Bill Text: IL SB1919 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall establish and administer a 21st Century Employment grant program (rather than a manufacturing training grant program). Provides that in awarding grants under the program, the Board must give priority to plans that demonstrate a formal articulation agreement between a public high school and a community college district. Provides that the plan must support a seamless transition into higher education and career opportunities and must outline the college credit and on-the-job training hours that will transfer from the high school to a community college. Adds to the membership of the advisory board. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-7)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0437 [SB1919 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1919-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
adding Section 2-26 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/2-26 new)
Sec. 2-26. 21st Century Employment grant program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board shall
establish and administer a 21st Century Employment grant
program. To qualify for a grant, a community college district
and a public high school located in that district must jointly
establish a collaborative regional partnership with workforce
development organizations, including community-based
organizations with a vested interest in the workforce, regional
economic development organizations, and economic development
officials in the district, along with manufacturers,
healthcare service providers, and innovative technology
businesses that have a presence in the district, to provide a
manufacturing training program. A grant recipient must provide
the State Board with a plan that meets all of the following
requirements:
(1) The plan shall define specific goals that a student
must meet upon graduation.

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(2) The plan shall include the type of professional
skills that will be taught in order for the students to
gain and retain employment. The professional skills
curriculum in the program shall include, but not be limited
to, training on all of the following:
(A) Effective communication skills.
(B) Teamwork.
(C) Dependability.
(D) Adaptability.
(E) Conflict resolution.
(F) Flexibility.
(G) Leadership.
(H) Problem-solving.
(I) Research.
(J) Creativity.
(K) Work ethic.
(L) Integrity.
In awarding grants under this Section, the State Board
must give priority to plans that demonstrate a formal
articulation agreement between a public high school and a
community college district.
(3) The plan shall include a budget that includes any
outside donations, including any in-kind donations, made
to help the program, including from non-profit entities and
individuals.
(4) The plan shall include the proposed number of

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individuals who would be enrolled in the program, along
with the places that those individuals could be employed at
after graduation and what industries would be targeted. The
plan must support a seamless transition into higher
education and career opportunities and must outline the
college credit and on-the-job training hours that will
transfer from the high school to a community college.
(5) The plan shall require a private-public
partnership clause that requires private businesses to
contribute an amount determined by the State Board and the
collaborative regional partnership that does not exceed
40% of the amount of the total project. The applicant must
provide the State Board with a receipt of contributions
from businesses to evidence compliance with this
paragraph. However, businesses may contribute equipment or
offer their facilities, in which case a business shall
establish a cost of use of its facility, to meet the
requirements of this paragraph.
(6) The plan shall indicate the certificates that the
community college or high school will offer to students
upon graduation, as agreed to by the collaborative regional
partnership. The community college or high school shall
offer no less than 6 types of industry-recognized
certificates.
(b) The State Board shall establish an advisory board for
the grant program established under subsection (a) that

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consists of all of the following members:
(1) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
(2) The Executive Director of the State Board.
(3) The State Superintendent of Education.
(4) The Director of Labor.
(5) A senator appointed by the President of the Senate.
(6) A senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(7) A representative appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(8) A representative appointed by the Minority Leader
of the House of Representatives.
(9) A member from a statewide organization that
represents manufacturing companies throughout this State,
appointed by the Governor.
(10) A member who represents at-risk students,
including, but not limited to, opportunity youth,
appointed by the Governor.
(11) A member from a statewide organization that
represents multiple employee unions in this State,
appointed by the Governor.
(12) A member from a trade union, appointed by the
Governor.
(13) A member from a statewide organization that
represents the business community, appointed by the
Governor.

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(14) A member from a statewide organization that
represents service employees in this State, appointed by
the Governor.
(15) Educators representing various regions of this
State from professional teachers' organizations, appointed
by the Governor.
(16) A member from a statewide organization that
represents hospitals in this State, appointed by the
Governor.
(17) A president of a community college, appointed by
the Governor.
(18) A district superintendent of a high school
district, appointed by Governor.
The members of the advisory board shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
necessary expenses from funds appropriated to the State Board
for that purpose, including travel, subject to the rules of the
appropriate travel control board.
The advisory board shall meet at the call of the State
Board and shall report to the State Board. The State Board
shall provide administrative and other support to the advisory
board.
(c) The advisory board established under subsection (b)
shall have all of the following duties:
(1) To review the progress made by each grant
recipient, including, but not limited to, the

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gainful-employment success rate, how many students remain
employed for how long, and how many students went on to
receive higher manufacturing certificates.
(2) To review how many students went on to complete a
paid internship or apprenticeship upon graduation.
(3) To compile a list of programs offered by each
community college or high school.
(4) To analyze whether the certificates are closing the
gap in education for the current needs of the labor force,
and to offer suggestions on how to close the gap if one
still exists.
(5) To suggest certificates that could help future
employers looking to locate in this State.
(6) To offer guidelines for the types of certificates
that a community college or high school should pursue.
(7) To offer possible rules to the State Board that the
grant process should follow.
(d) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the
purposes of this Section.