Bill Text: IL HR0816 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit on the Department of Central Management Services to review and assess whether the Department's automated multiple choice exams for State employment are racially biased.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-10 - Resolution Adopted 104-000-000 [HR0816 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0816-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 3 | conducts testing in the form of an automated multiple choice | ||||||
| 4 | exams for multiple positions, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
| 5 | Account Clerk I & II; Account Technician I; | ||||||
| 6 | Accountant/Accountant Advanced/Accountant Supervisor; | ||||||
| 7 | Administrative Services Worker Trainee; Automotive Mechanic | ||||||
| 8 | Options 1 & 2; Building/Grounds Laborer; Building/Grounds | ||||||
| 9 | Maintenance Worker; Clerical Trainee; Corrections Food Service | ||||||
| 10 | Supervisor I; Data Processing Administrative Specialist; Data | ||||||
| 11 | Processing Assistant, Options 1 & 2; Data Processing | ||||||
| 12 | Specialist; Data Processing Technician; Data Processing | ||||||
| 13 | Technician Trainee; Dietitian; Disability Claims Adjudicator | ||||||
| 14 | Trainee; Electronic Equipment Installer/Repairer; Employment | ||||||
| 15 | Security Program Representative; Employment Security Program | ||||||
| 16 | Representative - Intermittent; Employment Security Service | ||||||
| 17 | Representative; Executive Secretary I, II, & III, Options 2 & | ||||||
| 18 | 3; Firearms Eligibility Analyst Trainee; Forensic Scientist | ||||||
| 19 | Trainee, Options A, B & C; Guard II; Highway Maintainer; Human | ||||||
| 20 | Resources Assistant, Options 1 & 2; Human Resources Associate, | ||||||
| 21 | Options 1 & 2; Human Rights Investigator Trainee; Information | ||||||
| 22 | Systems Analyst I, II, & III; Insurance Analyst I & II, Option | ||||||
| 23 | 2; Insurance Performance Examiner I - Options 1 & 2; | ||||||
| 24 | Intermittent Clerk, Options 1 & 2; Intermittent Laborer - | ||||||
| 25 | Maintenance; Laboratory Assistant; Maintenance Equipment | ||||||
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| 1 | Operator; Maintenance Worker; Meat & Poultry Inspector | ||||||
| 2 | Trainee; Natural Resources Technician I; Office Administrator | ||||||
| 3 | I, II, III, IV, V, Options 1, 2, & 3; Office Aide/Office | ||||||
| 4 | Clerk/Office Assistant, Options 1, 2, & 3; Office | ||||||
| 5 | Assistant/Office Clerk, Option 5; Office Associate, Options 1, | ||||||
| 6 | 2, & 3; Office Coordinator/Office Specialist, Options 1, 2, & | ||||||
| 7 | 3; Office Coordinator/Office Specialist, Option 4; Office | ||||||
| 8 | Administrative Specialist, Option 4; Pharmacy Technician; | ||||||
| 9 | Public Aid Eligibility Assistant; Rehabilitation Case | ||||||
| 10 | Coordinator I; Residential Care Worker Trainee-Cook/Morgan | ||||||
| 11 | County; Revenue Tax Specialist Trainee; Security Therapy Aide | ||||||
| 12 | Trainee; Site Security Officer; Site Technician II; Social | ||||||
| 13 | Services Career Trainee; Stores Clerk; Support Service Worker; | ||||||
| 14 | Switchboard Operator I; Telecommunicator Trainee; Unemployment | ||||||
| 15 | Insurance Revenue Analyst I; Unemployment Insurance Revenue | ||||||
| 16 | Analyst II; Unemployment Insurance Revenue Specialist; and | ||||||
| 17 | Veterans Employment Representative I, Option 2; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Minority populations, historically, have been | ||||||
| 19 | under-represented as new hires for employment by the State of | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, There are ongoing concerns about whether the | ||||||
| 22 | automated multiple choice exams conducted by the Department of | ||||||
| 23 | Central Management Services, knowingly or unknowingly, could | ||||||
| 24 | be biased against minority populations; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
| 3 | Auditor General is directed in accordance with Section 3-2 of | ||||||
| 4 | the Illinois State Auditing Act to conduct a performance audit | ||||||
| 5 | of the Department of Central Management Services to review and | ||||||
| 6 | assess the Department's automated multiple choice exams for the | ||||||
| 7 | above-listed positions; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the audit include a review of whether those | ||||||
| 9 | automated multiple choice exams are biased against minority | ||||||
| 10 | exam takers, either in their content or in their results; and | ||||||
| 11 | be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General compile a detailed | ||||||
| 13 | report that includes a full summary of the results of that | ||||||
| 14 | review; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 16 | Services cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General | ||||||
| 17 | in the conduct of this audit; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 19 | soon as possible and submit his report, including his findings | ||||||
| 20 | and recommendations, upon completion in accordance with the | ||||||
| 21 | provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act, | ||||||
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| 1 | and also provide a copy of the report to the Director of | ||||||
| 2 | Central Management Services; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 4 | the Auditor General and the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 5 | Services.
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