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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Sustainability |
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| Network (ICCSN), an existing structure partnering with the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, is an |
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| innovative and immediate avenue to create green-collar jobs; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The ICCSN is a tested and trusted resource and
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| provides the most efficient means to rapidly address the new |
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| energy economy's need for a green-jobs workforce and for the |
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| widespread deployment of energy conservation to the community |
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| level; and
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| WHEREAS, With appropriate funding, the current ICCSN is |
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| well positioned to expand to serve all 48 public community |
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| colleges in this State, and the whole system is committed to |
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| preparing a green-collar workforce with both the academic and |
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| technical skills needed to stimulate growth in the new energy |
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| economy; and
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| WHEREAS, This State's public community colleges have |
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| planned construction projects to convert campus energy systems |
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| to more efficient and clean energy sources; it is estimated |
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| that 50,000 direct and indirect
green-collar jobs could be |
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| created by installing geothermal, wind, and solar technologies |
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| on community college campuses across this State; and
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| WHEREAS, The ICCSN has requested a total of $648,600,000 |
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| through the federal government's economic recovery initiative
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| in order to do the following: |
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| (1) rapidly accelerate training and development of the |
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| green-collar workforce by expanding the ICCSN; and |
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| (2) stimulate the creation of green-collar jobs |
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| through community college renewable energy and energy |
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| conservation projects that are bid ready and that would |
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| train green-collar workers while reducing the carbon usage |
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| and energy cost of community college facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Each project will serve multiple goals related to |
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| developing the green-collar workforce; the projects will |
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| create green-job skills, decrease campus energy consumption by |
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| 30% to 50%, provide hands-on experience for renewable energy |
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| technician training, serve as
demonstration sites for |
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| business, industry, and homeowners, and be shovel-ready |
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| immediately or within 180 days; and
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| WHEREAS, Accountability for outcomes will occur through |
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| independent measuring and verification for carbon reduction |
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| strategies; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the U.S. |
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| Congress to fund the Illinois Community College Sustainability |
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| Network's request for $648,600,000 from the federal government |
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| for the training and development of a green-collar workforce |
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| and the creation of green-collar jobs through community college |
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| renewable energy and energy conservation projects; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the |
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| Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member |
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| of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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