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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Employment Records Act is amended by
5changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 410/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    (a) "Agency work force" means those persons employed by a
9State agency who are part of the State work force.
10    (b) "Contractual services employee" means a person
11employed by the State, or a State supported institution of
12higher education, under a written contract and paid by a State
13system CO-2 voucher (or its administrative equivalent) whose
14daily duties and responsibilities are directly or indirectly
15supervised or managed by a person paid by a payroll warrant (or
16its administrative equivalent) funded by State funds or pass
17through funds.
18    (c) "Agency" or "State agency" means those entities
19included in the definition of "State agencies" in the Illinois
20State Auditing Act.
21    (d) "Minority" means a person who is any of the following:
22        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
23    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South

 

 

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1    America, including Central America, and who maintains
2    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
3        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
4    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
5    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
6    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
7    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
8        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
9    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
10    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
11    African American".
12        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
13    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
14    culture or origin, regardless of race).
15        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
16    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
17    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
18    (e) "Professional employee" means a person employed to
19perform employment duties requiring academic training,
20evidenced by a graduate or advanced degree from an accredited
21institution of higher education, and who, in the performance
22of those employment duties, may only engage in active practice
23of the academic training received when licensed or certified
24by the State of Illinois.
25    (f) "State employee" means any person employed within the
26State work force.

 

 

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1    (g) "State work force" means all persons employed by the
2State of Illinois as evidenced by:
3        (1) the total number of all payroll warrants (or their
4    administrative equivalent) issued by the Comptroller to
5    pay:
6            (i) persons subject to the Personnel Code; and
7            (ii) for the sole purpose of providing accurate
8        statistical information, all persons exempt from the
9        Personnel Code; and
10        (2) the total number of payroll warrants (or their
11    administrative equivalent) funded by State appropriation
12    which are issued by educational institutions governed by
13    the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the
14    Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the
15    Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, and
16    the Board of Regents; and
17        (3) the total number of contractual payroll system
18    CO-2 vouchers (or their administrative equivalent) funded
19    by State revenues and issued by:
20            (i) the State Comptroller; and
21            (ii) the issuing agents of the educational
22        institutions listed in subdivision (2) of this
23        subsection (g).
24"State work force" does not, however, include persons holding
25elective State office.
26(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 410/15)
2    Sec. 15. Reported information.
3    (a) State agencies shall, if necessary, consult with the
4Office of the Comptroller and the Governor's Office of
5Management and Budget to confirm the accuracy of information
6required by this Act. State agencies shall collect and
7maintain information and publish reports including but not
8limited to the following information arranged in the indicated
9categories:
10        (i) the total number of persons employed by the agency
11    who are part of the State work force, as defined by this
12    Act, and the number and statistical percentage of women,
13    minorities, and persons with physical disabilities
14    employed within the agency work force;
15        (ii) the total number of persons employed within the
16    agency work force receiving levels of State remuneration
17    within incremental levels of $10,000, and the number and
18    statistical percentage of minorities, women, and persons
19    with physical disabilities in the agency work force
20    receiving levels of State remuneration within incremented
21    levels of $10,000;
22        (iii) the number of open positions of employment or
23    advancement in the agency work force, reported on a fiscal
24    year basis;
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1    employment or advancement in the agency work force filled
2    by minorities, women, and persons with physical
3    disabilities, reported on a fiscal year basis;
4        (v) the total number of persons employed within the
5    agency work force as professionals, and the number and
6    percentage of minorities, women, and persons with physical
7    disabilities employed within the agency work force as
8    professional employees; and
9        (vi) the total number of persons employed within the
10    agency work force as contractual service employees, and
11    the number and percentage of minorities, women, and
12    persons with physical disabilities employed within the
13    agency work force as contractual services employees.
14    (b) The numbers and percentages of minorities required to
15be reported by this Section shall be identified by the
16following categories:
17        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
18    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
19    America, including Central America, and who maintains
20    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
21        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
22    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
23    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
24    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
25    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
26        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins

 

 

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1    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
2    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
3    African American".
4        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
5    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
6    culture or origin, regardless of race).
7        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
8    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
9    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
10    Data concerning women shall be reported on a minority and
11nonminority basis. The numbers and percentages of persons with
12physical disabilities required to be reported under this
13Section shall be identified by categories as male and female.
14    (c) To accomplish consistent and uniform classification
15and collection of information from each State agency, and to
16ensure full compliance and that all required information is
17provided, the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary
18of State, in consultation with the Department of Human Rights,
19the Department of Central Management Services, and the Office
20of the Comptroller, shall develop appropriate forms to be used
21by all State agencies subject to the reporting requirements of
22this Act.
23    All State agencies shall make the reports required by this
24Act using the forms developed under this subsection. The
25reports must be certified and signed by an official of the
26agency who is responsible for the information provided.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
2    Section 10. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
3changing Section 3.10 as follows:
 
4    (20 ILCS 105/3.10)
5    Sec. 3.10. "Minority senior citizen" means any person 55
6years of age or older for whom opportunities for employment
7and participation in community life are unavailable or
8severely limited and who is any of the following:
9        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
10    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
11    America, including Central America, and who maintains
12    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
13        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
14    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
15    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
16    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
17    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
18        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
19    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
20    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
21    African American".
22        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
23    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
24    culture or origin, regardless of race).

 

 

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1        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
2    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
3    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
4(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
5    Section 15. The Department of Public Health Powers and
6Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7amended by changing Section 2310-215 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-215)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.62)
9    Sec. 2310-215. Center for Minority Health Services.
10    (a) The Department shall establish a Center for Minority
11Health Services to advise the Department on matters pertaining
12to the health needs of minority populations within the State.
13    (b) The Center shall have the following duties:
14        (1) To assist in the assessment of the health needs of
15    minority populations in the State.
16        (2) To recommend treatment methods and programs that
17    are sensitive and relevant to the unique linguistic,
18    cultural, and ethnic characteristics of minority
19    populations.
20        (3) To provide consultation, technical assistance,
21    training programs, and reference materials to service
22    providers, organizations, and other agencies.
23        (4) To promote awareness of minority health concerns,
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1    minority services.
2        (5) To disseminate information on available minority
3    services.
4        (6) To provide adequate and effective opportunities
5    for minority populations to express their views on
6    Departmental policy development and program
7    implementation.
8        (7) To coordinate with the Department on Aging and the
9    Department of Healthcare and Family Services to coordinate
10    services designed to meet the needs of minority senior
11    citizens.
12        (8) To promote awareness of the incidence of
13    Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among minority
14    populations and to encourage, promote, and aid in the
15    establishment of prevention and treatment programs and
16    services relating to this health problem.
17    (c) For the purpose of this Section, "minority" shall mean
18and include any person or group of persons who are any of the
19following:
20        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
21    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
22    America, including Central America, and who maintains
23    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
24        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
25    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
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1    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
2    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
3        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
4    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
5    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
6    African American".
7        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
8    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
9    culture or origin, regardless of race).
10        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
11    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
12    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
13(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
14    Section 20. The State Construction Minority and Female
15Building Trades Act is amended by changing Section 35-5 as
16follows:
 
17    (30 ILCS 577/35-5)
18    Sec. 35-5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article:
19    "Under-represented minority" means a person who is any of
20the following:
21        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
22    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
23    America, including Central America, and who maintains
24    tribal affiliation or community attachment).

 

 

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1        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
2    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
3    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
4    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
5    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
6        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
7    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
8    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
9    African American".
10        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
11    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
12    culture or origin, regardless of race).
13        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
14    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
15    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
16    "Construction" means any constructing, altering,
17reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing,
18refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom
19fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking,
20painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or
21subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway,
22street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant,
23water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other
24structure, project, development, real property or improvement,
25or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of
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1fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real
2property or improvement herein described of any material or
3article of merchandise. Construction shall also include moving
4construction related materials on the job site to or from the
5job site.
6(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
7    Section 25. The Inclusion of Women and Minorities in
8Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Section 5 as
9follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 785/5)
11    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
12    "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or
13not-for-profit agency or individual, including, but not
14limited to, a college, university, hospital, laboratory,
15research institution, local health department, voluntary
16health agency, health maintenance organization, corporation,
17student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting clinical research
18using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is
19headquartered in Illinois and that conducts research using
20State funds.
21    "Minority group" means a group that is a readily
22identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is
23distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage and that
24is made up of persons who are any of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
2    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
3    America, including Central America, and who maintains
4    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
5        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
6    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
7    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
8    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
9    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
10        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
11    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
12    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
13    African American".
14        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
15    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
16    culture or origin, regardless of race).
17        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
18    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
19    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
20    "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.
21(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
22    Section 30. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
23Act is amended by changing Section 23.1 as follows:
 
24    (70 ILCS 210/23.1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1243.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 23.1. Affirmative action.
2    (a) The Authority shall, within 90 days after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, establish and
4maintain an affirmative action program designed to promote
5equal employment opportunity and eliminate the effects of past
6discrimination. Such program shall include a plan, including
7timetables where appropriate, which shall specify goals and
8methods for increasing participation by women and minorities
9in employment, including employment related to the planning,
10organization, and staging of the games, by the Authority and
11by parties which contract with the Authority. The Authority
12shall submit a detailed plan with the General Assembly prior
13to September 1 of each year. Such program shall also establish
14procedures and sanctions, which the Authority shall enforce to
15ensure compliance with the plan established pursuant to this
16Section and with State and federal laws and regulations
17relating to the employment of women and minorities. A
18determination by the Authority as to whether a party to a
19contract with the Authority has achieved the goals or employed
20the methods for increasing participation by women and
21minorities shall be determined in accordance with the terms of
22such contracts or the applicable provisions of rules and
23regulations of the Authority existing at the time such
24contract was executed, including any provisions for
25consideration of good faith efforts at compliance which the
26Authority may reasonably adopt.

