Bill Text: IL HB3242 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Uniform Racial Classification Act and the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Adds "Middle Eastern or Northern African" as a racial classification for purposes of the Acts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3242 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3242-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3242 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 50/5
20 ILCS 65/20-15
Amends the Uniform Racial Classification Act and the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Adds "Middle Eastern or Northern African" as a racial classification for purposes of the Acts.
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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 Uniform Racial Classification Act is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 50/5)
Sec. 5. Uniform racial classification. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except as otherwise required by
federal law or regulation, whenever a State agency is required
by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or
ethnic classifications, that State agency shall use the
following classifications: (i) White; (ii) Black or African
American; (iii) American Indian or Alaska Native; (iv) Asian;
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; or (vi)
Hispanic or Latino ; or (vii) Middle Eastern or Northern
African.
For the purposes of this Act, "State agency" means the
offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V
of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and
departments, boards, commissions, and authorities under the
Governor.
(Source: P.A. 98-982, eff. 8-18-14.)

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Section 10. The Data Governance and Organization to
Support Equity and Racial Justice Act is amended by changing
Section 20-15 as follows:
(20 ILCS 65/20-15)
Sec. 20-15. Data Governance and Organization to Support
Equity and Racial Justice.
(a) On or before July 1, 2022 and each July 1 thereafter,
the Board and the Department shall report statistical data on
the racial, ethnic, age, sex, disability status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, and primary or preferred
language demographics of program participants for each major
program administered by the Board or the Department. Except as
provided in subsection (b), when reporting the data required
under this Section, the Board or the Department shall use the
same racial and ethnic classifications for each program, which
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) American Indian and Alaska Native alone.
(2) Asian alone.
(3) Black or African American alone.
(4) Hispanic or Latino of any race.
(5) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone.
(6) White alone.
(7) Middle Eastern or Northern African.
(8) (7) Some other race alone.
(9) (8) Two or more races.

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The Board and the Department may further define, by rule,
the racial and ethnic classifications, including, if
necessary, a classification of "No Race Specified".
(b) (c) If a program administered by the Board or the
Department is subject to federal reporting requirements that
include the collection and public reporting of statistical
data on the racial and ethnic demographics of program
participants, the Department may maintain the same racial and
ethnic classifications used under the federal requirements if
such classifications differ from the classifications listed in
subsection (a).
(c) (d) The Department of Innovation and Technology shall
assist the Board and the Department by establishing common
technological processes and procedures for the Board and the
Department to:
(1) Catalog data.
(2) Identify similar fields in datasets.
(3) Manage data requests.
(4) Share data.
(5) Collect data.
(6) Improve and clean data.
(7) Match data across the Board and Departments.
(8) Develop research and analytic agendas.
(9) Report on program participation disaggregated by
race and ethnicity.
(10) Evaluate equitable outcomes for underserved

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populations in Illinois.
(11) Define common roles for data management.
(12) Ensure that all major programs can report
disaggregated data by race, ethnicity, age, sex,
disability status, sexual orientation, and gender
identity, and primary or preferred language.
The Board and the Department shall use the common
technological processes and procedures established by the
Department of Innovation and Technology.
(d) (e) If the Board or the Department is unable to begin
reporting the data required by subsection (a) by July 1, 2022,
the Board or the Department shall state the reasons for the
delay under the reporting requirements.
(e) (f) By no later than March 31, 2022, the Board and the
Department shall provide a progress report to the General
Assembly to disclose: (i) the programs and datasets that have
been cataloged for which race, ethnicity, age, sex, disability
status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and primary or
preferred language have been standardized; and (ii) to the
extent possible, the datasets and programs that are
outstanding for each agency and the datasets that are planned
for the upcoming year. On or before March 31, 2023, and each
year thereafter, the Board and the Department Departments
shall provide an updated report to the General Assembly.
(f) (g) By no later than October 31, 2021, the Governor's
Office shall provide a plan to establish processes for input

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from the Board and the Department into processes outlined in
subsection (c) (b). The plan shall incorporate ongoing efforts
at data interoperability within the Department and the
governance established to support the P-20 Longitudinal
Education Data System enacted by Public Act 96-107.
(g) (h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
limit the rights granted to individuals or data sharing
protections established under existing State and federal data
privacy and security laws.
(Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-543, eff. 8-20-21;
revised 2-4-23.)