Bill Text: IL HB3592 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for legislative findings. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Community College Board shall establish a community college apprenticeship grant program to expand opportunities for credit and non-credit education and training leading to high-demand jobs through apprenticeship programs offered in partnership with a community college and a local business or industry. Provides that the grants must be prioritized to expand apprenticeship programs to new populations, develop apprenticeships in new, non-traditional sectors, and identify ways to promote greater inclusion and diversity in apprenticeships. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-07 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [HB3592 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3592-Introduced.html
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning education.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 2-26 as follows:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 805/2-26 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2-26. Community college apprenticeship grant program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (1) It is vital that our State take steps to enhance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | education and workforce training to build capacity and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | develop talent and skills that meet current and future | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | workforce needs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (2) Apprenticeship is a proven model of job preparation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | that combines paid on-the-job training with related | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | instruction to progressively increase workers' skill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | levels and wages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (3) As an earn-and-learn strategy, apprenticeships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | offer job seekers immediate employment opportunities that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | pay sustainable wages and offer advancement along a career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | pathway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (4) As using apprenticeships as a workforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | development tool continues to flourish across the country, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the role for community colleges is also growing. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (5) Community college apprenticeship programs in this | ||||||
2 | State bring the classroom and careers together, as they | ||||||
3 | develop curriculum and provide the classroom instruction | ||||||
4 | portion of an apprenticeship. | ||||||
5 | (6) Community college apprenticeship programs may | ||||||
6 | provide college credits leading toward, or even completion | ||||||
7 | of, an associate degree. | ||||||
8 | (7) Community colleges often screen apprenticeship | ||||||
9 | applicants, work with economic and workforce development | ||||||
10 | groups, or even act as the apprenticeship program sponsor, | ||||||
11 | handling the administration of the apprenticeship program. | ||||||
12 | (8) Lack of funding and resources is the most widely | ||||||
13 | mentioned challenge to increasing apprenticeship programs | ||||||
14 | at community colleges in this State. | ||||||
15 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board shall | ||||||
16 | establish a community college apprenticeship grant program to | ||||||
17 | expand opportunities for credit and non-credit education and | ||||||
18 | training leading to high-demand jobs through apprenticeship | ||||||
19 | programs offered in partnership with a community college and a | ||||||
20 | local business or industry. Grants provided under this Section | ||||||
21 | must be prioritized to expand apprenticeship programs to new | ||||||
22 | populations, develop apprenticeships in new, non-traditional | ||||||
23 | sectors, and identify ways to promote greater inclusion and | ||||||
24 | diversity in apprenticeships. | ||||||
25 | (c) The State Board must adopt rules necessary to implement | ||||||
26 | this Section.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
|