 

 

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1    (b) The Authority shall adopt and maintain minority-owned
2and women-owned business enterprise procurement programs under
3the affirmative action program described in subsection (a) for
4any and all work, including all contracting related to the
5planning, organization, and staging of the games, undertaken
6by the Authority. That work shall include, but is not limited
7to, the purchase of professional services, construction
8services, supplies, materials, and equipment. The programs
9shall establish goals of awarding not less than 25% of the
10annual dollar value of all contracts, purchase orders, or
11other agreements (collectively referred to as "contracts") to
12minority-owned businesses and 5% of the annual dollar value of
13all contracts to women-owned businesses. Without limiting the
14generality of the foregoing, the programs shall require in
15connection with the prequalification or consideration of
16vendors for professional service contracts, construction
17contracts, and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment,
18and services that each proposer or bidder submit as part of his
19or her proposal or bid a commitment detailing how he or she
20will expend 25% or more of the dollar value of his or her
21contracts with one or more minority-owned businesses and 5% or
22more of the dollar value with one or more women-owned
23businesses. Bids or proposals that do not include such
24detailed commitments are not responsive and shall be rejected
25unless the Authority deems it appropriate to grant a waiver of
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1connection with the selection of providers of professional
2services, reserve the right to select a minority-owned or
3women-owned business or businesses to fulfill the commitment
4to minority and woman business participation. The commitment
5to minority and woman business participation may be met by the
6contractor or professional service provider's status as a
7minority-owned or women-owned business, by joint venture or by
8subcontracting a portion of the work with or purchasing
9materials for the work from one or more such businesses, or by
10any combination thereof. Each contract shall require the
11contractor or provider to submit a certified monthly report
12detailing the status of that contractor or provider's
13compliance with the Authority's minority-owned and women-owned
14business enterprise procurement program. The Authority, after
15reviewing the monthly reports of the contractors and
16providers, shall compile a comprehensive report regarding
17compliance with this procurement program and file it quarterly
18with the General Assembly. If, in connection with a particular
19contract, the Authority determines that it is impracticable or
20excessively costly to obtain minority-owned or women-owned
21businesses to perform sufficient work to fulfill the
22commitment required by this subsection, the Authority shall
23reduce or waive the commitment in the contract, as may be
24appropriate. The Authority shall establish rules and
25regulations setting forth the standards to be used in
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1appropriate. The terms "minority-owned business" and
2"women-owned business" have the meanings given to those terms
3in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
4with Disabilities Act.
5    (c) The Authority shall adopt and maintain an affirmative
6action program in connection with the hiring of minorities and
7women on the Expansion Project and on any and all construction
8projects, including all contracting related to the planning,
9organization, and staging of the games, undertaken by the
10Authority. The program shall be designed to promote equal
11employment opportunity and shall specify the goals and methods
12for increasing the participation of minorities and women in a
13representative mix of job classifications required to perform
14the respective contracts awarded by the Authority.
15    (d) In connection with the Expansion Project, the
16Authority shall incorporate the following elements into its
17minority-owned and women-owned business procurement programs
18to the extent feasible: (1) a major contractors program that
19permits minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses
20to bear significant responsibility and risk for a portion of
21the project; (2) a mentor/protege program that provides
22financial, technical, managerial, equipment, and personnel
23support to minority-owned businesses and women-owned
24businesses; (3) an emerging firms program that includes
25minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses that
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1inexperience or limited resources; (4) a small projects
2program that includes participation by smaller minority-owned
3businesses and women-owned businesses on jobs where the total
4dollar value is $5,000,000 or less; and (5) a set-aside
5program that will identify contracts requiring the expenditure
6of funds less than $50,000 for bids to be submitted solely by
7minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses.
8    (e) The Authority is authorized to enter into agreements
9with contractors' associations, labor unions, and the
10contractors working on the Expansion Project to establish an
11Apprenticeship Preparedness Training Program to provide for an
12increase in the number of minority and women journeymen and
13apprentices in the building trades and to enter into
14agreements with Community College District 508 to provide
15readiness training. The Authority is further authorized to
16enter into contracts with public and private educational
17institutions and persons in the hospitality industry to
18provide training for employment in the hospitality industry.
19    (f) McCormick Place Advisory Board. There is created a
20McCormick Place Advisory Board composed as follows: 2 members
21shall be appointed by the Mayor of Chicago; 2 members shall be
22appointed by the Governor; 2 members shall be State Senators
23appointed by the President of the Senate; 2 members shall be
24State Senators appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
252 members shall be State Representatives appointed by the
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1be State Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of
2the House of Representatives. The terms of all previously
3appointed members of the Advisory Board expire on the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
5Assembly. A State Senator or State Representative member may
6appoint a designee to serve on the McCormick Place Advisory
7Board in his or her absence.
8    A "member of a minority group" shall mean a person who is a
9citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and
10who is any of the following:
11        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
12    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
13    America, including Central America, and who maintains
14    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
15        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
16    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
17    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
18    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
19    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
20        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
21    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
22    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
23    African American".
24        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
25    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
26    culture or origin, regardless of race).

 

 

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1        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
2    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
3    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
4    Members of the McCormick Place Advisory Board shall serve
52-year terms and until their successors are appointed, except
6members who serve as a result of their elected position whose
7terms shall continue as long as they hold their designated
8elected positions. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment
9for the unexpired term in the same manner as original
10appointments are made. The McCormick Place Advisory Board
11shall elect its own chairperson.
12    Members of the McCormick Place Advisory Board shall serve
13without compensation but, at the Authority's discretion, shall
14be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the
15performance of their duties.
16    The McCormick Place Advisory Board shall meet quarterly,
17or as needed, shall produce any reports it deems necessary,
18and shall:
19        (1) Work with the Authority on ways to improve the
20    area physically and economically;
21        (2) Work with the Authority regarding potential means
22    for providing increased economic opportunities to
23    minorities and women produced indirectly or directly from
24    the construction and operation of the Expansion Project;
25        (3) Work with the Authority to minimize any potential
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1    Expansion Project, including any impact on minority-owned
2    or women-owned businesses, resulting from the construction
3    and operation of the Expansion Project;
4        (4) Work with the Authority to find candidates for
5    building trades apprenticeships, for employment in the
6    hospitality industry, and to identify job training
7    programs;
8        (5) Work with the Authority to implement the
9    provisions of subsections (a) through (e) of this Section
10    in the construction of the Expansion Project, including
11    the Authority's goal of awarding not less than 25% and 5%
12    of the annual dollar value of contracts to minority-owned
13    and women-owned businesses, the outreach program for
14    minorities and women, and the mentor/protege program for
15    providing assistance to minority-owned and women-owned
16    businesses.
17    (g) The Authority shall comply with subsection (e) of
18Section 5-42 of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (2016)
19Law. For purposes of this Section, the term "games" has the
20meaning set forth in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
21(2016) Law.
22(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
23    Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2434-18 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/34-18)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
2    Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
3general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
4and the public school system of the city, and, except as
5otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
6        1. To make suitable provision for the establishment
7    and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion
8    thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in
9    compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades
10    and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night
11    schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental
12    and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and
13    persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in
14    manual training, constructural and vocational teaching,
15    domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and
16    extension schools and lecture courses, and all other
17    educational courses and facilities, including
18    establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating
19    playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
20    are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any
21    public school under the general supervision and
22    jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
23    the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
24    approved by the State Board of Education before the
25    calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
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1    all attendance centers within the district, the board
2    shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or
3    supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in
4    accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
5    admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
6    students who are participants in an organized exchange
7    student program which is authorized by the board. The
8    board shall permit all students to enroll in
9    apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
10    board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
11    No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
12    from any course of instruction offered in the common
13    schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
14    be denied equal access to physical education and
15    interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
16    district funds or denied participation in comparable
17    physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
18    of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
19    from school district funds and comparable programs will be
20    defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
21    Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
22    Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
23    Article, neither the board of education nor any local
24    school council or other school official shall recommend
25    that children with disabilities be placed into regular
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1    disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
2    assist them so that they benefit from the regular
3    classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's
4    regular education class register;
5        2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
6    charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment
7    of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary
8    in conducting the school lunch program;
9        3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
10        4. To make arrangements with the public or
11    quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their
12    facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
13        5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
14    the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
15    accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
16    guardians;
17        6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
18    when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
19    attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
20    educational and social interests, free of charge, under
21    such provisions and control as the principal of the
22    affected attendance center may prescribe;
23        7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
24    provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or
25    segregated in any such school on account of his color,
26    race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into

