Public Act 100-0141
 
HB2987 EnrolledLRB100 09258 HLH 19415 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State
Agency Student Worker Opportunity Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Court-involved youth" means an individual who was
committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice
or a county juvenile detention center and has been released
from that facility or discharged from custody.
    "Homeless youth" means an individual up to 21 years of age,
who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined
under the Federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
    "Qualified applicant" means an individual who: (1) is 21
years of age or younger; (2) is qualified for the internship or
student worker position; and (3) is or has been a dependent
child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a court-involved
youth.
    "State agency" means all boards, commissions, agencies,
institutions, authorities, bodies politic and corporate of the
State created by or pursuant to the constitution or statute, of
the executive branch of State government.
 
    Section 10. Internships and student workers; transmit
information.
    (a) Whenever a State agency has a job opening for an intern
or a student worker, that State agency shall notify the
Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile
Justice, and the Department of Children and Family Services and
document that notification.
    (b) The Department of Human Services, the Department of
Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Children and Family
Services shall take steps to notify qualified applicants of
each internship or student worker job opening for which a
notification is received under subsection (a) and shall
document those steps.

Effective Date: 1/1/2018