Full Text of SB0259 99th General Assembly
SB0259sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Mattie Hunter Filed: 3/9/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 259
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 259 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Business | 5 | | Jumpstart Act. The purposes of this Act are: | 6 | | (1) for the Department of Employment Security to design | 7 | | and implement a program to be known as Business Jumpstart | 8 | | to support economic growth and enhance employment | 9 | | opportunities for persons who are unemployed, veterans | 10 | | seeking jobs, unemployed persons whose benefits are | 11 | | expiring, graduates from school, and others who are | 12 | | entering the workforce; | 13 | | (2) for Business Jumpstart to provide, through | 14 | | qualified third-party intermediaries, a public-private | 15 | | support for businesses, especially small businesses, | 16 | | including pre-screened, prepared job candidates, support | 17 | | to gain tax credits, pre-probationary wage support for on |
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| 1 | | the job training, and training; | 2 | | (3) to re-designate the Department of Employment | 3 | | Security as the lead agency administering the 21st Century | 4 | | Workforce Fund, which will be used for Business Jumpstart | 5 | | funds; and | 6 | | (4) to levy a fee upon businesses for dedicated funding | 7 | | to support Business Jumpstart. | 8 | | Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the
| 9 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 10 | | Sections 1005-15 and 1005-75 as follows:
| 11 | | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-15) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.02)
| 12 | | Sec. 1005-15. Employment opportunities. | 13 | | (a) The Department has the power to
advance opportunities | 14 | | for profitable employment.
| 15 | | (b) The power to advance opportunities for profitable | 16 | | employment includes, but is not limited to, the administration | 17 | | of Business Jumpstart and the 21st Century Workforce Investment | 18 | | Fund to advance opportunities for profitable employment. | 19 | | (c) Business Jumpstart shall provide employers with an | 20 | | opportunity to select from pre-screened candidates for | 21 | | pre-probationary on-the-job training with wage support during | 22 | | the training where a third party intermediary is the | 23 | | time-limited employer of record) prior to employment. | 24 | | Candidate preference shall be given to the veterans, the |
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| 1 | | unemployed who have exhausted benefits, young adults, and those | 2 | | defined in Section 20 of the 21st Century Workforce Development | 3 | | Fund Act. The Department shall select third party | 4 | | not-for-profit or governmental intermediaries with community | 5 | | based sites, job readiness capabilities, skill testing, and | 6 | | other workforce experience to coordinate service delivery in | 7 | | every community and to serve as the employer of record during | 8 | | training. | 9 | | (d) The Department is authorized to collect from all | 10 | | employers with 2 or more employees a fee of not less than $500 | 11 | | nor more than $1,000 to be placed into the 21st Century | 12 | | Workforce Investment Fund to fund Business Jumpstart and | 13 | | programs authorized in the 21st Century Workforce Development | 14 | | Fund Act. | 15 | | (e) The Department is authorized to adopt all rules | 16 | | necessary to implement and administer Business Jumpstart. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-75) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.12)
| 19 | | Sec. 1005-75. Jobs for summer employment of youth. The | 20 | | Department has the
power to make available through its offices | 21 | | a listing of all jobs available in
each area for the
summer | 22 | | employment of youth. The Department shall implement Business | 23 | | Jumpstart to advance and identify opportunities for summer | 24 | | youth employment earning wages.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 1 | | Section 10. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Act | 2 | | is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 as | 3 | | follows: | 4 | | (30 ILCS 787/5)
| 5 | | Sec. 5. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund. | 6 | | (a) The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund is created | 7 | | as a special fund in the State Treasury. The Fund shall be | 8 | | administered by the Department of Employment Security Commerce | 9 | | and Economic Opportunity ("the Department"), in consultation | 10 | | with other appropriate State agencies, and overseen by the 21st | 11 | | Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory Committee ("the | 12 | | Advisory Committee"). There shall be credited to the Fund any | 13 | | moneys , fees, or surcharges specifically collected for or | 14 | | designated for deposit into the Fund, including State | 15 | | appropriations, set asides from public expenditures on capital | 16 | | projects, federal funds, gifts, grants, and private | 17 | | contributions.
