Bill Text: IL HB3309 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3309 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3309-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
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7 | Sec. 4.5. Duties.
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8 | (a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | workforce
innovation
board under
the federal Workforce
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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
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14 | and that
are assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to it by the Governor.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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9 | Department
of Labor.
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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.
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14 | The Board shall identify the most significant early
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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.
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19 | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
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20 | allow the
Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority | ||||||
21 | granted
to, or impose
any duties or requirements on, the State
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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