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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. No | ||||||
17 | participating employee may be an unauthorized alien, as defined | ||||||
18 | in 8 U.S.C. 1324a.
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19 | (c) The Director may accept applications for training grant | ||||||
20 | funds and grant
requests from: (i) entities sponsoring | ||||||
21 | multi-company eligible employee
training projects as defined | ||||||
22 | in subsection (d), including business
associations, strategic | ||||||
23 | business partnerships, institutions of secondary or
higher |
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1 | education, large manufacturers for supplier network companies, | ||||||
2 | federal
Job Training Partnership Act administrative entities | ||||||
3 | or grant recipients, and
labor organizations when those | ||||||
4 | projects will address common training needs
identified by | ||||||
5 | participating companies; and (ii) individual employers that | ||||||
6 | are
undertaking eligible employee training projects as defined | ||||||
7 | in subsection
(d), including intermediaries and training | ||||||
8 | agents.
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9 | (c-5) Entities sponsoring multi-company training grant | ||||||
10 | programs shall obtain from a duly authorized officer of each | ||||||
11 | participating company a certification that all participating | ||||||
12 | employees are employed at Illinois facilities and, for each | ||||||
13 | participating employee, stating the employee's name and either | ||||||
14 | (i) stating the employee's social security number or (ii) | ||||||
15 | certifying that the company has verified that the employee is | ||||||
16 | employed at an Illinois facility. Each application from an | ||||||
17 | individual employer shall be accompanied with a certification | ||||||
18 | signed and dated by a duly authorized officer of the applicant | ||||||
19 | certifying that all participating employees are employed at | ||||||
20 | Illinois facilities and, for each participating employee, | ||||||
21 | stating the employee's name and either (i) stating the | ||||||
22 | employee's social security number or (ii) certifying that the | ||||||
23 | applicant has verified that the employee is employed at an | ||||||
24 | Illinois facility. The Department may audit the accuracy of | ||||||
25 | applications. | ||||||
26 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may |
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1 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
2 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
3 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
5 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
6 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
7 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
8 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and | ||||||
9 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
10 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
11 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
12 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
14 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
15 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
16 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
17 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
18 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
19 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
20 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
22 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
24 | (d) The Director may make grants to eligible applicants as
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25 | defined in subsection (c) for employee training projects that
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26 | include, but need not be limited to, one or more of the |
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1 | following:
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2 | (1) Training programs in response to new or changing
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3 | technology being introduced in the workplace.
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4 | (2) Job-linked training that offers special skills for | ||||||
5 | career
advancement or that is preparatory for, and leads | ||||||
6 | directly to, jobs with
definite career potential and | ||||||
7 | long-term job security.
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8 | (3) Training necessary to implement total quality | ||||||
9 | management
or improvement or both management and | ||||||
10 | improvement systems within the
workplace.
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11 | (4) Training related to new machinery or equipment.
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12 | (5) Training of employees of companies that are | ||||||
13 | expanding into
new markets or expanding exports from | ||||||
14 | Illinois.
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15 | (6) Basic, remedial, or both basic and remedial | ||||||
16 | training of employees
as a prerequisite for other | ||||||
17 | vocational or technical skills training or as a
condition | ||||||
18 | for sustained employment.
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19 | (7) Self-employment training of the unemployed and | ||||||
20 | underemployed with
comprehensive, competency-based | ||||||
21 | instructional programs and services,
entrepreneurial | ||||||
22 | education and training initiatives for youth and adult
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23 | learners in cooperation with the Illinois Institute for | ||||||
24 | Entrepreneurial
Education, training and education, | ||||||
25 | conferences, workshops, and best practice
information for | ||||||
26 | local program operators of entrepreneurial education and
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1 | self-employment training programs.
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2 | (8) Other training activities or projects, or both | ||||||
3 | training activities and
projects, related to the support, | ||||||
4 | development, or evaluation of job training
programs, | ||||||
5 | activities, and delivery systems, including training needs | ||||||
6 | assessment
and design.
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7 | (e) Grants shall be made on the terms and conditions that | ||||||
8 | the Department
shall determine. No grant made under subsection | ||||||
9 | (d), however, shall exceed 50%
of the direct costs of all | ||||||
10 | approved training programs provided by the employer
or the | ||||||
11 | employer's training agent or other entity as defined in | ||||||
12 | subsection
(c). Under this Section, allowable costs include, | ||||||
13 | but are not limited to:
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14 | (1) Administrative costs of tracking, documenting, | ||||||
15 | reporting, and
processing training funds or project costs.
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16 | (2) Curriculum development.
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17 | (3) Wages and fringe benefits of employees.
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18 | (4) Training materials, including scrap product costs.
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19 | (5) Trainee travel expenses.
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20 | (6) Instructor costs, including wages, fringe | ||||||
21 | benefits,
tuition, and travel expenses.
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22 | (7) Rent, purchase, or lease of training equipment.
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23 | (8) Other usual and customary training costs.
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24 | (f) The Director may conduct will ensure that a minimum of | ||||||
25 | one on-site grant
monitoring visits to visit is conducted by | ||||||
26 | the Department either during the course of
the grant period or |
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1 | within 6 months following the end of the grant period.
The | ||||||
2 | Department shall verify that the grantee's financial | ||||||
3 | management system is
structured to provide for accurate, | ||||||
4 | current, and complete disclosure of the
financial results of | ||||||
5 | the grant program in accordance with all provisions,
terms, and | ||||||
6 | conditions contained in the grant contract.
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7 | (g) The Director may establish and collect a schedule of
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8 | charges from subgrantee entities and other system users under | ||||||
9 | federal
job-training programs for participating in and | ||||||
10 | utilizing the Department's
automated job-training program | ||||||
11 | information systems if the systems and the
necessary | ||||||
12 | participation and utilization are requirements of the federal
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13 | job-training programs. All monies collected pursuant to this | ||||||
14 | subsection
shall be deposited into the Title III Social | ||||||
15 | Security and Employment Fund,
except that any moneys that may | ||||||
16 | be necessary to pay liabilities outstanding
as of June 30, 2000 | ||||||
17 | shall be deposited into the Federal Job-Training
Information | ||||||
18 | Systems Revolving Fund.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; | ||||||
20 | 91-476, eff.
8-11-99; 91-704, eff. 7-1-00.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law. |