093_HB2339eng HB2339 Engrossed LRB093 09356 MKM 09591 b 1 AN ACT concerning human resources. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act 5 is amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 3975/4.5) 7 Sec. 4.5. Duties. 8 (a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state 9 workforce investment board under the federal Workforce 10 Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and any 11 other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also 12 perform all other functions that are not inconsistent with 13 the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and 14 that are assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to 15 it by the Governor. 16 (b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly 17 and make recommendations to the Governor and the General 18 Assembly concerning legislation necessary to improve upon 19 statewide and local workforce investment systems in order to 20 increase occupational skill attainment, employment, 21 retention, or earnings of participants and thereby improve 22 the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and 23 enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the State. 24 The Board must annually submit a report to the General 25 Assembly on the progress of the State in achieving state 26 performance measures under the federal Workforce Investment 27 Act of 1998, including information on the levels of 28 performance achieved by the State with respect to the core 29 indicators of performance and the customer satisfaction 30 indicator under that Act. The report must include any other 31 items that the Governor may be required to report to the HB2339 Engrossed -2- LRB093 09356 MKM 09591 b 1 Secretary of the United States Department of Labor under 2 Section 136(d) of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 3 1998. 4 (b-5) The Board shall implement a method for measuring 5 the progress of the State's workforce development system by 6 using specified benchmarks. Those benchmarks are: (i) the 7 educational level of working adults; (ii) the percentage of 8 the adult workforce in education and training; (iii) adult 9 literacy; (iv) the percentage of high school graduates 10 transitioning to education or training; (v) the high school 11 dropout rate; (vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th 12 grade to 9th grade; (vii) the percentage of individuals and 13 families at economic self-sufficiency; (viii) the average 14 growth in pay; (ix) net job growth; and (x) productivity per 15 employee. 16 The Board shall identify the most significant early 17 indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to 18 collect data and track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and 19 then use the results to set goals for each benchmark, to 20 inform planning, and to ensure the effective use of State 21 resources. 22 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require 23 or allow the Board to assume or supersede the statutory 24 authority granted to, or impose any duties or requirements 25 on, the State Board of Education, the Board of Higher 26 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, any State 27 agencies created under the Civil Administrative Code of 28 Illinois, or any local education agencies. 29 (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource 30 Investment Council before the effective date of this 31 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and no rights, 32 powers, duties, or obligations from those actions are 33 impaired solely by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 34 Assembly. All actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource HB2339 Engrossed -3- LRB093 09356 MKM 09591 b 1 Investment Council before the effective date of this 2 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly are ratified and 3 validated. 4 (Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02.)