Earnings attributable to moneys in the fund | 18 | | shall be deposited into the fund.
| 19 | | (b) The Department is authorized to collect from all | 20 | | employers with 2 or more employees a fee of not less than $500 | 21 | | nor more than $1,000 to be placed in the 21st Century Workforce | 22 | | Investment Fund to fund Business Jumpstart and programs | 23 | | authorized by rule. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.) |
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| 1 | | (30 ILCS 787/10)
| 2 | | Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of the 21st Century Workforce | 3 | | Development Fund is to promote the State's interest in | 4 | | supporting employers through the creation and maintenance of a | 5 | | diverse and skilled workforce for the economic development of | 6 | | the State. The Fund is intended to support rapid attachment, | 7 | | integrated, innovative, and emergency workforce development | 8 | | strategies that promote local economic development and a | 9 | | continuum of workforce and education strategies, including | 10 | | workforce development activities to prepare individuals for | 11 | | occupations in the energy efficiency and renewable energy | 12 | | industries, as well as other occupations that are created or | 13 | | transformed by the implementation of policy to reduce | 14 | | greenhouse gas emissions, to prevent and remediate pollution, | 15 | | and to promote energy-efficient, healthy, and lead-safe homes | 16 | | in Illinois.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.) | 18 | | (30 ILCS 787/15)
| 19 | | Sec. 15. Use of Fund. | 20 | | (a) Role of Fund. Subject to appropriation, resources from | 21 | | the Fund are intended to be used flexibly to support innovative | 22 | | and locally-driven strategies, to leverage other funding | 23 | | sources, to advance opportunities for profitable employment, | 24 | | and to fill gaps in existing workforce development resources in |
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| 1 | | Illinois. They are not intended to supplant existing workforce | 2 | | development resources. | 3 | | (b) Distribution of funds. Funds shall be distributed | 4 | | through competitive grantmaking processes , fee for service | 5 | | contracting, or both, administered by the Department and | 6 | | overseen by the Advisory Committee. No more than 6% of | 7 | | obligated funds used for grants may be retained by the | 8 | | Department for administrative costs or for program evaluation | 9 | | or technical assistance activities. Funds awarded to a | 10 | | third-party not-for-profit intermediary for technical | 11 | | assistance, provision of payroll services, or administrative | 12 | | coordination of multiple subcontractors shall count against | 13 | | the 6%. | 14 | | (c) Grantmaking. The Department must administer funds | 15 | | through competitive grantmaking in accordance with the | 16 | | priorities described in this Act. Grantmaking must be used to | 17 | | support workforce development strategies consistent with the | 18 | | priorities outlined in this Act. Strategies may include, but | 19 | | are not limited to the following: | 20 | | (i) Expanded grantmaking for existing State workforce | 21 | | development strategies, including the Job Training and | 22 | | Economic Development Program and programs designed to | 23 | | increase the number of persons traditionally | 24 | | underrepresented in the building trades, specifically | 25 | | minorities and women. | 26 | | (ii) Workforce development initiatives that help the |
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| 1 | | least skilled adults access employment and education | 2 | | opportunities, including transitional jobs programs and | 3 | | educational bridge programming that integrate basic | 4 | | education and occupational skills training. | 5 | | (iii) Sectoral strategies that develop | 6 | | industry-specific workforce education and training | 7 | | services that lead to existing or expected jobs with | 8 | | identified employers and that include services to ensure | 9 | | that low-income, low-skilled adults can be served. | 10 | | (iv) Support for the development and implementation of | 11 | | workforce education and training programs in the energy | 12 | | efficiency, renewable energy, and pollution control | 13 | | cleanup and prevention industries. | 14 | | (v) Support for planning activities that: ensure that | 15 | | workforce development and education needs of low-skilled | 16 | | adults are integrated into industry-specific career | 17 | | pathways; analyze labor market data to track workforce | 18 | | trends in the State's energy-related initiatives; or | 19 | | increase the capacity of communities to provide workforce | 20 | | services to low-income, low-skilled adults.
| 21 | | (d) Allowable expenditures. Grant funds are limited to | 22 | | expenditures for the following: | 23 | | (i) Basic skills training, adult education, | 24 | | occupational training, job readiness training, and | 25 | | soft-skills training for which financial aid is otherwise | 26 | | not available.
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| 1 | | (ii) Workforce development-related services including | 2 | | mentoring, job development, support services, | 3 | | transportation assistance, and wage subsidies, that are | 4 | | tied to participation in training and employment.
| 5 | | (iii) Capacity building, program development, and | 6 | | technical assistance activities necessary for the | 7 | | development and implementation of new workforce education | 8 | | and training strategies.
| 9 | | No more than 5% of any grant may be used for administrative | 10 | | costs.
