(20 ILCS 3975/2.5)
Sec. 2.5. Purpose.
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
General Assembly, the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council shall be known
as the Illinois Workforce Investment Board. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
General Assembly, the Illinois Workforce Investment Board shall be known
as the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board. The Illinois Workforce
Innovation Board is
the State advisory board pertaining to workforce preparation policy. The
Board shall ensure that Illinois' workforce preparation
services and programs
are coordinated and integrated and shall measure and evaluate the overall
performance and results of these programs. The Board shall
further
cooperation between government and the private sector to meet the workforce
preparation
needs of employers and workers in Illinois. The Board shall
provide ongoing
oversight of programs and needed information about the functioning of labor
markets in Illinois.
(b) The Board shall help Illinois create and
maintain a workforce with the skills and abilities that will keep the economy
productive.
(c) The Board shall meet the requirements of the federal
Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17.)
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