 

 

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1    consideration the prevention of segregation and the
2    elimination of separation of children in public schools
3    because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
4    children may be committed to or attend parental and social
5    adjustment schools established and maintained either for
6    boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the
7    creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall
8    be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the
9    board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
10    centers or other student assignment systems for
11    desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
12    pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in
13    school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
14    October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
15    phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the
16    school district to apply for enrollment of their children
17    in any attendance center within the school district which
18    does not have selective admission requirements approved by
19    the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such
20    open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by
21    the board of education. Such children may be admitted to
22    any such attendance center on a space available basis
23    after all children residing within such attendance
24    center's area have been accommodated. If the number of
25    applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the
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1    selected by lottery. The board of education's open
2    enrollment plan must include provisions that allow
3    low-income low income students to have access to
4    transportation needed to exercise school choice. Open
5    enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of
6    the Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section
7    34-1.01;
8        8. To approve programs and policies for providing
9    transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
10    be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
11    Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
12    transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
13    racial balance in any school;
14        9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
15    establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
16    and standards, including graduation standards, which
17    reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
18    consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
19    of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
20    Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
21    proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ
22    principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this
23    Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall
24    prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing
25    as may be requested by the State Board of Education, and,
26    in addition, shall monitor and approve special education

 

 

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1    and bilingual education programs and policies within the
2    district to ensure assure that appropriate services are
3    provided in accordance with applicable State and federal
4    laws to children requiring services and education in those
5    areas;
6        10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
7    volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
8    requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
9    including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
10    halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
11    incident to instructional programs transmitted by
12    electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
13    detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
14    extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
15    volunteer non-certificated personnel or employ
16    non-certificated personnel to assist in the instruction of
17    pupils under the immediate supervision of a teacher
18    holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
19    subject matter or conducting activities; provided that the
20    teacher shall be continuously aware of the
21    non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to
22    control or modify them. The general superintendent shall
23    determine qualifications of such personnel and shall
24    prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities
25    to be assigned to such personnel;
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1    School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
2    of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
3    Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
4    1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
5    violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
6    community by providing crisis intervention services to
7    lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and
8    the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
9    Committee shall determine the qualifications for
10    volunteers;
11        11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
12    exceed one school building and to provide programs for
13    educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
14    shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
15    television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
16    facilities to a licensed television station located in the
17    school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
18    one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
19    for educational purposes;
20        12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
21    courses, including field trips within the State of
22    Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school
23    educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor
24    educational programs, whether within the school district
25    or not;
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1    embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
2    conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in
3    the program of the schools during the regular school term
4    and to give regular school credit for satisfactory
5    completion by the student of such courses as may be
6    approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
7        14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
8    board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
9    Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
10    Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
11    or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof,
12    resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
13    from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
14    from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
15    person whether occurring within or without the school
16    premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at
17    the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
18    wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
19    or her employment or under direction of the board, the
20    former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago
21    Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School
22    Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to
23    provide for or participate in insurance plans for its
24    officers and employees, including, but not limited to,
25    retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
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1    be determined by the board; provided, however, that the
2    board shall contract for such insurance only with an
3    insurance company authorized to do business in this State.
4    Such insurance may include provision for employees who
5    rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for
6    healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
7    recognized religious denomination;
8        15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
9    municipality or the county board of any county, as the
10    case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in
11    parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
12    such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the The
13    Illinois Vehicle Code, approved September 29, 1969, as
14    amended;
15        16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
16    school campus and student directory information to the
17    official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of
18    Illinois and the United States for the purposes of
19    informing students of the educational and career
20    opportunities available in the military if the board has
21    provided such access to persons or groups whose purpose is
22    to acquaint students with educational or occupational
23    opportunities available to them. The board is not required
24    to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
25    recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
26    and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory information"

 

 

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1    means a high school student's name, address, and telephone
2    number.
3        (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
4    submits a signed, written request to the high school
5    before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the
6    student is a transfer student, by another time set by the
7    high school) that indicates that the student or his or her
8    parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
9    information to be provided to official recruiting
10    representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the
11    high school may not provide access to the student's
12    directory information to these recruiting representatives.
13    The high school shall notify its students and their
14    parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection
15    (b).
16        (c) A high school may require official recruiting
17    representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
18    United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
19    student's directory information in an amount that is not
20    more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
21        (d) Information received by an official recruiting
22    representative under this Section may be used only to
23    provide information to students concerning educational and
24    career opportunities available in the military and may not
25    be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
26    students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United

 

 

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1    States;
2        17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
3    developed by an employee of the school district, provided
4    that such employee developed the computer program as a
5    direct result of his or her duties with the school
6    district or through the utilization of the school district
7    resources or facilities. The employee who developed the
8    computer program shall be entitled to share in the
9    proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
10    program. The distribution of such proceeds between the
11    employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon
12    by the employee and the school district, except that
13    neither the employee nor the school district may receive
14    more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an
15    employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining
16    representative may be conducted by such bargaining
17    representative at the employee's request.
18        (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
19            (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed,
20        general purpose digital device capable of
21        automatically accepting data, processing data and
22        supplying the results of the operation.
23            (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
24        instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
25        computer, which causes the computer to process data in
26        order to achieve a certain result.

 

 

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1            (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the
2        marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
3        expenses of developing and marketing such product;
4        18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
5    schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
6    and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
7        19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
8    withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
9    payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any
10    labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
11    Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
12    shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which
13    is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
14    payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
15    such withholdings to the specified labor organization
16    within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
17        19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
18    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a
19    county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
20    County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
21    District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
22    Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a
23    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a
24    debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
25    Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
26    District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the

 

 

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1    Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an
2    employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold,
3    from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
4    debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to
5    the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
6    Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
7    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
8    Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided,
9    however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or
10    wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
11    payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any
12    salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
13    municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
14    District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
15    Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
16    or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the
17    employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
18    dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality,
19    the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
20    Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
21    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
22    authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a
23    wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity
24    for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this
25    paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or
26    wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts

 

 

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1    required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
2    means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
3    municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
4    District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
5    Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
6    or the housing authority for services, work, or goods,
7    after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii)
8    a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
9    county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
10    Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
11    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
12    authority pursuant to a court order or order of an
13    administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or
14    the failure to exhaust, judicial review;
15        20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
16    number of certified school counselors to maintain a
17    student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1 by July 1, 1990. Each
18    counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time in
19    direct contact with students and shall maintain a record
20    of such time;
21        21. To make available to students vocational and
22    career counseling and to establish 5 special career
23    counseling days for students and parents. On these days
24    representatives of local businesses and industries shall
25    be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
26    of career opportunities available to them in the various

 

 

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1    businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
2    given to counseling minority students as to career
3    opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
4    purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
5    person who is any of the following:
6        (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
7    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
8    America, including Central America, and who maintains
9    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
10        (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
11    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
12    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
13    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
14    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
15        (c) Black or African American (a person having origins
16    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
17    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
18    African American".
19        (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
20    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
21    culture or origin, regardless of race).
22        (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
23    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
24    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
25        Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
26    days;

 

 

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1        22. To report to the State Board of Education the
2    annual student dropout rate and number of students who
3    graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual
4    programs;
5        23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
6    Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
7    federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
8    any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
9    removed from school premises when the child has been taken
10    into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
11    abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
12    Department of Children and Family Services, or to the
13    local law enforcement agency, if appropriate;
14        24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
15    existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and
16    efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
17    improvement of schools and school buildings within the
18    district, addressing in that policy both the relative
19    priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to
20    school facilities, and the advisability or necessity of
21    building new school facilities or closing existing schools
22    to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
23    the district;
24        25. To make available to the students in every high
25    school attendance center the ability to take all courses
26    necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's

 

 

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1    college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
2        26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
3    profession, whereby qualified professionals become
4    certified teachers, by allowing credit for professional
5    employment in related fields when determining point of
6    entry on the teacher pay scale;
7        27. To provide or contract out training programs for
8    administrative personnel and principals with revised or
9    expanded duties pursuant to this Code Act in order to
10    ensure assure they have the knowledge and skills to
11    perform their duties;
12        28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
13    needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
14    sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
15    consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section
16    34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
17    require any additional appropriations of State funds for
18    this purpose;
19        29. (Blank);
20        30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
21    any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
22    parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
23    including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
24    employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected
25    employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to
26    exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis.

