Full Text of HB4186 96th General Assembly
HB4186eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning job training.
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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 Green | 5 |
| Jobs Training Fund Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Green Jobs Training Fund. | 7 |
| (a) The Green Jobs Training Fund is hereby created as a | 8 |
| special fund in the State Treasury. Subject to appropriation, | 9 |
| the Fund shall be administered by the Department of Commerce | 10 |
| and Economic Opportunity, in consultation with the | 11 |
| Environmental Protection Agency. There shall be credited to the | 12 |
| Fund any monies specifically designated for deposit into the | 13 |
| Fund, including gifts, grants, and private contributions. | 14 |
| Earnings attributable to moneys in the Fund shall be deposited | 15 |
| into the Fund. | 16 |
| The Fund shall be used by the Department for the following | 17 |
| purposes: | 18 |
| (1) supporting, in conjunction with other private, | 19 |
| public, and philanthropic resources, the development and | 20 |
| implementation of worker skills training and education | 21 |
| programs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy | 22 |
| industries; | 23 |
| (2) collecting and analyzing labor market data to track |
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| workforce trends resulting from energy related | 2 |
| initiatives; and | 3 |
| (3) providing grants as well as partnership planning | 4 |
| and programs to eligible entities in order to provide an | 5 |
| integrated continuum of workforce education and training.
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| Section 10. Eligible entities. | 7 |
| (a) Eligible entities shall include: | 8 |
| (1) community-based, nonprofit organizations; | 9 |
| (2) educational institutions with expertise in serving | 10 |
| low-income adults or youth; | 11 |
| (3) public or private employers in eligible | 12 |
| industries; and | 13 |
| (4) labor organizations representing workers in | 14 |
| eligible industries. | 15 |
| (b)
Eligible entities shall: | 16 |
| (1) demonstrate experience in implementing and | 17 |
| operating worker skills training and education programs; | 18 |
| (2) coordinate activities, where appropriate, with the | 19 |
| workforce investment system; | 20 |
| (3) demonstrate the ability to recruit individuals for | 21 |
| training; and | 22 |
| (4) support recruited individuals' successful | 23 |
| completion of training programs funded under this Act.
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| Section 15. Eligible participants. Eligible participants |
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| (1) workers affected by
State energy and environmental | 3 |
| policy; | 4 |
| (2) unemployed workers; | 5 |
| (3) individuals,
including at-risk youth, seeking | 6 |
| employment pathways out of poverty and into economic | 7 |
| self-sufficiency; and | 8 |
| (4) formerly incarcerated, adjudicated nonviolent | 9 |
| offenders. | 10 |
| Section 20. Eligible industries. Energy efficiency and | 11 |
| renewable energy industries eligible to
participate in a | 12 |
| program under this Act include, but are not limited to, the | 13 |
| following: | 14 |
| (1) the energy efficient building construction and | 15 |
| retrofit industries; | 16 |
| (2) the renewable electric power
generation and | 17 |
| transmission industry; | 18 |
| (3) the energy efficient and advanced vehicle drive | 19 |
| train industry; | 20 |
| (4) the biofuels industry; | 21 |
| (5) the deconstruction and materials use industries; | 22 |
| (6) the energy efficiency assessment industry; and | 23 |
| (7) the manufacturers that produce sustainable | 24 |
| products using environmentally sustainable processes and | 25 |
| materials. |
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| Any green industry not listed in this Section may petition | 2 |
| the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for | 3 |
| inclusion on the Department of Commerce and Economic | 4 |
| Opportunity's list of eligible industries.
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| Section 25. Green Jobs Training Program Advisory | 6 |
| Committee. The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 7 |
| shall appoint an advisory committee to represent significant | 8 |
| constituencies.
