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90_SB0561enr 20 ILCS 3975/4.5 Amends the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council Act. Requires the Human Resource Investment Council to recommend a comprehensive set of workforce preparation and development goals and implementation strategies for the development and coordination of the human resource system to the General Assembly and the Governor, rather than to adopt such goals and strategies. Includes the General Assembly, along with the Governor, in various recommendations and advisory actions by the Council. Makes other changes. SRS90S0026KSsa SB561 Enrolled SRS90S0026KSsa 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Human Resource Investment 2 Council Act by changing Section 4.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 1. The Illinois Human Resource Investment 6 Council Act is amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 3975/4.5) 8 Sec. 4.5. Duties. 9 (a) The Council shall recommendadopta comprehensive 10 set of workforce preparation and development goals and 11 implementation strategies for the development and 12 coordination of the human resource system within the State to 13 the General Assembly and the Governor. The Council shall 14 annually review these priority goals and strategies and 15 recommend revisionsshall revise themas may be necessary. 16 Any goals or strategies adopted by the Council prior to the 17 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be deemed 18 temporarily adopted until such time as the General Assembly 19 ratifies such goals and strategies with the passage of a 20 joint resolution. Any such temporarily adopted goals and 21 strategies that are not ratified by the General Assembly by 22 joint resolution within 7 months after the effective date of 23 this amendatory Act of 1997 are deemed revoked. 24 (b) The Council shall advise the General Assembly and 25 the Governor on the development, implementation, and 26 coordination of State and local standards and measures 27 relating to applicable federal human resource programs. For 28 these purposes, applicable federal human resource programs 29 means any program from among the following that the General 30 Assembly, the Governor, and the head of the State agency 31 responsible for the administration of the program jointly SB561 Enrolled -2- SRS90S0026KSsa 1 agree to include within the jurisdiction of the Human 2 Resource Investment Council: the Job Training Partnership 3 Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 4 Education Act, the National and Community Service Act of 5 1990, the Adult Education Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, part F 6 of Title IV of the Social Security Act, and the employment 7 program established under Section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp 8 Act of 1977 or subsequent federal programs or block grants 9 designed for education and employment related services. 10 (c) The Council shall be responsible for the overall 11 identification of human investment needs and priorities for 12 workforce preparation in the State and shall recommend to the 13 General Assembly and the Governor the goals for meeting these 14 needs. The Council shall coordinate the establishment of 15 advisory statewide performance goals for workforce 16 preparation programs as well as a statewide framework for 17 workforce preparation program evaluation. 18 (d) The Council shall continuously monitor and evaluate 19 new federal and State legislative proposals and shall make 20 recommendations concerning their implementation. Newly 21 enacted laws shall be evaluated and recommendations made 22 concerning their integration within the existing workforce 23 preparation system. 24 (e) The Council shall advocate the establishment of 25 standard terms to promote understanding, planning, 26 coordination, and evaluation of workforce preparation 27 programs and services at the State and federal levels. 28 (f) Other duties of the Council shall include 29 recommending to relevant agencies and to the General Assembly 30 and the Governor, with respect to applicable Federal human 31 resource programs and others, the provision of services and 32 the use of funds and resources for workforce preparation 33 services. 34 (g) Nothing in this ActSectionshall be construed to SB561 Enrolled -3- SRS90S0026KSsa 1 require or allow the Council to assume or supersede the 2 statutory authority granted to, or impose any duties or 3 requirements on, the State Board of Education, the Board of 4 Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, any 5 State agencies created under the Civil Administrative Code of 6 Illinois, or any local education agencies. 7 (h) The Human Resource Investment Council shall assume 8 the duties of a State job training coordinating council 9 pursuant to Sections 121 and 317 of the federal Job Training 10 Partnership Act. 11 (i) The Human Resource Investment Council is further 12 charged with the task of deliberating the desirability of 13 establishing itself as a body independent of any other State 14 agency or organization. Issues to be considered in those 15 deliberations include, but are not limited to, the costs 16 associated with establishing a new organization, staffing and 17 other personnel issues, and consolidation of other councils 18 into the Human Resource Investment Council. The Council 19 shall issue a report on its discussions and make 20 recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on 21 whether and how to proceed. 22 (Source: P.A. 89-382, eff. 8-18-95.)