100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2987
 
Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new

     Amends the Personnel Code.  Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by adding Section 
58b.21 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new)
7    Sec. 8b.21. Preference for dependent child in foster care, 
8homeless youth, or incarcerated youth. 
9    (a) State agencies, when hiring for internships and student 
10assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified 
11applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster 
12care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. The 
13preference shall be granted to applicants who are up to 21 
14years of age. Any application for an internship and student 
15assistant position with a State agency shall allow the 
16applicant to identify that the applicant is eligible for a 
17preference under this Section, but the application shall not 
18require the applicant to identify the specific category that 
19entitles him or her for eligibility.
20    (b) For the purpose of this Section, the following 
21definitions shall apply: 
22    "Formerly incarcerated youth" means an individual who has 
23been sentenced to incarceration in, or the custody of, the 
 
 
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1Division of Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections 
2and Rehabilitation, the Division of Juvenile Justice in the 
3Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or county jail 
4and released from that incarceration or custody before the 
5individual attained 21 years of age. 
6    "Homeless youth" means an applicant up to 21 years of age, 
7who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined 
8under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
9    "Preference" means priority over similarly qualified 
10applicants for placement in the position. 
 
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.