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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
to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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