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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 Department of Central Management Services
5		Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6		adding Section 405-530 as follows:
7		(20 ILCS 405/405-530 new)
8		Sec. 405-530. Higher education supplier diversity report.
9		(a) Every private institution of higher education approved
10		by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for purposes of
11		the Monetary Award Program shall submit a 2-page report on its
12		voluntary supplier diversity program to the Department. The
13		report shall set forth all of the following:
14		(1) The name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
15		of the point of contact for the supplier diversity program
16		(or the institution's procurement program if there is no
17		supplier diversity program) for vendors to register with
18		the program.
19		(2) Local and State certifications the institution
20		accepts or recognizes for minority-owned, women-owned, or
21		veteran-owned business status.
22		(3) On the second page, a narrative explaining the
23		results of the report and the tactics to be employed to

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1		achieve the goals.
2		(4) The voluntary goals, if any, for either fiscal year
3		or calendar year 2019 in each category for the entire
4		budget of the institution (expending both public and
5		private moneys, including any fee-supported entities) and
6		the commodity codes or a description of particular goods
7		and services for the area of procurement in which the
8		institution expects most of those goals to focus on in the
9		next year. However, a private institution of higher
10		education may report the information under this
11		subdivision (3) for fiscal year or calendar year 2018
12		instead. With respect to private institutions of higher
13		education, beginning with the 2020 report, the actual
14		spending for the entire budget of the institution
15		(expending both public and private moneys, including any
16		fee-supported entities) for minority business enterprises,
17		women's business enterprises, and veteran-owned
18		businesses, expressed both in actual dollars and as a
19		percentage of the total budget of the institution. However,
20		if a private institution of higher education elects to
21		report the information under subdivision (3) of this
22		subsection (a) for fiscal year or calendar year 2018
23		instead, then the information under this subdivision (4)
24		must be reported beginning with the 2019 report.
25		Each private institution of higher education is required to
26		submit a searchable Adobe PDF report to the Department on or

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1		before November 15, 2019 and on or before November 15 every
2		year thereafter. However, if a private institution of higher
3		education elects to report the information under subdivision
4		(3) of this subsection (a) for fiscal year or calendar year
5		2018 instead, then the institution is required to submit the
6		report on or before November 15, 2018 and on or before November
7		15 every year thereafter.
8		(b) For each report submitted under subsection (a) of this
9		Section, the Department shall publish the results on its
10		Internet website for 5 years after submission. The Department
11		is not responsible for collecting the reports or for the
12		content of the reports.
13		(c) The Department shall hold an annual higher education
14		supplier diversity workshop in February of 2018 and every
15		February thereafter to discuss the reports with
16		representatives of the institutions of higher education and
17		vendors.
18		(d) The Department shall prepare a one-page template (not
19		including the narrative section) for the voluntary supplier
20		diversity reports.
21		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22		becoming law.