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| Section 30. Audit. The Auditor General or his or her | 10 |
| designee shall audit the programs each year, using generally | 11 |
| accepted accounting principles. | 12 |
| Section 35. Research program. Subject to appropriation, | 13 |
| the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall collect | 14 |
| and analyze labor market data to track workforce trends | 15 |
| resulting from energy-related initiatives carried out under | 16 |
| this Act. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 17 |
| shall report its findings to the General Assembly and Governor | 18 |
| by July 1 each year. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 19 |
| Opportunity's report shall: | 20 |
| (1) track and document participants' academic and | 21 |
| occupational competencies as well as whether their skill | 22 |
| sets match the needs of eligible industries;
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| (2) track and document occupational information and |
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| workforce training
data that is relevant to the grant | 2 |
| programs administered under this Act;
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| (3) describe the Department of Commerce and Economic | 4 |
| Opportunity's efforts to collaborate with outside | 5 |
| agencies, workforce investment boards, industry,
organized | 6 |
| labor, and community and nonprofit organizations to | 7 |
| disseminate
information on successful innovations for | 8 |
| labor market services and worker
training in eligible | 9 |
| industries;
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| (4) describe the Department of Commerce and Economic | 11 |
| Opportunity's efforts to link research and development in | 12 |
| renewable energy and energy efficiency
technology with the | 13 |
| development of standards and curricula for current and | 14 |
| future jobs in eligible industries;
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| (5) assess new employment and workforce development | 16 |
| practices, including career ladder and
upgrade training as | 17 |
| well as high performance work systems, in eligible | 18 |
| industries;
and | 19 |
| (6) describe the Department of Commerce and Economic | 20 |
| Opportunity's efforts to provide technical assistance and | 21 |
| capacity building to national and State energy
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| partnerships.
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| Section 40. Energy Training Partnership Grants. Subject to | 24 |
| appropriation, the Director of Commerce and Economic | 25 |
| Opportunity shall, on a competitive basis, award Energy |
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| Training Partnership Grants from the Green Jobs Training Fund | 2 |
| to eligible entities (i) to enable those entities to carry out | 3 |
| training that leads to economic self-sufficiency for eligible | 4 |
| participants and (ii) to develop a skilled workforce for | 5 |
| eligible industries. Grants shall be awarded under this Section | 6 |
| to ensure some measure of geographic equality. Priority shall | 7 |
| be given to eligible entities that leverage additional public | 8 |
| and private resources to fund training programs, including cash | 9 |
| or in-kind matches from participating employers in eligible | 10 |
| industries.
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| Section 45. Pathways out of Poverty Grants. Subject to | 12 |
| appropriation, the Director of Commerce and Economic | 13 |
| Opportunity shall award competitive grants from the Green Jobs | 14 |
| Training Fund to eligible entities to enable those entities to | 15 |
| carry out training that leads to economic self-sufficiency for | 16 |
| eligible participants. The Director of Commerce and Economic | 17 |
| Opportunity shall give priority to eligible entities that (i) | 18 |
| serve individuals in families with a gross income of less than | 19 |
| 200 percent of the federal poverty limit as determined by the | 20 |
| U.S. Census Bureau; (ii) leverage additional public and private | 21 |
| resources to fund training programs, including cash or in-kind | 22 |
| matches from participating employers; (iii) involve employers | 23 |
| and labor organizations in the determination of relevant skills | 24 |
| and competencies and ensure that the certificates or | 25 |
| credentials that result from the training are |
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| employer-recognized; (iv) deliver courses at alternative times | 2 |
| and locations most convenient and accessible to participants; | 3 |
| and (v) link adult remedial education with occupational skills | 4 |
| training. Grants shall be awarded under this Section so as to | 5 |
| ensure some degree of geographic equity in their distribution. | 6 |
| Section 50. Grant limitations. Grant moneys awarded under | 7 |
| this Act must be expended by the grant recipient within 2 years | 8 |
| after being received by the grant recipient. The Director may | 9 |
| not award an eligible entity more than $500,000 in grant | 10 |
| funding under this Act.
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| Section 55. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 12 |
| Section 5.719 as follows: | 13 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 5.719. The Green Jobs Training Fund.
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