 

 

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1    The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools,
2    provided that the board may operate an additional 5
3    contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of
4    subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code, and the
5    governing bodies of contract schools are subject to the
6    Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act;
7        31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
8    governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees
9    and the recall of such employees, including, but not
10    limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force
11    or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be
12    given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall
13    take into account factors, including, but not be limited
14    to, qualifications, certifications, experience,
15    performance ratings or evaluations, and any other factors
16    relating to an employee's job performance;
17        32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
18    hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
19        33. (Blank); and
20        34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
21    board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
22    executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
23    the exclusive representatives of employees of the board
24    and to promulgate policies and procedures for the
25    operation of the Council.
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1be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise
2all other powers that they may be requisite or proper for the
3maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
4inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
5provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
6    In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
7be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to
8review or to direct independent reviews of special education
9expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
10such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
11(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18;
12101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-88, eff. 1-1-20; revised 8-19-19.)
 
13    Section 40. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
14by changing Section 9.16 as follows:
 
15    (110 ILCS 205/9.16)  (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
16    Sec. 9.16. Underrepresentation of certain groups in higher
17education. To require public institutions of higher education
18to develop and implement methods and strategies to increase
19the participation of minorities, women and individuals with
20disabilities who are traditionally underrepresented in
21education programs and activities. For the purpose of this
22Section, minorities shall mean persons who are citizens of the
23United States or lawful permanent resident aliens of the
24United States and who are any of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
2    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
3    America, including Central America, and who maintains
4    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
5        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
6    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
7    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
8    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
9    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
10        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
11    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
12    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
13    African American".
14        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
15    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
16    culture or origin, regardless of race).
17        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
18    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
19    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
20    The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to administer
21this Section. The Board shall also do the following:
22    (a) require all public institutions of higher education to
23develop and submit plans for the implementation of this
24Section;
25    (b) conduct periodic review of public institutions of
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1and if the Board finds that a public institution of higher
2education is not in compliance with this Section, it shall
3notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
4    (c) provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
5    (d) conduct studies of the effectiveness of methods and
6strategies designed to increase participation of students in
7education programs and activities in which minorities, women
8and individuals with disabilities are traditionally
9underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
10education programs and activities;
11    (e) encourage minority student recruitment and retention
12in colleges and universities. In implementing this paragraph,
13the Board shall undertake but need not be limited to the
14following: the establishment of guidelines and plans for
15public institutions of higher education for minority student
16recruitment and retention, the review and monitoring of
17minority student programs implemented at public institutions
18of higher education to determine their compliance with any
19guidelines and plans so established, the determination of the
20effectiveness and funding requirements of minority student
21programs at public institutions of higher education, the
22dissemination of successful programs as models, and the
23encouragement of cooperative partnerships between community
24colleges and local school attendance centers which are
25experiencing difficulties in enrolling minority students in
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1    (f) mandate all public institutions of higher education to
2submit data and information essential to determine compliance
3with this Section. The Board shall prescribe the format and
4the date for submission of this data and any other education
5equity data; and
6    (g) report to the General Assembly and the Governor
7annually with a description of the plans submitted by each
8public institution of higher education for implementation of
9this Section, including financial data relating to the most
10recent fiscal year expenditures for specific minority
11programs, the effectiveness of such plans and programs and the
12effectiveness of the methods and strategies developed by the
13Board in meeting the purposes of this Section, the degree of
14compliance with this Section by each public institution of
15higher education as determined by the Board pursuant to its
16periodic review responsibilities, and the findings made by the
17Board in conducting its studies and monitoring student success
18as required by paragraph d) of this Section. With respect to
19each public institution of higher education such report also
20shall include, but need not be limited to, information with
21respect to each institution's minority program budget
22allocations; minority student admission, retention and
23graduation statistics; admission, retention, and graduation
24statistics of all students who are the first in their
25immediate family to attend an institution of higher education;
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1graduate minority students; and minority faculty
2representation. This paragraph shall not be construed to
3prohibit the Board from making, preparing or issuing
4additional surveys or studies with respect to minority
5education in Illinois.
6(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
7    Section 45. The Dental Student Grant Act is amended by
8changing Section 3.07 as follows:
 
9    (110 ILCS 925/3.07)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1503.07)
10    Sec. 3.07. "Racial minority" means a person who is any of
11the following:
12        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
13    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
14    America, including Central America, and who maintains
15    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
16        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
17    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
18    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
19    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
20    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
21        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
22    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
23    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
24    African American".

 

 

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1        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
2    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
3    culture or origin, regardless of race).
4        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
5    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
6    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
7(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
8    Section 50. The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
9Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 930/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 2302)
11    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
12context otherwise requires:
13    "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
14    "DFI" means the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
15Illinois Program of financial assistance to minorities who are
16traditionally underrepresented as participants in
17postsecondary education. The program shall assist them in
18pursuing a graduate or professional degree and shall also
19assist program graduates to find employment at an Illinois
20institution of higher education, including a community
21college, in a faculty or staff position.
22    "Program Board" means the entity created to administer the
23grant program authorized by this Act.
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1qualifying publicly or privately operated educational
2institution located within Illinois (i) that offers
3instruction leading toward or prerequisite to an academic or
4professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree, excluding
5theological schools, and (ii) that is authorized to operate in
6the State of Illinois.
7    "Racial minority" means a person who is a citizen of the
8United States or a lawful permanent resident alien of the
9United States and who is any of the following:
10        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
11    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
12    America, including Central America, and who maintains
13    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
14        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
15    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
16    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
17    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
18    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
19        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
20    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
21    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
22    African American".
23        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
24    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
25    culture or origin, regardless of race).
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1    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
2    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
3(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
4    Section 55. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5amended by changing Sections 50 and 65.30 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/50)
7    Sec. 50. Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship
8program.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10        "Eligible applicant" means a minority student who has
11    graduated from high school or has received a high school
12    equivalency certificate and has maintained a cumulative
13    grade point average of no less than 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and
14    who by reason thereof is entitled to apply for
15    scholarships to be awarded under this Section.
16        "Minority student" means a student who is any of the
17    following:
18            (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
19        having origins in any of the original peoples of North
20        and South America, including Central America, and who
21        maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
22            (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
23        original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
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1        to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
2        Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
3        Vietnam).
4            (3) Black or African American (a person having
5        origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
6        Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in
7        addition to "Black or African American".
8            (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
9        Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
10        other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
11            (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
12        person having origins in any of the original peoples
13        of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
14        "Qualified student" means a person (i) who is a
15    resident of this State and a citizen or permanent resident
16    of the United States; (ii) who is a minority student, as
17    defined in this Section; (iii) who, as an eligible
18    applicant, has made a timely application for a minority
19    teaching scholarship under this Section; (iv) who is
20    enrolled on at least a half-time basis at a qualified
21    Illinois institution of higher learning; (v) who is
22    enrolled in a course of study leading to teacher
23    licensure, including alternative teacher licensure, or, if
24    the student is already licensed to teach, in a course of
25    study leading to an additional teaching endorsement or a
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1    teaching or plans to teach; (vi) who maintains a grade
2    point average of no less than 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; and (vii)
3    who continues to advance satisfactorily toward the
4    attainment of a degree.
5    (b) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois
6minority students to pursue teaching careers at the preschool
7or elementary or secondary school level, each qualified
8student shall be awarded a minority teacher scholarship to any
9qualified Illinois institution of higher learning. However,
10preference may be given to qualified applicants enrolled at or
11above the junior level.
12    (c) Each minority teacher scholarship awarded under this
13Section shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and
14fees and room and board costs of the qualified Illinois
15institution of higher learning at which the recipient is
16enrolled, up to an annual maximum of $5,000; except that in the
17case of a recipient who does not reside on-campus at the
18institution at which he or she is enrolled, the amount of the
19scholarship shall be sufficient to pay tuition and fee
20expenses and a commuter allowance, up to an annual maximum of
21$5,000.
22    (d) The total amount of minority teacher scholarship
23assistance awarded by the Commission under this Section to an
24individual in any given fiscal year, when added to other
25financial assistance awarded to that individual for that year,
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1which the student is enrolled. If the amount of minority
2teacher scholarship to be awarded to a qualified student as
3provided in subsection (c) of this Section exceeds the cost of
4attendance at the institution at which the student is
5enrolled, the minority teacher scholarship shall be reduced by
6an amount equal to the amount by which the combined financial
7assistance available to the student exceeds the cost of
8attendance.
9    (e) The maximum number of academic terms for which a
10qualified student can receive minority teacher scholarship
11assistance shall be 8 semesters or 12 quarters.
12    (f) In any academic year for which an eligible applicant
13under this Section accepts financial assistance through the
14Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program, as authorized by
15Section 551 et seq. of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the
16applicant shall not be eligible for scholarship assistance
17awarded under this Section.
18    (g) All applications for minority teacher scholarships to
19be awarded under this Section shall be made to the Commission
20on forms which the Commission shall provide for eligible
21applicants. The form of applications and the information
22required to be set forth therein shall be determined by the
23Commission, and the Commission shall require eligible
24applicants to submit with their applications such supporting
25documents or recommendations as the Commission deems
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1    (h) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes,
2payment of any minority teacher scholarship awarded under this
3Section shall be determined by the Commission. All scholarship
4funds distributed in accordance with this subsection shall be
5paid to the institution and used only for payment of the
6tuition and fee and room and board expenses incurred by the
7student in connection with his or her attendance at a
8qualified Illinois institution of higher learning. Any
9minority teacher scholarship awarded under this Section shall
10be applicable to 2 semesters or 3 quarters of enrollment. If a
11qualified student withdraws from enrollment prior to
12completion of the first semester or quarter for which the
13minority teacher scholarship is applicable, the school shall
14refund to the Commission the full amount of the minority
15teacher scholarship.
16    (i) The Commission shall administer the minority teacher
17scholarship aid program established by this Section and shall
18make all necessary and proper rules not inconsistent with this
19Section for its effective implementation.
20    (j) When an appropriation to the Commission for a given
21fiscal year is insufficient to provide scholarships to all
22qualified students, the Commission shall allocate the
23appropriation in accordance with this subsection. If funds are
24insufficient to provide all qualified students with a
25scholarship as authorized by this Section, the Commission
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1year on the basis of the date the Commission receives a
2complete application form.
3    (k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (j) or
4any other provision of this Section, at least 30% of the funds
5appropriated for scholarships awarded under this Section in
6each fiscal year shall be reserved for qualified male minority
7applicants. If the Commission does not receive enough
8applications from qualified male minorities on or before
9January 1 of each fiscal year to award 30% of the funds
10appropriated for these scholarships to qualified male minority
11applicants, then the Commission may award a portion of the
12reserved funds to qualified female minority applicants.
13    (l) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any
14academic year, each recipient of a minority teacher
15scholarship awarded under this Section shall be required by
16the Commission to sign an agreement under which the recipient
17pledges that, within the one-year period following the
18termination of the program for which the recipient was awarded
19a minority teacher scholarship, the recipient (i) shall begin
20teaching for a period of not less than one year for each year
21of scholarship assistance he or she was awarded under this
22Section; and (ii) shall fulfill this teaching obligation at a
23nonprofit Illinois public, private, or parochial preschool,
24elementary school, or secondary school at which no less than
2530% of the enrolled students are minority students in the year
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1(iii) shall, upon request by the Commission, provide the
2Commission with evidence that he or she is fulfilling or has
3fulfilled the terms of the teaching agreement provided for in
4this subsection.
5    (m) If a recipient of a minority teacher scholarship
6awarded under this Section fails to fulfill the teaching
7obligation set forth in subsection (l) of this Section, the
8Commission shall require the recipient to repay the amount of
9the scholarships received, prorated according to the fraction
10of the teaching obligation not completed, at a rate of
11interest equal to 5%, and, if applicable, reasonable
12collection fees. The Commission is authorized to establish
13rules relating to its collection activities for repayment of
14scholarships under this Section. All repayments collected
15under this Section shall be forwarded to the State Comptroller
16for deposit into the State's General Revenue Fund.
17    (n) A recipient of minority teacher scholarship shall not
18be considered in violation of the agreement entered into
19pursuant to subsection (l) if the recipient (i) enrolls on a
20full time basis as a graduate student in a course of study
21related to the field of teaching at a qualified Illinois
22institution of higher learning; (ii) is serving, not in excess
23of 3 years, as a member of the armed services of the United
24States; (iii) is a person with a temporary total disability
25for a period of time not to exceed 3 years as established by
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1unable to find full time employment as a teacher at an Illinois
2public, private, or parochial preschool or elementary or
3secondary school that satisfies the criteria set forth in
4subsection (l) of this Section and is able to provide evidence
5of that fact; (v) becomes a person with a permanent total
6disability as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified
7physician; (vi) is taking additional courses, on at least a
8half-time basis, needed to obtain licensure as a teacher in
9Illinois; or (vii) is fulfilling teaching requirements
10associated with other programs administered by the Commission
11and cannot concurrently fulfill them under this Section in a
12period of time equal to the length of the teaching obligation.
13    (o) Scholarship recipients under this Section who withdraw
14from a program of teacher education but remain enrolled in
15school to continue their postsecondary studies in another
16academic discipline shall not be required to commence
17repayment of their Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship
18so long as they remain enrolled in school on a full-time basis
19or if they can document for the Commission special
20circumstances that warrant extension of repayment.
21(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-235, eff. 6-1-18.)
 
