level of success in achieving | 20 | | employment, wage, and retention
goals shall be a primary | 21 | | consideration for determining contract renewals and
subsequent | 22 | | funding levels. In setting the goals, due consideration shall | 23 | | be
given to the education, work experience, and job readiness | 24 | | of the trainees;
their barriers to employment; and the local | 25 | | job market. Periodic payments
under the contracts shall be | 26 | | based on the degree to which the relevant
negotiated goals have |
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| 1 | | been met during the payment period.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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