Bill Text: IL HB6271 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall require all public universities and community college districts to submit an annual report on or before April 15, 2015 and on or before each April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Provides that each university and district shall include certain information in its annual report. Provides that each annual report shall include as much State-specific data as possible. Provides that the Boards and all universities and districts shall hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving stated goals. Sets forth other Board requirements. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB6271 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB6271-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 9.34 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/9.34 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9.34. Supplier diversity goals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
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9 | work with public universities in this State to improve
their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The Board shall require all public universities
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12 | submit an annual report on or before April 15, 2015 and
on or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | before each April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | format, on
all procurement goals and actual spending for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | female-owned,
minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | business enterprises
in the previous calendar year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (c) Each public university, in its annual report, shall
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18 | include the following information: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
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20 | increase participation; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (3) the areas of procurement the university shall be
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23 | actively seeking more participation in for the next year; |
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1 | (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
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2 | potential vendors in that area to seek business from the | ||||||
3 | university; | ||||||
4 | (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
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5 | quality vendors and any suggestions for what the
Board | ||||||
6 | could do to be helpful to identify those
vendors; | ||||||
7 | (6) a list of the certifications the university
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8 | recognizes; | ||||||
9 | (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
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10 | wishes to do business with the university and an | ||||||
11 | explanation of the
process for a vendor to enroll with the | ||||||
12 | university as a female-owned,
minority-owned, | ||||||
13 | veteran-owned, or small business enterprise; and | ||||||
14 | (8) any particular success stories to encourage other
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15 | institutions of higher education to emulate best | ||||||
16 | practices. | ||||||
17 | (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
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18 | data as possible. If the public university does not submit
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19 | State-specific data, then the university shall include any
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20 | national data it does have and explain why it could not submit
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21 | State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future
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22 | reports, if possible. | ||||||
23 | (e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
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24 | regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
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25 | the annual report. | ||||||
26 | (f) The Board and all public universities shall
hold an |
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1 | annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
year | ||||||
2 | thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
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3 | collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
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4 | achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
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5 | university and subject matter experts and
advocates. The Board | ||||||
6 | shall publish a database on its
Internet website setting forth | ||||||
7 | the point of contact for each public university
for supplier | ||||||
8 | diversity, along with a list of certifications
each public | ||||||
9 | university recognizes from the information submitted in each
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10 | annual report. The Board shall publish each annual report
on | ||||||
11 | its Internet website and shall maintain each annual report for | ||||||
12 | at
least 5 years.
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13 | Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
14 | adding Section 2-26 as follows:
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15 | (110 ILCS 805/2-26 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 2-26. Supplier diversity goals. | ||||||
17 | (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
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18 | work with community college districts in this State to improve
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19 | their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner. | ||||||
20 | (b) The State Board shall require all community college | ||||||
21 | districts
to submit an annual report on or before April 15, | ||||||
22 | 2015 and
on or before each April 15 thereafter, in a searchable | ||||||
23 | Adobe PDF format, on
all procurement goals and actual spending | ||||||
24 | for female-owned,
minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small |
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1 | business enterprises
in the previous calendar year. | ||||||
2 | (c) Each community college district, in its annual report, | ||||||
3 | shall
include the following information: | ||||||
4 | (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
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5 | increase participation; | ||||||
6 | (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals; | ||||||
7 | (3) the areas of procurement the community college | ||||||
8 | district shall be
actively seeking more participation in | ||||||
9 | for the next year; | ||||||
10 | (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
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11 | potential vendors in that area to seek business from the | ||||||
12 | community college district; | ||||||
13 | (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
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14 | quality vendors and any suggestions for what the
State | ||||||
15 | Board could do to be helpful to identify those
vendors; | ||||||
16 | (6) a list of the certifications the community college | ||||||
17 | district
recognizes; | ||||||
18 | (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
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19 | wishes to do business with the community college district | ||||||
20 | and an explanation of the
process for a vendor to enroll | ||||||
21 | with the community college district as a female-owned,
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22 | minority-owned, veteran-owned, or small business | ||||||
23 | enterprise; and | ||||||
24 | (8) any particular success stories to encourage other
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25 | institutions of higher education to emulate best | ||||||
26 | practices. |
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1 | (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
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2 | data as possible. If the community college district does not | ||||||
3 | submit
State-specific data, then the community college | ||||||
4 | district shall include any
national data it does have and | ||||||
5 | explain why it could not submit
State-specific data and how it | ||||||
6 | intends to do so in future
reports, if possible. | ||||||
7 | (e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
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8 | regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
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9 | the annual report. | ||||||
10 | (f) The State Board and all community college districts | ||||||
11 | shall
hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and | ||||||
12 | every
year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
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13 | collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
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14 | achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
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15 | community college district and subject matter experts and
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16 | advocates. The State Board shall publish a database on its
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17 | Internet website setting forth the point of contact for each | ||||||
18 | community college district
for supplier diversity, along with a | ||||||
19 | list of certifications
each community college district | ||||||
20 | recognizes from the information submitted in each
annual | ||||||
21 | report. The State Board shall publish each annual report
on its | ||||||
22 | Internet website and shall maintain each annual report for at
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23 | least 5 years.
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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