Public Act 93-0331

HB2339 Enrolled                      LRB093 09356 MKM 09591 b

    AN ACT concerning human resources.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act
is amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
    Sec. 4.5.  Duties.
    (a)  The Board must perform all the functions of a  state
workforce   investment  board  under  the  federal  Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act,  and  any
other  applicable  federal  statutes.   The  Board  must also
perform all other functions that are  not  inconsistent  with
the  federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and
that are assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to
it by the Governor.
    (b)  The Board must cooperate with the  General  Assembly
and  make  recommendations  to  the  Governor and the General
Assembly concerning legislation  necessary  to  improve  upon
statewide  and local workforce investment systems in order to
increase   occupational   skill    attainment,    employment,
retention,  or  earnings  of participants and thereby improve
the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency,  and
enhance  the  productivity  and competitiveness of the State.
The Board must  annually  submit  a  report  to  the  General
Assembly  on  the  progress  of  the State in achieving state
performance measures under the federal  Workforce  Investment
Act   of   1998,  including  information  on  the  levels  of
performance achieved by the State with respect  to  the  core
indicators  of  performance  and  the  customer  satisfaction
indicator  under that Act.  The report must include any other
items that the Governor may be  required  to  report  to  the
Secretary  of  the  United  States  Department of Labor under
Section 136(d) of the federal  Workforce  Investment  Act  of
1998.
    (b-5)  The  Board  shall implement a method for measuring
the progress of the State's workforce development  system  by
using  specified  benchmarks.   Those benchmarks are: (i) the
educational level of working adults; (ii) the  percentage  of
the  adult  workforce  in education and training; (iii) adult
literacy;  (iv)  the  percentage  of  high  school  graduates
transitioning to education or training; (v) the  high  school
dropout rate; (vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th
grade  to  9th grade; (vii) the percentage of individuals and
families at economic  self-sufficiency;  (viii)  the  average
growth  in pay; (ix) net job growth; and (x) productivity per
employee.
    The Board  shall  identify  the  most  significant  early
indicators  for  each  benchmark,  establish  a  mechanism to
collect data and track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and
then use the results to set  goals  for  each  benchmark,  to
inform  planning,  and  to  ensure the effective use of State
resources.
    (c)    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to  require
or  allow  the  Board  to  assume  or supersede the statutory
authority granted to, or impose any  duties  or  requirements
on,  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the  Board  of Higher
Education, the Illinois Community College  Board,  any  State
agencies  created  under  the  Civil  Administrative  Code of
Illinois, or any local education agencies.
    (d)  No actions taken  by  the  Illinois  Human  Resource
Investment   Council   before  the  effective  date  of  this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly  and  no  rights,
powers,   duties,  or  obligations  from  those  actions  are
impaired solely by this amendatory Act of  the  92nd  General
Assembly.   All  actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource
Investment  Council  before  the  effective  date   of   this
amendatory  Act of the 92nd General Assembly are ratified and
validated.
(Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02.)