Sen. Emil Jones Jr.

Filed: 3/16/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4453

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4453 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act is
5 amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
7     Sec. 4.5. Duties.
8     (a) The Board must perform all the the functions of a state
9 workforce investment board under the federal Workforce
10 Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and any
11 other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also perform
12 all other functions that are not inconsistent with the federal
13 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and that are
14 assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to it by the
15 Governor.
16     (b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly and
17 make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
18 concerning legislation necessary to improve upon statewide and
19 local workforce investment systems in order to increase
20 occupational skill attainment, employment, retention, or
21 earnings of participants and thereby improve the quality of the
22 workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
23 productivity and competitiveness of the State. The Board must
24 annually submit a report to the General Assembly on the

 

 

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1 progress of the State in achieving state performance measures
2 under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including
3 information on the levels of performance achieved by the State
4 with respect to the core indicators of performance and the
5 customer satisfaction indicator under that Act. The report must
6 include any other items that the Governor may be required to
7 report to the Secretary of the United States Department of
8 Labor under Section 136(d) of the federal Workforce Investment
9 Act of 1998.
10     (b-5) The Board shall implement a method for measuring the
11 progress of the State's workforce development system by using
12 specified benchmarks. Those benchmarks are: (i) the
13 educational level of working adults; (ii) the percentage of the
14 adult workforce in education and training; (iii) adult
15 literacy; (iv) the percentage of high school graduates
16 transitioning to education or training; (v) the high school
17 dropout rate; (vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th
18 grade to 9th grade; (vii) the percentage of individuals and
19 families at economic self-sufficiency; (viii) the average
20 growth in pay; (ix) net job growth; and (x) productivity per
21 employee.
22     The Board shall identify the most significant early
23 indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to collect
24 data and track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and then use
25 the results to set goals for each benchmark, to inform
26 planning, and to ensure the effective use of State resources.
27     (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
28 allow the Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority
29 granted to, or impose any duties or requirements on, the State
30 Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
31 Community College Board, any State agencies created under the
32 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or any local education
33 agencies.
34     (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource

 

 

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1 Investment Council before the effective date of this amendatory
2 Act of the 92nd General Assembly and no rights, powers, duties,
3 or obligations from those actions are impaired solely by this
4 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. All actions taken
5 by the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council before the
6 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
7 Assembly are ratified and validated.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02; 93-331, eff. 1-1-04.)".