Bill Text: IL HR0646 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Community Foundations of Illinois to enter into a joint effort with the State of Illinois to administer post-graduation scholarship programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0646 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0646-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has seen a decline in the | ||||||
3 | number of residents with college degrees that would
serve as a | ||||||
4 | basis for improving the economic conditions and subsequent | ||||||
5 | quality of life
improvements for the State; and
| ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, This has led to a loss of overall population in | ||||||
7 | the State and a skills gap that has not
been addressed as a top | ||||||
8 | priority, leading to increasing burdens on State and local
| ||||||
9 | government to meet the needs of the residents; and
| ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Executive Order 2019-03, An Action Agenda for | ||||||
11 | Workforce Development and Job Creation, signed by Gov. JB | ||||||
12 | Pritzker, directs Illinois' state
agencies to review current | ||||||
13 | and potential industries targeted for economic growth and | ||||||
14 | recommend
how workforce resources for disenfranchised | ||||||
15 | populations may be improved in communities
throughout | ||||||
16 | Illinois; and
| ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, The four Illinois state agencies involved in | ||||||
18 | implementing the federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity | ||||||
19 | Act, the Departments of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, | ||||||
20 | Employment Security, and
Human Services and the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Community College Board, and representatives of the Illinois
| ||||||
22 | Workforce Innovation Board have prepared an agenda that will |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | create opportunities for all
Illinoisans; and
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Those agencies presented a report, An Action | ||||||
3 | Agenda for Workforce
Development and Job Creation, that | ||||||
4 | includes evidence-based practices, promising innovations,
and | ||||||
5 | collaborative input from leaders across the State; its goal is | ||||||
6 | to ensure that businesses,
individuals, and communities have | ||||||
7 | the opportunity to prosper and contribute to
the State's | ||||||
8 | economic growth, specifically attracting and retaining young | ||||||
9 | people to Illinois; and
| ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Census Bureau asserts that 93 of 102 | ||||||
11 | counties in Illinois have lost populations
since 2010; and
| ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Since the end of the Great Recession in 2011, the | ||||||
13 | prime working-age
population in Illinois has declined five | ||||||
14 | percent while the U.S. prime working-age population has grown | ||||||
15 | 1.4
percent; and
| ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, In collaboration with the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
17 | Community Foundations of Illinois have focused their efforts on | ||||||
18 | increasing talent retention and regional prosperity and | ||||||
19 | combatting
deteriorating and financially distressed | ||||||
20 | communities by creating a new scholarship that will lessen the | ||||||
21 | burdens of government by preventing further erosion
of the | ||||||
22 | State's economic base by recruiting and retaining college |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | educated employees to live and work in the State; and
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, With this new scholarship, the Community | ||||||
3 | Foundations of Illinois seek to lessen the
burdens of | ||||||
4 | government and improve the quality of life and economic | ||||||
5 | conditions of the residents of
the State, which is consistent | ||||||
6 | with the goals of Executive Order 2019-03; it will be a vital | ||||||
7 | part of the State's effort to expand talent retention, | ||||||
8 | stimulate
greater investments in our communities, and improve | ||||||
9 | our economic outlook; and
| ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, The new scholarship will support the efforts of | ||||||
11 | local partners to attract young
professionals with expertise in | ||||||
12 | Illinois trades, such as agribusiness and food processing, | ||||||
13 | biotechnology, energy, healthcare, professional
services, | ||||||
14 | information technology, financial activities, leisure, | ||||||
15 | hospitality, and transportation, distribution, and logistics; | ||||||
16 | therefore, be it
| ||||||
17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
18 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we urge the Community Foundations of Illinois to enter into a | ||||||
20 | joint effort with the State of Illinois to administer | ||||||
21 | post-graduation
scholarship programs, which are designed to | ||||||
22 | lessen the burdens of government by improving
income levels, | ||||||
23 | decreasing unemployment rates, increasing household incomes, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and increasing the
percentage of residents with college degrees | ||||||
2 | living and working in financially distressed areas in
the State | ||||||
3 | in accordance with the rules and regulations of the individual | ||||||
4 | Community
Foundations and Executive Order 2019-03.
|