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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 371

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 371 by replacing
3everything after the heading with the following:
 
4    "WHEREAS, Career and Technical Education (CTE) links
5academic learning directly to workplace competencies through
6hands-on learning, career exploration, on-site instruction,
7and credentialing to give students a jump start on their
8postsecondary education or meaningful career; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Students who take more than two CTE courses in a
10sequence have a 90% graduation rate and are as likely as
11non-CTE students to enroll in college, and students with three
12or more CTE classes in high school are far more likely to
13persevere in college and obtain a degree; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The federal Strengthening Career and Technical
15Education for the 21st Century Act, which amended the Carl D.

 

 

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1Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, was signed into law
2on July 31, 2018; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Perkins re-authorization provides renewed
4opportunities to improve CTE and enables more flexibility for
5states to meet the unique needs of their learners, educators,
6and employers; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and
8the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) convened a broad
9group of stakeholders to provide input as the agency drafts its
10plan and have continued this feedback loop with stakeholders
11through committees (Equity and Access, Transitions and
12Alignment, Data and Accountability, Employer Engagement,
13Teacher Pipeline and Professional Development, and
14Innovation); and
 
15    WHEREAS, CTE funding in Illinois has been largely stagnant
16since 2004, while surrounding states continue to invest heavily
17in Career and Technical Education programs that encourage
18industry partnerships and emphasize. credentialing; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Department of Commerce and Economic
20Opportunity's (DCEO) related Workforce Investment Opportunity
21Act (WIOA) plan is due to the federal government on the same
22timeline as the Perkins plan, allowing an unprecedented

 

 

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1opportunity for alignment between the two plans; and
 
2    WHEREAS, K-12 CTE coursework teaches skills that are
3transferable to numerous careers and allows students to explore
4career options and find a pathway while still in the K-12
5system; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly has established a
7set of strategies for a robust and coordinated postsecondary
8education and career readiness system through the enactment of
9the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act; and
 
10    WHEREAS, This year presents a unique chance for Illinois to
11consider its CTE funding methodology, alignment with priority
12occupational areas, modernization of course catalog codes,
13development of pathways sequences, alignment to the
14Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act, and state supports
15needed to effectively enable high-quality local CTE programs;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
18HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we encourage ISBE and ICCB to include within the State's
20Perkins Plan:
21        (1) A funding methodology that incentivizes completion
22    of aligned course sequences, early college credit, and

 

 

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1    work-based learning as part of college and career pathway
2    systems extending from high school into postsecondary;
3        (2) An expansion of equitable access to high quality
4    career pathway systems to students across Illinois;
5        (3) The inclusion of program quality indicators that
6    address both dual credit and work-based learning;
7        (4) The incentivizing of innovative regional career
8    pathway models incorporating the Postsecondary and
9    Workforce Readiness Act's College and Career Pathways
10    Endorsements through Perkins Reserve funding; and
11        (5) The alignment of definitions and systems between
12    the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act and the
13    State's career pathways definitions; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That ISBE, ICCB, and the Illinois Workforce
15Innovation Board (IWIB) shall work collaboratively with each
16other and with school districts, community colleges, business
17and industry, and other organizations to ensure alignment among
18the Perkins and WIOA plans and priority occupational areas; and
19be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That as the applicable agencies step back to
21rethink and improve allocation of Perkins and WIOA funding, the
22agencies also assess their administrative capacity to
23effectively support local programs, maintain accurate and
24accessible data, and modernize course coding frameworks and

 

 

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1other administrative structures to better enable local
2innovation, and propose, within their Perkins and WIOA Plans,
3funding or structural mechanisms necessary to provide that
4support; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That ISBE, ICCB, and IWIB shall report to the
6General Assembly and the P-20 Council on or before December 1,
72019 on how the State's draft versions of Perkins and WIOA
8plans address the foregoing recommendations, and the P-20
9Council shall subsequently review the draft Perkins and WIOA
10plans and make recommendations to ISBE, ICCB, IWIB, and the
11General Assembly on or before February 29, 2020 on how to
12strengthen the plans and any other aspect of law or policy to
13better address the foregoing recommendations prior to the April
142020 deadline to submit to the U.S. Department of Education."