Bill Text: IL HR0097 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the U.S. Congress to fund the Illinois Community College Sustainability Network's request for $648,600,000 from the federal government for the training and development of a green-collar workforce and the creation of green-collar jobs through community college renewable energy and energy conservation projects.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [HR0097 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0097-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Sustainability
Network (ICCSN), an existing structure partnering with the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, is an
innovative and immediate avenue to create green-collar jobs;
and
WHEREAS, The ICCSN is a tested and trusted resource and
provides the most efficient means to rapidly address the new
energy economy's need for a green-jobs workforce and for the
widespread deployment of energy conservation to the community
level; and
WHEREAS, With appropriate funding, the current ICCSN is
well positioned to expand to serve all 48 public community
colleges in this State, and the whole system is committed to
preparing a green-collar workforce with both the academic and
technical skills needed to stimulate growth in the new energy
economy; and
WHEREAS, This State's public community colleges have
planned construction projects to convert campus energy systems
to more efficient and clean energy sources; it is estimated
that 50,000 direct and indirect green-collar jobs could be
created by installing geothermal, wind, and solar technologies

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on community college campuses across this State; and
WHEREAS, The ICCSN has requested a total of $648,600,000
through the federal government's economic recovery initiative
in order to do the following:
(1) rapidly accelerate training and development of the
green-collar workforce by expanding the ICCSN; and
(2) stimulate the creation of green-collar jobs
through community college renewable energy and energy
conservation projects that are bid ready and that would
train green-collar workers while reducing the carbon usage
and energy cost of community college facilities; and
WHEREAS, Each project will serve multiple goals related to
developing the green-collar workforce; the projects will
create green-job skills, decrease campus energy consumption by
30% to 50%, provide hands-on experience for renewable energy
technician training, serve as demonstration sites for
business, industry, and homeowners, and be shovel-ready
immediately or within 180 days; and
WHEREAS, Accountability for outcomes will occur through
independent measuring and verification for carbon reduction
strategies; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the U.S. Congress to fund the Illinois Community College
Sustainability Network's request for $648,600,000 from the
federal government for the training and development of a
green-collar workforce and the creation of green-collar jobs
through community college renewable energy and energy
conservation projects; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member
of the Illinois congressional delegation.