22    (110 ILCS 947/65.30)
23    Sec. 65.30. Equal opportunity scholarships.
24    (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
25scholarships to students who are interested in pursuing

 

 

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1studies in educational administration. Such scholarships shall
2be issued to students who make application to the Commission
3and who agree to take courses at qualified institutions of
4higher learning that will allow them to complete a degree in
5educational administration.
6    (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
7issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
8provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
9Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
11power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
12transferred from the State Board of Education to the
13Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
14all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
15regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by the
16Commission in accordance with law.
17    (c) Such scholarships shall be utilized for the payment of
18tuition and non-revenue bond fees at any qualified institution
19of higher learning. Such tuition and fees shall only be
20available for courses that will enable the student to complete
21training in educational administration. The Commission shall
22determine which courses are eligible for tuition payments
23under this Section.
24    (d) The Commission may make tuition payments directly to
25the qualified institution of higher learning which the student
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1student. Any student who receives payments and who fails to
2enroll in the courses prescribed shall refund the payments to
3the Commission.
4    (e) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
5Board of Education, shall assist students who have
6participated in the scholarship program established by this
7Section in finding employment in positions relating to
8educational administration.
9    (f) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
10Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
11appropriated by the General Assembly.
12    (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
1330-4d of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
14amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
15continuation of the equal opportunity scholarship program
16established under that prior law, and not as a new or different
17equal opportunity scholarship program. The State Board of
18Education shall transfer to the Commission, as the successor
19to the State Board of Education for all purposes of
20administering and implementing the provisions of this Section,
21all books, accounts, records, papers, documents, contracts,
22agreements, and pending business in any way relating to the
23equal opportunity scholarship program continued under this
24Section; and all scholarships at any time awarded under that
25program by, and all applications for any such scholarship at
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1unaffected by the transfer to the Commission of all
2responsibility for the administration and implementation of
3the equal opportunity scholarship program continued under this
4Section. The State Board of Education shall furnish to the
5Commission such other information as the Commission may
6request to assist it in administering this Section.
7    (h) For purposes of this Section:
8        (1) "Qualified institution of higher learning" means
9    the University of Illinois; Southern Illinois University;
10    Chicago State University; Eastern Illinois University;
11    Governors State University; Illinois State University;
12    Northeastern Illinois University; Northern Illinois
13    University; Western Illinois University; the public
14    community colleges of the State; any other public
15    universities, colleges and community colleges now or
16    hereafter established or authorized by the General
17    Assembly; and any Illinois privately operated, not for
18    profit institution located in this State which provides at
19    least an organized 2-year program of collegiate grade in
20    liberal arts or sciences, or both, directly applicable
21    toward the attainment of a baccalaureate or graduate
22    degree.
23        (2) "Racial minority" means a person who is any of the
24    following:
25            (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
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1        and South America, including Central America, and who
2        maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
3            (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
4        original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
5        the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
6        to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
7        Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
8        Vietnam).
9            (3) Black or African American (a person having
10        origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
11        Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in
12        addition to "Black or African American".
13            (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
14        Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
15        other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
16            (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
17        person having origins in any of the original peoples
18        of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
19        (3) "Student" means a woman or racial minority.
20(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
21    Section 60. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
22changing Section 500-50 as follows:
 
23    (215 ILCS 5/500-50)
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1    Sec. 500-50. Insurance producers; examination statistics.
2    (a) The use of examinations for the purpose of determining
3qualifications of persons to be licensed as insurance
4producers has a direct and far-reaching effect on persons
5seeking those licenses, on insurance companies, and on the
6public. It is in the public interest and it will further the
7public welfare to insure that examinations for licensing do
8not have the effect of unlawfully discriminating against
9applicants for licensing as insurance producers on the basis
10of race, color, national origin, or sex.
11    (b) As used in this Section, the following words have the
12meanings given in this subsection.
13    Examination. "Examination" means the examination in each
14line of insurance administered pursuant to Section 500-30.
15    Examinee. "Examinee" means a person who takes an
16examination.
17    Part. "Part" means a portion of an examination for which a
18score is calculated.
19    Operational item. "Operational item" means a test question
20considered in determining an examinee's score.
21    Test form. "Test form" means the test booklet or
22instrument used for a part of an examination.
23    Pretest item. "Pretest item" means a prospective test
24question that is included in a test form in order to assess its
25performance, but is not considered in determining an
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1    Minority group or examinees. "Minority group" or "minority
2examinees" means examinees who are American Indian or Alaska
3Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino,
4or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
5    Correct-answer rate. "Correct-answer rate" for an item
6means the number of examinees who provided the correct answer
7on an item divided by the number of examinees who answered the
8item.
9    Correlation. "Correlation" means a statistical measure of
10the relationship between performance on an item and
11performance on a part of the examination.
12    (c) The Director shall ask each examinee to self-report on
13a voluntary basis on the answer sheet, application form, or by
14other appropriate means, the following information:
15        (1) race or ethnicity (American Indian or Alaska
16    Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or
17    Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or
18    White);
19        (2) education (8th grade or less; less than 12th
20    grade; high school diploma or high school equivalency
21    certificate; some college, but no 4-year degree; or 4-year
22    degree or more); and
23        (3) gender (male or female).
24    The Director must advise all examinees that they are not
25required to provide this information, that they will not be
26penalized for not doing so, and that the Director will use the

