Bill Text: IL HB2987 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0141 [HB2987 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2987-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
8b.21 as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/8b.21 new)
Sec. 8b.21. Preference for dependent child in foster care,
homeless youth, or incarcerated youth.
(a) State agencies, when hiring for internships and student
assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified
applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster
care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. The
preference shall be granted to applicants who are up to 21
years of age. Any application for an internship and student
assistant position with a State agency shall allow the
applicant to identify that the applicant is eligible for a
preference under this Section, but the application shall not
require the applicant to identify the specific category that
entitles him or her for eligibility.
(b) For the purpose of this Section, the following
definitions shall apply:
"Formerly incarcerated youth" means an individual who has
been sentenced to incarceration in, or the custody of, the

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Division of Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, the Division of Juvenile Justice in the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or county jail
and released from that incarceration or custody before the
individual attained 21 years of age.
"Homeless youth" means an applicant up to 21 years of age,
who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined
under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
"Preference" means priority over similarly qualified
applicants for placement in the position.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.