102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4323

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-530 rep.
110 ILCS 205/17 new

    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that all powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities, including all relevant books, records, papers, and documents, of the Department of Central Management Services regarding higher education supplier diversity reports are transferred to the Board of Higher Education. Requires specified private institutions of higher education to submit an annual report on its voluntary supplier diversity program to the Board of Higher Education. Sets forth provisions on what the report must include and how and when the report must be submitted. Provides that, for each report, the Board shall publish the results on its Internet website for 5 years after submission. Requires the Board to hold an annual higher education supplier diversity workshop to discuss the reports with representatives of the institutions of higher education and vendors. Provides that the Board shall prepare a template for voluntary supplier diversity reports. Provides that any institution of higher education may submit to the Board, and the Board shall publish, a buying plan to assist potential vendors with understanding specific opportunities to do business with the institution of higher education. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to repeal provisions concerning higher education supplier diversity reports. 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    (20 ILCS 405/405-530 rep.)
5    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
6Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
7repealing Section 405-530.
 
8    Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
9by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 205/17 new)
11    Sec. 17. Higher education supplier diversity report;
12buying plan.
13    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
14of the 102nd General Assembly, all powers, duties, rights, and
15responsibilities, including all relevant books, records,
16papers, and documents, of the Department of Central Management
17Services regarding higher education supplier diversity reports
18are transferred to the Board of Higher Education. The Board
19shall exercise all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities
20regarding higher education supplier diversity reports as
21provided in this Section.
22    (b) Every private institution of higher education approved

 

 

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1by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for purposes of
2the Monetary Award Program shall submit a 2-page report on its
3voluntary supplier diversity program to the Board of Higher
4Education. The report shall set forth all of the following:
5        (1) The name, address, phone number, and e-mail
6    address of the point of contact for the supplier diversity
7    program (or the institution's procurement program if there
8    is no supplier diversity program) for vendors to register
9    with the program.
10        (2) Local and State certifications the institution
11    accepts or recognizes for minority-owned, women-owned, or
12    veteran-owned business status.
13        (3) On the second page, a narrative explaining the
14    results of the report and the tactics to be employed to
15    achieve the goals.
16        (4) The voluntary goals, if any, for either fiscal
17    year or calendar year 2024 in each category for the entire
18    budget of the institution (expending both public and
19    private moneys, including any fee-supported entities) and
20    the commodity codes or a description of particular goods
21    and services for the area of procurement in which the
22    institution expects most of those goals to focus on in the
23    next year. However, a private institution of higher
24    education may report the information under this paragraph
25    (4) for fiscal year or calendar year 2023 instead. With
26    respect to private institutions of higher education,

 

 

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1    beginning with the 2025 report, the actual spending for
2    the entire budget of the institution (expending both
3    public and private moneys, including any fee-supported
4    entities) for minority business enterprises, women's
5    business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses,
6    expressed both in actual dollars and as a percentage of
7    the total budget of the institution. However, if a private
8    institution of higher education elects to report the
9    information under paragraph (3) of this subsection (b) for
10    fiscal year or calendar year 2023 instead, then the
11    information under this paragraph (4) must be reported
12    beginning with the 2024 report.
13    Each private institution of higher education is required
14to submit a searchable Adobe PDF report to the Board on or
15before November 15, 2024 and on or before November 15 of every
16year thereafter. However, if a private institution of higher
17education elects to report the information under paragraph (3)
18of this subsection (b) for fiscal year or calendar year 2023
19instead, then the institution is required to submit the report
20on or before November 15, 2023 and on or before November 15
21every year thereafter.
22    (c) For each report submitted under subsection (b), the
23Board shall publish the results on its Internet website for 5
24years after submission. The Board is not responsible for
25collecting the reports or for the content of the reports.
26    (d) The Board shall hold an annual higher education

 

 

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1supplier diversity workshop in February of 2023 and every
2February thereafter to discuss the reports with
3representatives of the institutions of higher education and
4vendors.
5    (e) The Board shall prepare a one-page template (not
6including the narrative section) for the voluntary supplier
7diversity reports.
8    (f) Beginning on and after the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, and for each
10fiscal year or calendar year thereafter, any institution of
11higher education may submit to the Board a buying plan to
12assist potential vendors with understanding specific
13opportunities to do business with the institution of higher
14education. The Board shall publish each buying plan submitted
15to it under this subsection (f) on its Internet website.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.