 

 

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1information provided exclusively for research and statistical
2purposes and to improve the quality and fairness of the
3examinations.
4    (d) No later than May 1 of each year, the Director must
5prepare, publicly announce, and publish an Examination Report
6of summary statistical information relating to each
7examination administered during the preceding calendar year.
8Each Examination Report shall show with respect to each
9examination:
10        (1) For all examinees combined and separately by race
11    or ethnicity, by educational level, by gender, by
12    educational level within race or ethnicity, by education
13    level within gender, and by race or ethnicity within
14    gender:
15            (A) number of examinees;
16            (B) percentage and number of examinees who passed
17        each part;
18            (C) percentage and number of examinees who passed
19        all parts;
20            (D) mean scaled scores on each part; and
21            (E) standard deviation of scaled scores on each
22        part.
23        (2) For male examinees, female examinees, Black or
24    African American examinees, white examinees, American
25    Indian or Alaska Native examinees, Asian examinees,
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1    Pacific Islander, respectively, with a high school diploma
2    or high school equivalency certificate, the distribution
3    of scaled scores on each part.
4    No later than May 1 of each year, the Director must prepare
5and make available on request an Item Report of summary
6statistical information relating to each operational item on
7each test form administered during the preceding calendar
8year. The Item Report shall show, for each operational item,
9for all examinees combined and separately for Black or African
10American examinees, white examinees, American Indian or Alaska
11Native examinees, Asian examinees, Hispanic or Latino
12examinees, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, the
13correct-answer rates and correlations.
14    The Director is not required to report separate
15statistical information for any group or subgroup comprising
16fewer than 50 examinees.
17    (e) The Director must obtain a regular analysis of the
18data collected under this Section, and any other relevant
19information, for purposes of the development of new test
20forms. The analysis shall continue the implementation of the
21item selection methodology as recommended in the Final Report
22of the Illinois Insurance Producer's Licensing Examination
23Advisory Committee dated November 19, 1991, and filed with the
24Department unless some other methodology is determined by the
25Director to be as effective in minimizing differences between
26white and minority examinee pass-fail rates.

 

 

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1    (f) The Director has the discretion to set cutoff scores
2for the examinations, provided that scaled scores on test
3forms administered after July 1, 1993, shall be made
4comparable to scaled scores on test forms administered in 1991
5by use of professionally acceptable methods so as to minimize
6changes in passing rates related to the presence or absence of
7or changes in equating or scaling equations or methods or
8content outlines. Each calendar year, the scaled cutoff score
9for each part of each examination shall fluctuate by no more
10than the standard error of measurement from the scaled cutoff
11score employed during the preceding year.
12    (g) No later than May 1, 2003 and no later than May 1 of
13every fourth year thereafter, the Director must release to the
14public and make generally available one representative test
15form and set of answer keys for each part of each examination.
16    (h) The Director must maintain, for a period of 3 years
17after they are prepared or used, all registration forms, test
18forms, answer sheets, operational items and pretest items,
19item analyses, and other statistical analyses relating to the
20examinations. All personal identifying information regarding
21examinees and the content of test items must be maintained
22confidentially as necessary for purposes of protecting the
23personal privacy of examinees and the maintenance of test
24security.
25    (i) In administering the examinations, the Director must
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1are reasonably warranted by the particular disability
2involved, including the provision of additional time if
3necessary to complete an examination or special assistance in
4taking an examination.
5    (j) For the purposes of this Section:
6        (1) "American Indian or Alaska Native" means a person
7    having origins in any of the original peoples of North and
8    South America, including Central America, and who
9    maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
10        (2) "Asian" means a person having origins in any of
11    the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
12    the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
13    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
14    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
15        (3) "Black or African American" means a person having
16    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms
17    such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to
18    "Black or African American".
19        (4) "Hispanic or Latino" means a person of Cuban,
20    Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other
21    Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
22        (5) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" means
23    a person having origins in any of the original peoples of
24    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
25        (6) "White" means a person having origins in any of
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1    Africa.
2(Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
3    Section 65. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
4changing Section 4-23 as follows:
 
