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90_SB0561eng 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 Engrossed 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. 21 (b) The Council shall advise the General Assembly and 22 the Governor on the development, implementation, and 23 coordination of State and local standards and measures 24 relating to applicable federal human resource programs. For 25 these purposes, applicable federal human resource programs 26 means any program from among the following that the General 27 Assembly, the Governor, and the head of the State agency 28 responsible for the administration of the program jointly 29 agree to include within the jurisdiction of the Human 30 Resource Investment Council: the Job Training Partnership 31 Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology SB561 Engrossed -2- SRS90S0026KSsa 1 Education Act, the National and Community Service Act of 2 1990, the Adult Education Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, part F 3 of Title IV of the Social Security Act, and the employment 4 program established under Section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp 5 Act of 1977 or subsequent federal programs or block grants 6 designed for education and employment related services. 7 (c) The Council shall be responsible for the overall 8 identification of human investment needs and priorities for 9 workforce preparation in the State and shall recommend to the 10 General Assembly and the Governor the goals for meeting these 11 needs. The Council shall coordinate the establishment of 12 advisory statewide performance goals for workforce 13 preparation programs as well as a statewide framework for 14 workforce preparation program evaluation. 15 (d) The Council shall continuously monitor and evaluate 16 new federal and State legislative proposals and shall make 17 recommendations concerning their implementation. Newly 18 enacted laws shall be evaluated and recommendations made 19 concerning their integration within the existing workforce 20 preparation system. 21 (e) The Council shall advocate the establishment of 22 standard terms to promote understanding, planning, 23 coordination, and evaluation of workforce preparation 24 programs and services at the State and federal levels. 25 (f) Other duties of the Council shall include 26 recommending to relevant agencies and to the General Assembly 27 and the Governor, with respect to applicable Federal human 28 resource programs and others, the provision of services and 29 the use of funds and resources for workforce preparation 30 services. 31 (g) Nothing in this ActSectionshall be construed to 32 require or allow the Council to assume or supersede the 33 statutory authority granted to, or impose any duties or 34 requirements on, the State Board of Education, the Board of SB561 Engrossed -3- SRS90S0026KSsa 1 Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, any 2 State agencies created under the Civil Administrative Code of 3 Illinois, or any local education agencies. 4 (h) The Human Resource Investment Council shall assume 5 the duties of a State job training coordinating council 6 pursuant to Sections 121 and 317 of the federal Job Training 7 Partnership Act. 8 (i) The Human Resource Investment Council is further 9 charged with the task of deliberating the desirability of 10 establishing itself as a body independent of any other State 11 agency or organization. Issues to be considered in those 12 deliberations include, but are not limited to, the costs 13 associated with establishing a new organization, staffing and 14 other personnel issues, and consolidation of other councils 15 into the Human Resource Investment Council. The Council 16 shall issue a report on its discussions and make 17 recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on 18 whether and how to proceed. 19 (Source: P.A. 89-382, eff. 8-18-95.)