Full Text of HB3309 103rd General Assembly
HB3309 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3309 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Act. Provides that, by December 31, 2024, the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board must publish a report to identify strategies to address transportation access barriers that current secondary and community college students encounter when trying to access career development experiences and apprenticeship opportunities. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Innovation 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 functions of a state | 9 | | workforce
innovation
board under
the federal Workforce
| 10 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act, any amendments to that Act, | 11 | | and
any
other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also | 12 | | perform all other
functions that are
not inconsistent with the | 13 | | federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act or this Act
| 14 | | and that
are assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned | 15 | | to it by the 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 development systems in order to increase
| 20 | | occupational skill
attainment, employment, retention, or | 21 | | earnings of participants and thereby
improve the
quality of | 22 | | the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
| 23 | | productivity and
competitiveness of the State. The Board must |
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| 1 | | annually submit a report to the
General
Assembly on the | 2 | | progress of the State in achieving state performance measures
| 3 | | under the
federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, | 4 | | including information on the levels
of performance achieved by | 5 | | the State with respect to the core indicators of
performance | 6 | | and the customer satisfaction indicator
under that Act. The | 7 | | report must include any other
items that
the Governor may be | 8 | | required to report to the Secretary of the United States
| 9 | | Department
of Labor.
| 10 | | (b-5) The Board shall implement a method for measuring the | 11 | | progress of the
State's workforce development system by using | 12 | | benchmarks specified in the federal Workforce
Innovation and | 13 | | Opportunity Act.
| 14 | | The Board shall identify the most significant early
| 15 | | indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to | 16 | | collect data and
track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and | 17 | | then use the results to set goals
for each benchmark, to inform | 18 | | planning, and to ensure the effective use of
State resources.
| 19 | | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
| 20 | | allow the
Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority | 21 | | granted
to, or impose
any duties or requirements on, the State
| 22 | | Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the | 23 | | Illinois Community
College Board, any State agencies created | 24 | | under the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois, or any local | 25 | | education agencies.
| 26 | | (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource |
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| 1 | | Investment Council
before the effective date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly
and no rights, | 3 | | powers, duties, or obligations from those actions are impaired
| 4 | | solely by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. | 5 | | All actions taken
by the Illinois Human Resource Investment | 6 | | Council before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of | 7 | | the 92nd General Assembly are ratified and validated.
| 8 | | (e) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 9 | | 101st General Assembly, the Board shall conduct a feasibility | 10 | | study regarding the consolidation of all workforce development | 11 | | programs funded by the federal Workforce Innovation and | 12 | | Opportunity Act and conducted by the State of Illinois into | 13 | | one solitary agency to create greater access to job training | 14 | | for underserved populations. The Board shall utilize resources | 15 | | currently made available to them, including, but not limited | 16 | | to, partnering with institutions of higher education and those | 17 | | agencies currently charged with overseeing or administering | 18 | | workforce programs. The feasibility study shall: | 19 | | (1) assess the impact of consolidation on access for | 20 | | participants, including minority persons as defined in | 21 | | Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, | 22 | | Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act, persons with | 23 | | limited English proficiency, persons with disabilities, | 24 | | and youth, and how consolidation would increase equitable | 25 | | access to workforce resources; | 26 | | (2) assess the cost of consolidation and estimate any |
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| 1 | | long-term savings anticipated from the action; | 2 | | (3) assess the impact of consolidation on agencies in | 3 | | which the programs currently reside, including, but not | 4 | | limited to, the Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity, the Department of Employment Security, the | 6 | | Department of Human Services, the Community College Board, | 7 | | the Board of Higher Education, the Department of | 8 | | Corrections, the Department on Aging, the Department of | 9 | | Veterans' Affairs, and the Department of Children and | 10 | | Family Services; | 11 | | (4) assess the impact of consolidation on State | 12 | | government employees and union contracts; | 13 | | (5) consider if the consolidation will provide avenues | 14 | | to maximize federal funding; | 15 | | (6) provide recommendations for the future structure | 16 | | of workforce development programs, including a proposed | 17 | | timeline for implementation; | 18 | | (7) provide direction for implementation by July 1, | 19 | | 2022 with regard to recommendations that do not require | 20 | | legislative change; | 21 | | (8) if legislative change is necessary, include | 22 | | legislative language for consideration by the 102nd | 23 | | General Assembly. | 24 | | The Board shall submit its recommendations the Governor | 25 | | and the General Assembly by May 1, 2021. | 26 | | (f) By December 31, 2024, the Board must publish a report |
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| 1 | | to identify strategies to address transportation access | 2 | | barriers that current secondary and community college students | 3 | | encounter when trying to access career development experiences | 4 | | and apprenticeship opportunities. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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