5    (305 ILCS 5/4-23)
6    Sec. 4-23. Civil rights impact statement.
7    (a) The Department of Human Services must submit to the
8Governor and the General Assembly on January 1 of each
9even-numbered year a written report that details the disparate
10impact of various provisions of the TANF program on people of
11different racial or ethnic groups who identify themselves in
12an application for benefits as any of the following:
13        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
14    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
15    America, including Central America, and who maintains
16    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
17        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
18    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
19    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
20    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
21    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
22        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
23    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
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1    African American".
2        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
3    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
4    culture or origin, regardless of race).
5        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
6    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
7    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
8        (6) White (a person having origins in any of the
9    original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North
10    Africa).
11    (b) The report must at least compare the number of persons
12in each group:
13        (1) who are receiving TANF assistance;
14        (2) whose 60-month lifetime limit on receiving
15    assistance has expired;
16        (3) who have left TANF due to earned income;
17        (4) who have left TANF due to non-compliance with
18    program rules;
19        (5) whose TANF grants have been reduced by sanctions
20    for non-compliance with program rules;
21        (6) who have returned to TANF 6 months after leaving
22    due to earned income;
23        (7) who have returned to TANF 12 months after leaving
24    due to earned income;
25        (8) who have one or more children excluded from
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1    rule;
2        (9) who have been granted an exemption from work
3    requirements; and
4        (10) who are participating in post-secondary education
5    activities.
6(Source: P.A. 97-396, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
7    Section 70. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
8changing Section 11-212 as follows:
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/11-212)
10    Sec. 11-212. Traffic and pedestrian stop statistical
11study.
12    (a) Whenever a State or local law enforcement officer
13issues a uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an
14alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she
15shall record at least the following:
16        (1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's
17    subjective determination of the race of the person
18    stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the
19    following list: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian,
20    Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native
21    Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White;
22        (2) the alleged traffic violation that led to the stop
23    of the motorist;
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1        (4) the date and time of the stop, beginning when the
2    vehicle was stopped and ending when the driver is free to
3    leave or taken into physical custody;
4        (5) the location of the traffic stop;
5        (5.5) whether or not a consent search contemporaneous
6    to the stop was requested of the vehicle, driver,
7    passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether consent was
8    given or denied;
9        (6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the
10    stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or
11    passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by
12    other means;
13        (6.2) whether or not a police dog performed a sniff of
14    the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not the dog alerted to
15    the presence of contraband; and, if so, whether or not an
16    officer searched the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not
17    contraband was discovered; and, if so, the type and amount
18    of contraband;
19        (6.5) whether or not contraband was found during a
20    search; and, if so, the type and amount of contraband
21    seized; and
22        (7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.
23    (b) Whenever a State or local law enforcement officer
24stops a motorist for an alleged violation of the Illinois
25Vehicle Code and does not issue a uniform traffic citation or
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1Vehicle Code, he or she shall complete a uniform stop card,
2which includes field contact cards, or any other existing form
3currently used by law enforcement containing information
4required pursuant to this Act, that records at least the
5following:
6        (1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's
7    subjective determination of the race of the person
8    stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the
9    following list: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian,
10    Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native
11    Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White;
12        (2) the reason that led to the stop of the motorist;
13        (3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped;
14        (4) the date and time of the stop, beginning when the
15    vehicle was stopped and ending when the driver is free to
16    leave or taken into physical custody;
17        (5) the location of the traffic stop;
18        (5.5) whether or not a consent search contemporaneous
19    to the stop was requested of the vehicle, driver,
20    passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether consent was
21    given or denied;
22        (6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the
23    stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or
24    passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by
25    other means;
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1    the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not the dog alerted to
2    the presence of contraband; and, if so, whether or not an
3    officer searched the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not
4    contraband was discovered; and, if so, the type and amount
5    of contraband;
6        (6.5) whether or not contraband was found during a
7    search; and, if so, the type and amount of contraband
8    seized; and
9        (7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.
10    (b-5) For purposes of this subsection (b-5), "detention"
11means all frisks, searches, summons, and arrests. Whenever a
12law enforcement officer subjects a pedestrian to detention in
13a public place, he or she shall complete a uniform pedestrian
14stop card, which includes any existing form currently used by
15law enforcement containing all the information required under
16this Section, that records at least the following:
17        (1) the gender, and the officer's subjective
18    determination of the race of the person stopped; the
19    person's race shall be selected from the following list:
20    American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African
21    American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other
22    Pacific Islander, or White;
23        (2) all the alleged reasons that led to the stop of the
24    person;
25        (3) the date and time of the stop;
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1        (5) whether or not a protective pat down or frisk was
2    conducted of the person; and, if so, all the alleged
3    reasons that led to the protective pat down or frisk, and
4    whether it was with consent or by other means;
5        (6) whether or not contraband was found during the
6    protective pat down or frisk; and, if so, the type and
7    amount of contraband seized;
8        (7) whether or not a search beyond a protective pat
9    down or frisk was conducted of the person or his or her
10    effects; and, if so, all the alleged reasons that led to
11    the search, and whether it was with consent or by other
12    means;
13        (8) whether or not contraband was found during the
14    search beyond a protective pat down or frisk; and, if so,
15    the type and amount of contraband seized;
16        (9) the disposition of the stop, such as a warning, a
17    ticket, a summons, or an arrest;
18        (10) if a summons or ticket was issued, or an arrest
19    made, a record of the violations, offenses, or crimes
20    alleged or charged; and
21        (11) the name and badge number of the officer who
22    conducted the detention.
23    This subsection (b-5) does not apply to searches or
24inspections for compliance authorized under the Fish and
25Aquatic Life Code, the Wildlife Code, the Herptiles-Herps Act,
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1at facilities or events.
2    (c) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
3provide a standardized law enforcement data compilation form
4on its website.
5    (d) Every law enforcement agency shall, by March 1 with
6regard to data collected during July through December of the
7previous calendar year and by August 1 with regard to data
8collected during January through June of the current calendar
9year, compile the data described in subsections (a), (b), and
10(b-5) on the standardized law enforcement data compilation
11form provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation and
12transmit the data to the Department.
13    (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
14analyze the data provided by law enforcement agencies required
15by this Section and submit a report of the previous year's
16findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Racial
17Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, and each law
18enforcement agency no later than July 1 of each year. The
19Illinois Department of Transportation may contract with an
20outside entity for the analysis of the data provided. In
21analyzing the data collected under this Section, the analyzing
22entity shall scrutinize the data for evidence of statistically
23significant aberrations. The following list, which is
24illustrative, and not exclusive, contains examples of areas in
25which statistically significant aberrations may be found:
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1    pedestrians being stopped in a given area is substantially
2    higher than the proportion of the overall population in or
3    traveling through the area that the minority constitutes.
4        (2) A substantial number of false stops including
5    stops not resulting in the issuance of a traffic ticket or
6    the making of an arrest.
7        (3) A disparity between the proportion of citations
8    issued to minorities and proportion of minorities in the
9    population.
10        (4) A disparity among the officers of the same law
11    enforcement agency with regard to the number of minority
12    drivers, passengers, or pedestrians being stopped in a
13    given area.
14        (5) A disparity between the frequency of searches
15    performed on minority drivers or pedestrians and the
16    frequency of searches performed on non-minority drivers or
17    pedestrians.
18    (f) Any law enforcement officer identification information
19and driver or pedestrian identification information that is
20compiled by any law enforcement agency or the Illinois
21Department of Transportation pursuant to this Act for the
22purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall
23be confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying,
24as provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act,
25and the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except
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1exempt those materials that, prior to the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, were
3available under the Freedom of Information Act. This
4subsection (f) shall not preclude law enforcement agencies
5from reviewing data to perform internal reviews.
6    (g) Funding to implement this Section shall come from
7federal highway safety funds available to Illinois, as
8directed by the Governor.
9    (h) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority,
10in consultation with law enforcement agencies, officials, and
11organizations, including Illinois chiefs of police, the
12Department of State Police, the Illinois Sheriffs Association,
13and the Chicago Police Department, and community groups and
14other experts, shall undertake a study to determine the best
15use of technology to collect, compile, and analyze the traffic
16stop statistical study data required by this Section. The
17Department shall report its findings and recommendations to
18the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2022.
19    (h-1) The Traffic and Pedestrian Stop Data Use and
20Collection Task Force is hereby created.
21        (1) The Task Force shall undertake a study to
22    determine the best use of technology to collect, compile,
23    and analyze the traffic stop statistical study data
24    required by this Section.
25        (2) The Task Force shall be an independent Task Force
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1    for administrative purposes, and shall consist of the
2    following members:
3            (A) 2 academics or researchers who have studied
4        issues related to traffic or pedestrian stop data
5        collection and have education or expertise in
6        statistics;
7            (B) one professor from an Illinois university who
8        specializes in policing and racial equity;
9            (C) one representative from the Illinois State
10        Police;
11            (D) one representative from the Chicago Police
12        Department;
13            (E) one representative from the Illinois Chiefs of
14        Police;
15            (F) one representative from the Illinois Sheriffs
16        Association;
17            (G) one representative from the Chicago Fraternal
18        Order of Police;
19            (H) one representative from the Illinois Fraternal
20        Order of Police;
21            (I) the Executive Director of the American Civil
22        Liberties Union of Illinois, or his or her designee;
23        and
24            (J) 5 representatives from different community
25        organizations who specialize in civil or human rights,
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1        represent a range of minority interests or different
2        parts of the State.
3        (3) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information
4    Authority may consult, contract, work in conjunction with,
5    and obtain any information from any individual, agency,
6    association, or research institution deemed appropriate by
7    the Authority.
8        (4) The Task Force shall report its findings and
9    recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
10    by March 1, 2022 and every 3 years after.
11    (h-5) For purposes of this Section:
12        (1) "American Indian or Alaska Native" means a person
13    having origins in any of the original peoples of North and
14    South America, including Central America, and who
15    maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
16        (2) "Asian" means a person having origins in any of
17    the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
18    the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
19    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
20    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
21        (2.5) "Badge" means an officer's department issued
22    identification number associated with his or her position
23    as a police officer with that department.
24        (3) "Black or African American" means a person having
25    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms
26    such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to

 

 

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1    "Black or African American".
2        (4) "Hispanic or Latino" means a person of Cuban,
3    Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other
4    Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
5        (5) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" means
6    a person having origins in any of the original peoples of
7    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
8        (6) "White" means a person having origins in any of
9    the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North
10    Africa.
11    (i) (Blank).
12(Source: P.A. 101-24, eff. 6-21-19.)
 
13    Section 75. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
14changing Section 17-10.2 as follows:
 
15    (720 ILCS 5/17-10.2)  (was 720 ILCS 5/17-29)
16    Sec. 17-10.2. Businesses owned by minorities, females, and
17persons with disabilities; fraudulent contracts with
18governmental units.
19    (a) In this Section:
20        "Minority person" means a person who is any of the
21    following:
22        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
23    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
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1    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
2        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
3    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
4    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
5    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
6    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
7        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
8    in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as
9    "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or
10    African American".
11        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
12    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
13    culture or origin, regardless of race).
14        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
15    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
16    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
17        "Female" means a person who is of the female gender.
18        "Person with a disability" means a person who is a
19    person qualifying as having a disability.
20        "Disability" means a severe physical or mental
21    disability that: (1) results from: amputation, arthritis,
22    autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy,
23    cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease,
24    hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary
25    dysfunction, an intellectual disability, mental illness,
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1    disorders, neurological disorders, including stroke and
2    epilepsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord
3    conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific learning
4    disabilities, or end stage renal failure disease; and (2)
5    substantially limits one or more of the person's major
6    life activities.
7        "Minority owned business" means a business concern
8    that is at least 51% owned by one or more minority persons,
9    or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock
10    in which is owned by one or more minority persons; and the
11    management and daily business operations of which are
12    controlled by one or more of the minority individuals who
13    own it.
14        "Female owned business" means a business concern that
15    is at least 51% owned by one or more females, or, in the
16    case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock in which
17    is owned by one or more females; and the management and
18    daily business operations of which are controlled by one
19    or more of the females who own it.
20        "Business owned by a person with a disability" means a
21    business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or more
22    persons with a disability and the management and daily
23    business operations of which are controlled by one or more
24    of the persons with disabilities who own it. A
25    not-for-profit agency for persons with disabilities that
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1    Revenue Code of 1986 is also considered a "business owned
2    by a person with a disability".
3        "Governmental unit" means the State, a unit of local
4    government, or school district.
5    (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed by law or by
6an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government or
7school district, any individual or entity that knowingly
8obtains, or knowingly assists another to obtain, a contract
9with a governmental unit, or a subcontract or written
10commitment for a subcontract under a contract with a
11governmental unit, by falsely representing that the individual
12or entity, or the individual or entity assisted, is a minority
13owned business, female owned business, or business owned by a
14person with a disability is guilty of a Class 2 felony,
15regardless of whether the preference for awarding the contract
16to a minority owned business, female owned business, or
17business owned by a person with a disability was established
18by statute or by local ordinance or resolution.
19    (c) In addition to any other penalties authorized by law,
20the court shall order that an individual or entity convicted
21of a violation of this Section must pay to the governmental
22unit that awarded the contract a penalty equal to one and
23one-half times the amount of the contract obtained because of
24the false representation.
25(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 80. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
2changing Section 2-105 as follows:
 
3    (775 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 68, par. 2-105)
4    Sec. 2-105. Equal Employment Opportunities; Affirmative
5Action.
6    (A) Public Contracts. Every party to a public contract and
7every eligible bidder shall:
8        (1) Refrain from unlawful discrimination and
9    discrimination based on citizenship status in employment
10    and undertake affirmative action to assure equality of
11    employment opportunity and eliminate the effects of past
12    discrimination;
13        (2) Comply with the procedures and requirements of the
14    Department's regulations concerning equal employment
15    opportunities and affirmative action;
16        (3) Provide such information, with respect to its
17    employees and applicants for employment, and assistance as
18    the Department may reasonably request;
19        (4) Have written sexual harassment policies that shall
20    include, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the
21    illegality of sexual harassment; (ii) the definition of
22    sexual harassment under State law; (iii) a description of
23    sexual harassment, utilizing examples; (iv) the vendor's
24    internal complaint process including penalties; (v) the
25    legal recourse, investigative and complaint process