| 11 | | (e) Eligible applicants. For grants under this Section, | 12 | | eligible applicants include the following:
| 13 | | (i) Any private, public, and non-profit entities that | 14 | | provide education, training, and workforce development | 15 | | services to low-income individuals. | 16 | | (ii) Educational institutions. | 17 | | (iii) Labor and business associations.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09; 97-581, eff. 8-26-11.) | 19 | | (30 ILCS 787/20)
| 20 | | Sec. 20. Priorities. The Department shall implement | 21 | | grantmaking using the following priorities, and the Advisory | 22 | | Committee shall monitor the application of these priorities to | 23 | | grantmaking: | 24 | | (a) Priority populations. Priority shall be given to | 25 | | workforce education and training strategies that target |
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| 1 | | individuals with barriers to employment including, but not | 2 | | limited to, criminal backgrounds, low incomes, residents of | 3 | | public or subsidized housing, and individuals with limited | 4 | | literacy, math skills, or English proficiency. Priority may | 5 | | also be given to workers with jobs that are affected by the | 6 | | implementation of State energy and environmental policy. | 7 | | (b) Priority industries. Priority shall be given to | 8 | | workforce education and training strategies for the following:
| 9 | | (i) Industries that will reduce carbon emissions, | 10 | | promote recycling/reuse, prevent and remediate pollution, | 11 | | and support local food production, including but not | 12 | | limited to the following: | 13 | | (A) Energy efficient building construction, | 14 | | retrofit, and assessment industries. | 15 | | (B) Renewable electric power generation and | 16 | | transmission industries. | 17 | | (C) Deconstruction and materials use industries. | 18 | | (D) Manufacturers that produce sustainable | 19 | | products using environmentally sustainable processes | 20 | | and materials. | 21 | | (E) Local food systems. | 22 | | (ii) Industries identified by the Department to be | 23 | | facing a critical shortage of skilled workers. | 24 | | (iii) Small employers with fewer than 100 employees and | 25 | | no separate human resources department identified by the | 26 | | Department or its agent. |
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| 1 | | (c) Other priority factors. The Department must implement | 2 | | grantmaking by giving priority to grant applications that | 3 | | demonstrate collaboration amongst local workforce, education, | 4 | | and economic development stakeholders in their community; | 5 | | demonstrate collaboration with outreach programs designed to | 6 | | connect community residents with training opportunities; | 7 | | integrate lead-safe work practices into their training; or | 8 | | serve communities with high rates of unemployment, | 9 | | underemployment, and poverty.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.) | 11 | | (30 ILCS 787/25)
| 12 | | Sec. 25. 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory | 13 | | Committee. The 21st Century Workforce Development Fund | 14 | | Advisory Committee shall review, advise, and recommend for | 15 | | approval or denial all grant requests from the Fund. The | 16 | | Department is responsible for the administration and staffing | 17 | | of the Advisory Committee. | 18 | | (a) Membership. The Committee shall consist of 21 persons. | 19 | | Co-chairs shall be appointed by the Governor with the | 20 | | requirement that one come from the public and one from the | 21 | | private sector. | 22 | | (b) Eleven members shall be appointed by the Governor, and | 23 | | any of the 11 members appointed by the Governor may fill more | 24 | | than one of the following required categories: | 25 | | (i) Four must be from communities outside of the City |
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| 1 | | of Chicago. | 2 | | (ii) At least one must be a member of a local workforce | 3 | | investment board (LWIB) in his or her community. | 4 | | (iii) At least one must represent organized labor. | 5 | | (iv) At least one must represent business or industry. | 6 | | (v) At least one must represent a non-profit | 7 | | organization that provides workforce development or job | 8 | | training services. | 9 | | (vi) At least one must represent a non-profit | 10 | | organization involved in workforce development policy, | 11 | | analysis, or research. | 12 | | (vii) At least one must represent a non-profit | 13 | | organization involved in environmental policy, advocacy, | 14 | | or research. | 15 | | (viii) At least one must represent a group that | 16 | | advocates for individuals with barriers to employment, | 17 | | including at-risk youth, formerly incarcerated | 18 | | individuals, and individuals living in poverty. | 19 | | (c) The other 10 members shall be the following: | 20 | | (i) The Director of Employment Security Commerce and | 21 | | Economic Opportunity , or his or her designee who oversees | 22 | | workforce development services. | 23 | | (ii) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | 24 | | designee who oversees human capital services. | 25 | | (iii) The Director of Corrections, or his or her | 26 | | designee who oversees prisoner re-entry services. |
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| 1 | | (iv) The Director of the Environmental Protection | 2 | | Agency, or his or her designee who oversees contractor | 3 | | compliance. | 4 | | (v) The Chairman of the Illinois Community College | 5 | | Board, or his or her designee who oversees technical and | 6 | | career education. | 7 | | (vi) A representative of the Illinois Community | 8 | | College Board involved in energy education and sustainable | 9 | | practices, designated by the Board. | 10 | | (vii) Four State legislators, one designated by the | 11 | | President of the Senate, one designated by the Speaker of | 12 | | the House, one designated by the Senate Minority Leader, | 13 | | and one designated by the House Minority Leader. | 14 | | (d) Appointees under subsection (b) shall serve a 2-year | 15 | | term and are eligible to be re-appointed one time. Members | 16 | | under subsection (c) shall serve ex officio or at the pleasure | 17 | | of the designating official, as applicable.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-771, eff. 8-28-09.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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