Bill Text: IL SB2388 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program to award grants to nonprofit entities to train young adults for the workforce and to place them in jobs with partners in the private and public sectors. Provides that, as part of the Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program, the Department shall operate a school-year program and a summer program. Provides for specified requirements of the school-year and summer programs. Provides that the Department shall work with local community-based organizations that interact with jobless youth and young adults and provide them strong, consistent support to build their work-related skills. Provides that the Department may adopt rules necessary to administer the Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-16 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford [SB2388 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2388-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2388 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program to award grants to nonprofit entities to train young adults for the workforce and to place them in jobs with partners in the private and public sectors. Provides that, as part of the Future Through Employment for Young Adults Program, the Department shall operate a school-year program and a summer program. Provides for specified requirements of the school-year and summer programs. Provides that the Department shall work with local community-based organizations that interact with jobless youth and young adults and provide them strong, consistent support to build their work-related skills. Provides that the Department may adopt rules necessary to administer the Program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 605-1110 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new)
Sec. 605-1110. Future Through Employment for Young Adults
Program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity shall establish a Future Through
Employment for Young Adults Program to award grants to
nonprofit entities to train young adults for the workforce and
to place them in jobs with partners in the private and public
sectors.
(b) As part of the Future Through Employment for Young
Adults Program, the Department shall operate a school-year
program and a summer program as follows:
(1) The school-year program shall operate during the
school year of the district in which the program
participant is located. Program participants enrolled in
the school-year program will work 12 to 35 hours per week
at an employer participating in the program at the rate of

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$15 per hour or the prevailing minimum wage in that
county, whichever is higher. The Department shall enroll
80,0000 participants in the school-year program.
(2) The summer program shall operate during the summer
break of the district where the program participant is
located. Program participants enrolled in the summer
program will work 25 hours per week at an employer
participating in the program at the rate of $15 per hour or
the prevailing minimum wage in that county, whichever is
higher. The Department shall enroll 80,0000 participants
in the school-year program.
(c) The Department shall work with local community-based
organizations that interact with jobless youth and young
adults and provide them strong, consistent support to build
their work-related skills of showing up on time, working
collaboratively with others, following instructions, and other
critical skills to place participating students with an
employer. The Department shall also coordinate with employers
to provide program participants with jobs after training.
(d) The Department shall establish eligibility criteria
for young adults and employers participation in the program.
(e) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
administer the provisions of this Section.