 

 

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1    available through the Department and the Commission; (vi)
2    directions on how to contact the Department and
3    Commission; and (vii) protection against retaliation as
4    provided by Section 6-101 of this Act. A copy of the
5    policies shall be provided to the Department upon request.
6    Additionally, each bidder who submits a bid or offer for a
7    State contract under the Illinois Procurement Code shall
8    have a written copy of the bidder's sexual harassment
9    policy as required under this paragraph (4). A copy of the
10    policy shall be provided to the State agency entering into
11    the contract upon request.
12    (B) State Agencies. Every State executive department,
13State agency, board, commission, and instrumentality shall:
14        (1) Comply with the procedures and requirements of the
15    Department's regulations concerning equal employment
16    opportunities and affirmative action;
17        (2) Provide such information and assistance as the
18    Department may request.
19        (3) Establish, maintain, and carry out a continuing
20    affirmative action plan consistent with this Act and the
21    regulations of the Department designed to promote equal
22    opportunity for all State residents in every aspect of
23    agency personnel policy and practice. For purposes of
24    these affirmative action plans, the race and national
25    origin categories to be included in the plans are:
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1    American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other
2    Pacific Islander.
3        This plan shall include a current detailed status
4    report:
5            (a) indicating, by each position in State service,
6        the number, percentage, and average salary of
7        individuals employed by race, national origin, sex and
8        disability, and any other category that the Department
9        may require by rule;
10            (b) identifying all positions in which the
11        percentage of the people employed by race, national
12        origin, sex and disability, and any other category
13        that the Department may require by rule, is less than
14        four-fifths of the percentage of each of those
15        components in the State work force;
16            (c) specifying the goals and methods for
17        increasing the percentage by race, national origin,
18        sex and disability, and any other category that the
19        Department may require by rule, in State positions;
20            (d) indicating progress and problems toward
21        meeting equal employment opportunity goals, including,
22        if applicable, but not limited to, Department of
23        Central Management Services recruitment efforts,
24        publicity, promotions, and use of options designating
25        positions by linguistic abilities;
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1        employment of qualified persons with disabilities in
2        the agency as a whole, to be based on the proportion of
3        people with work disabilities in the Illinois labor
4        force as reflected in the most recent employment data
5        made available by the United States Census Bureau.
6        (4) If the agency has 1000 or more employees, appoint
7    a full-time Equal Employment Opportunity officer, subject
8    to the Department's approval, whose duties shall include:
9            (a) Advising the head of the particular State
10        agency with respect to the preparation of equal
11        employment opportunity programs, procedures,
12        regulations, reports, and the agency's affirmative
13        action plan.
14            (b) Evaluating in writing each fiscal year the
15        sufficiency of the total agency program for equal
16        employment opportunity and reporting thereon to the
17        head of the agency with recommendations as to any
18        improvement or correction in recruiting, hiring or
19        promotion needed, including remedial or disciplinary
20        action with respect to managerial or supervisory
21        employees who have failed to cooperate fully or who
22        are in violation of the program.
23            (c) Making changes in recruitment, training and
24        promotion programs and in hiring and promotion
25        procedures designed to eliminate discriminatory
26        practices when authorized.

 

 

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1            (d) Evaluating tests, employment policies,
2        practices and qualifications and reporting to the head
3        of the agency and to the Department any policies,
4        practices and qualifications that have unequal impact
5        by race, national origin as required by Department
6        rule, sex or disability or any other category that the
7        Department may require by rule, and to assist in the
8        recruitment of people in underrepresented
9        classifications. This function shall be performed in
10        cooperation with the State Department of Central
11        Management Services.
12            (e) Making any aggrieved employee or applicant for
13        employment aware of his or her remedies under this
14        Act.
15            In any meeting, investigation, negotiation,
16        conference, or other proceeding between a State
17        employee and an Equal Employment Opportunity officer,
18        a State employee (1) who is not covered by a collective
19        bargaining agreement and (2) who is the complaining
20        party or the subject of such proceeding may be
21        accompanied, advised and represented by (1) an
22        attorney licensed to practice law in the State of
23        Illinois or (2) a representative of an employee
24        organization whose membership is composed of employees
25        of the State and of which the employee is a member. A
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1        may observe but may not actively participate, or
2        advise the State employee during the course of such
3        meeting, investigation, negotiation, conference or
4        other proceeding. Nothing in this Section shall be
5        construed to permit any person who is not licensed to
6        practice law in Illinois to deliver any legal services
7        or otherwise engage in any activities that would
8        constitute the unauthorized practice of law. Any
9        representative of an employee who is present with the
10        consent of the employee, shall not, during or after
11        termination of the relationship permitted by this
12        Section with the State employee, use or reveal any
13        information obtained during the course of the meeting,
14        investigation, negotiation, conference or other
15        proceeding without the consent of the complaining
16        party and any State employee who is the subject of the
17        proceeding and pursuant to rules and regulations
18        governing confidentiality of such information as
19        promulgated by the appropriate State agency.
20        Intentional or reckless disclosure of information in
21        violation of these confidentiality requirements shall
22        constitute a Class B misdemeanor.
23        (5) Establish, maintain and carry out a continuing
24    sexual harassment program that shall include the
25    following:
26            (a) Develop a written sexual harassment policy

 

 

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1        that includes at a minimum the following information:
2        (i) the illegality of sexual harassment; (ii) the
3        definition of sexual harassment under State law; (iii)
4        a description of sexual harassment, utilizing
5        examples; (iv) the agency's internal complaint process
6        including penalties; (v) the legal recourse,
7        investigative and complaint process available through
8        the Department and the Commission; (vi) directions on
9        how to contact the Department and Commission; and
10        (vii) protection against retaliation as provided by
11        Section 6-101 of this Act. The policy shall be
12        reviewed annually.
13            (b) Post in a prominent and accessible location
14        and distribute in a manner to assure notice to all
15        agency employees without exception the agency's sexual
16        harassment policy. Such documents may meet, but shall
17        not exceed, the 6th grade literacy level. Distribution
18        shall be effectuated within 90 days of the effective
19        date of this amendatory Act of 1992 and shall occur
20        annually thereafter.
21            (c) Provide training on sexual harassment
22        prevention and the agency's sexual harassment policy
23        as a component of all ongoing or new employee training
24        programs.
25        (6) Notify the Department 30 days before effecting any
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1            (a) No layoff may be effective earlier than 10
2        working days after notice to the Department, unless an
3        emergency layoff situation exists.
4            (b) The State executive department, State agency,
5        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
6        layoffs are to occur must notify each employee
7        targeted for layoff, the employee's union
8        representative (if applicable), and the State
9        Dislocated Worker Unit at the Department of Commerce
10        and Economic Opportunity.
11            (c) The State executive department, State agency,
12        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
13        layoffs are to occur must conform to applicable
14        collective bargaining agreements.
15            (d) The State executive department, State agency,
16        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
17        layoffs are to occur should notify each employee
18        targeted for layoff that transitional assistance may
19        be available to him or her under the Economic
20        Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act
21        administered by the Department of Commerce and
22        Economic Opportunity. Failure to give such notice
23        shall not invalidate the layoff or postpone its
24        effective date.
25     As used in this subsection (B), "disability" shall be
26defined in rules promulgated under the Illinois Administrative

 

 

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1Procedure Act.
2    (C) Civil Rights Violations. It is a civil rights
3violation for any public contractor or eligible bidder to:
4        (1) fail to comply with the public contractor's or
5    eligible bidder's duty to refrain from unlawful
6    discrimination and discrimination based on citizenship
7    status in employment under subsection (A)(1) of this
8    Section; or
9        (2) fail to comply with the public contractor's or
10    eligible bidder's duties of affirmative action under
11    subsection (A) of this Section, provided however, that the
12    Department has notified the public contractor or eligible
13    bidder in writing by certified mail that the public
14    contractor or eligible bidder may not be in compliance
15    with affirmative action requirements of subsection (A). A
16    minimum of 60 days to comply with the requirements shall
17    be afforded to the public contractor or eligible bidder
18    before the Department may issue formal notice of
19    non-compliance.
20    (D) As used in this Section:
21        (1) "American Indian or Alaska Native" means a person
22    having origins in any of the original peoples of North and
23    South America, including Central America, and who
24    maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
25        (2) "Asian" means a person having origins in any of
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1    the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
2    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
3    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
4        (3) "Black or African American" means a person having
5    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms
6    such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to
7    "Black or African American".
8        (4) "Hispanic or Latino" means a person of Cuban,
9    Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other
10    Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
11        (5) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" means
12    a person having origins in any of the original peoples of
13    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
14(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; 100-698, eff. 1-1-19.)