Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act. Transfers Workforce Investment Act-related programs from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Department of Workforce Development. Amends the Department of Workforce Development Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Renames the Department of Employment Security as the Department of Workforce Development. Adds provisions transferring responsibility for the programs from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Department of Workforce Development, including the Illinois Trade Adjustment Assistance Program and the notice required under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Amends the School Code. Adds the Director of Workforce Development as an ex-officio member of the Illinois P-20 Council. Amends related provisions in specified Acts to facilitate these transfers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2902 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Mike Jacobs [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Martin Sandoval [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Mulroe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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