100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2987

 

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new

    Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
58b.21 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new)
7    Sec. 8b.21. Preference for dependent child in foster care,
8homeless youth, or incarcerated youth.
9    (a) State agencies, when hiring for internships and student
10assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified
11applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster
12care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. The
13preference shall be granted to applicants who are up to 21
14years of age. Any application for an internship and student
15assistant position with a State agency shall allow the
16applicant to identify that the applicant is eligible for a
17preference under this Section, but the application shall not
18require the applicant to identify the specific category that
19entitles him or her for eligibility.
20    (b) For the purpose of this Section, the following
21definitions shall apply:
22    "Formerly incarcerated youth" means an individual who has
23been sentenced to incarceration in, or the custody of, the

 

 

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1Division of Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections
2and Rehabilitation, the Division of Juvenile Justice in the
3Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or county jail
4and released from that incarceration or custody before the
5individual attained 21 years of age.
6    "Homeless youth" means an applicant up to 21 years of age,
7who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined
8under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
9    "Preference" means priority over similarly qualified
10applicants for placement in the position.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.