SB1727 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1727

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.196 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)

Sec. 2-3.196. Advanced manufacturing technical skills training program.

(a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. The program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average, which shall include no less than 2 high schools on the west side of the City of Chicago, no less than 2 high schools on the south side of the City of Chicago, and no less than 2 high schools in the southern suburbs of the City of Chicago.

(b) A high school participating in the program shall offer an advanced manufacturing technical skills course that provides education and training for available jobs or job openings that are anticipated in the field of manufacturing, including, but not limited to, classroom and on-site experiential learning. The high school shall be equipped with up-to-date computers, digital design units, computer numerical control machines, and any other machines that are consistent with the needs of modern manufacturers and that provide hands-on experience for students.

(c) An instructor of an advanced manufacturing technical skills course under the program must have a minimum of 3 years of recognized industry certifications, be effective at instructing urban or financially challenged youth, and have an adequate amount of shop experience gained in a manufacturing setting.

(d) The State Board of Education shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction.

(e) The State Board of Education shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program under this Section. The program provider shall have no less than 10 years of successful experience working in the manufacturing industry and serving communities where the high schools participating in the program are located.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.