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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 605-800 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-800) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
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8 | Sec. 605-800. Training grants for skills in critical | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | demand.
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10 | (a) Grants to provide training in fields affected by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | critical
demands for certain skills may be made as provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | this Section.
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13 | (b) The Director may make grants to eligible employers or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | to other eligible
entities on behalf of employers as authorized | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | in subsection (c) to provide
training for employees in fields | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | for which there are critical demands for
certain skills.
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17 | (c) The Director may accept applications for training grant | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | funds and grant
requests from: (i) entities sponsoring | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | multi-company eligible employee
training projects as defined | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | in subsection (d), including business
associations, strategic | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | business partnerships, institutions of secondary or
higher | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | education, large manufacturers for supplier network companies, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | federal
Job Training Partnership Act administrative entities |
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1 | or grant recipients, and
labor organizations when those | ||||||
2 | projects will address common training needs
identified by | ||||||
3 | participating companies; and (ii) individual employers that | ||||||
4 | are
undertaking eligible employee training projects as defined | ||||||
5 | in subsection
(d), including intermediaries and training | ||||||
6 | agents. Each application must be accompanied with a | ||||||
7 | certification signed and dated by the chief executive officer | ||||||
8 | of the applicant or that officer's authorized representative | ||||||
9 | certifying that all participating employees are Illinois | ||||||
10 | residents and, for each participating employee, stating the | ||||||
11 | employee's name and either (i) stating the employee's social | ||||||
12 | security number or (ii) certifying that the applicant has | ||||||
13 | adequately verified that the employee is an Illinois resident. | ||||||
14 | The Department may audit the accuracy of applications.
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15 | (d) The Director may make grants to eligible applicants as
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16 | defined in subsection (c) for employee training projects that
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17 | include, but need not be limited to, one or more of the | ||||||
18 | following:
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19 | (1) Training programs in response to new or changing
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20 | technology being introduced in the workplace.
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21 | (2) Job-linked training that offers special skills for | ||||||
22 | career
advancement or that is preparatory for, and leads | ||||||
23 | directly to, jobs with
definite career potential and | ||||||
24 | long-term job security.
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25 | (3) Training necessary to implement total quality | ||||||
26 | management
or improvement or both management and |
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1 | improvement systems within the
workplace.
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2 | (4) Training related to new machinery or equipment.
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3 | (5) Training of employees of companies that are | ||||||
4 | expanding into
new markets or expanding exports from | ||||||
5 | Illinois.
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6 | (6) Basic, remedial, or both basic and remedial | ||||||
7 | training of employees
as a prerequisite for other | ||||||
8 | vocational or technical skills training or as a
condition | ||||||
9 | for sustained employment.
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10 | (7) Self-employment training of the unemployed and | ||||||
11 | underemployed with
comprehensive, competency-based | ||||||
12 | instructional programs and services,
entrepreneurial | ||||||
13 | education and training initiatives for youth and adult
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14 | learners in cooperation with the Illinois Institute for | ||||||
15 | Entrepreneurial
Education, training and education, | ||||||
16 | conferences, workshops, and best practice
information for | ||||||
17 | local program operators of entrepreneurial education and
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18 | self-employment training programs.
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19 | (8) Other training activities or projects, or both | ||||||
20 | training activities and
projects, related to the support, | ||||||
21 | development, or evaluation of job training
programs, | ||||||
22 | activities, and delivery systems, including training needs | ||||||
23 | assessment
and design.
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24 | (e) Grants shall be made on the terms and conditions that | ||||||
25 | the Department
shall determine. No grant made under subsection | ||||||
26 | (d), however, shall exceed 50%
of the direct costs of all |
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1 | approved training programs provided by the employer
or the | ||||||
2 | employer's training agent or other entity as defined in | ||||||
3 | subsection
(c). Under this Section, allowable costs include, | ||||||
4 | but are not limited to:
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5 | (1) Administrative costs of tracking, documenting, | ||||||
6 | reporting, and
processing training funds or project costs.
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7 | (2) Curriculum development.
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8 | (3) Wages and fringe benefits of employees.
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9 | (4) Training materials, including scrap product costs.
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10 | (5) Trainee travel expenses.
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11 | (6) Instructor costs, including wages, fringe | ||||||
12 | benefits,
tuition, and travel expenses.
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13 | (7) Rent, purchase, or lease of training equipment.
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14 | (8) Other usual and customary training costs.
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15 | (f) The Director will ensure that a minimum of one on-site | ||||||
16 | grant
monitoring visit is conducted by the Department either | ||||||
17 | during the course of
the grant period or within 6 months | ||||||
18 | following the end of the grant period.
The Department shall | ||||||
19 | verify that the grantee's financial management system is
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20 | structured to provide for accurate, current, and complete | ||||||
21 | disclosure of the
financial results of the grant program in | ||||||
22 | accordance with all provisions,
terms, and conditions | ||||||
23 | contained in the grant contract.
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24 | (g) The Director may establish and collect a schedule of
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25 | charges from subgrantee entities and other system users under | ||||||
26 | federal
job-training programs for participating in and |
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1 | utilizing the Department's
automated job-training program | ||||||
2 | information systems if the systems and the
necessary | ||||||
3 | participation and utilization are requirements of the federal
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4 | job-training programs. All monies collected pursuant to this | ||||||
5 | subsection
shall be deposited into the Title III Social | ||||||
6 | Security and Employment Fund,
except that any moneys that may | ||||||
7 | be necessary to pay liabilities outstanding
as of June 30, 2000 | ||||||
8 | shall be deposited into the Federal Job-Training
Information | ||||||
9 | Systems Revolving Fund.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; | ||||||
11 | 91-476, eff.
8-11-99; 91-704, eff. 7-1-00.)
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