99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3078
 
Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.167 new

     Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to (i) annually confer and reach agreement with the Illinois Community College Board, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Career and Technical Administrators Association to identify industries and occupations within this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers; (ii) annually notify school districts of these identified industries and occupations and make this information available on its Internet website; and (iii) approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the identified industries or occupations. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to (i) annually confer and reach agreement with the State Board of Education, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Career and Technical Administrators Association to identify industries and occupations within this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers; (ii) annually notify community college districts of the identified industries and occupations and make this information available on its Internet website; and (iii) approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the identified industries or occupations. Effective July 1, 2017.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
52-3.167 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.167 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.167. Annual career and technical education 
8program review.
9    (a) The State Board of Education shall:
10        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the 
11    Illinois Community College Board, the Department of 
12    Employment Security, and the Illinois Career and Technical 
13    Administrators Association to identify industries and 
14    occupations within this State that face workforce 
15    shortages or shortages of adequately trained, entry-level 
16    workers;
17        (2) annually notify school districts of the identified 
18    industries and occupations and make this information 
19    available on its Internet website; and
20        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs 
21    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the 
22    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this 
23    subsection (a).
 
 
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1    (b) The Illinois Community College Board shall:
2        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the State 
3    Board of Education, the Department of Employment Security, 
4    and the Illinois Career and Technical Administrators 
5    Association to identify industries and occupations
within 
6    this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of 
7    adequately trained, entry-level workers;
8        (2) annually notify community college districts of the 
9    identified
industries and occupations and make this 
10    information available on its Internet website; and
11        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs

12    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the

13    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this

14    subsection (b). 
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
162017.