Full Text of HB5062 100th General Assembly
HB5062 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5062 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 2-3.173 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.173 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.173. Advanced manufacturing technical skills | 8 | | training program. | 9 | | (a) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the State | 10 | | Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed | 11 | | at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical | 12 | | skills. The program shall be implemented in no less than 12 | 13 | | public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth | 14 | | unemployment rate is at least twice the national average, which | 15 | | shall include no less than 2 high schools on the west side of | 16 | | the City of Chicago, no less than 2 high schools on the south | 17 | | side of the City of Chicago, and no less than 2 high schools in | 18 | | the southern suburbs of the City of Chicago. | 19 | | (b) A high school participating in the program shall offer | 20 | | an advanced manufacturing technical skills course that | 21 | | provides education and training for available jobs or job | 22 | | openings that are anticipated in the field of manufacturing, | 23 | | including, but not limited to, classroom and on-site |
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| 1 | | experiential learning. The high school shall be equipped with | 2 | | up-to-date computers, digital design units, computer numerical | 3 | | control machines, and any other machines that are consistent | 4 | | with the needs of modern manufacturers and that provide | 5 | | hands-on experience for students. | 6 | | (c) An instructor of an advanced manufacturing technical | 7 | | skills course under the program must have a minimum of 3 years | 8 | | of recognized industry certifications, be effective at | 9 | | instructing urban or financially challenged youth, and have an | 10 | | adequate amount of shop experience gained in a manufacturing | 11 | | setting. | 12 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall ensure that each | 13 | | high school participating in the program has adequate funding | 14 | | for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, | 15 | | pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and | 16 | | leadership development, and life and financial management | 17 | | instruction. | 18 | | (e) The State Board of Education shall use a program | 19 | | provider to help design, build, and accredit the training | 20 | | program under this Section. The program provider shall have no | 21 | | less than 10 years of successful experience working in the | 22 | | manufacturing industry and serving communities where the high | 23 | | schools participating in the program are located.
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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