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| Public Act 098-0585 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2705-587 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-587) | ||||
Sec. 2705-587. Diversity in Engineering scholarship | ||||
program. | ||||
(a) The Diversity in Engineering scholarship program is | ||||
created to assist in increasing the representation of targeted | ||||
group members among the within civil engineers employed | ||||
engineer job classifications in which targeted group members | ||||
are underutilized by the Department. | ||||
(b) For purposes of this Section: | ||||
"Targeted group member" means a person belonging to a | ||||
class of race, color, or sex, national origin, ancestry, | ||||
age, or disability whose percentage percent of the civil | ||||
engineer workforce employed by within the Department's | ||||
professional classification which includes civil engineers | ||||
is less than the percentage that class's percent of the | ||||
statewide labor market for civil engineers such job | ||||
activities as recorded in determined by the Department's | ||||
review of statewide labor statistics annual affirmative | ||
action plan. | ||
"Eligible student" means a person targeted group | ||
member who: (i) is an Illinois resident at the time of | ||
application for a scholarship under the Program | ||
established by this Section; (ii) is enrolled full-time at | ||
any Illinois college or university in any program leading | ||
toward a degree in civil engineering; (iii) agrees to | ||
conditions required by the Department, including the | ||
obligation to work for the Department after graduation if a | ||
position is offered for at least one year for each academic | ||
year the student receives a scholarship. | ||
(c) The Department, subject to appropriation, shall award | ||
scholarships to up to 20 selected eligible students each year, | ||
unless no targeted group members are identified by the | ||
Department Department's affirmative action plan. The | ||
Department shall establish a process for selecting eligible | ||
students, which considers obtaining a critical mass of students | ||
in the program to remedy the underutilization of targeted group | ||
members. Each scholarship Scholarships issued pursuant to this | ||
Section shall not exceed $7,500 per academic year. | ||
(d) The Department shall adopt promulgate rules to | ||
implement and administer the scholarship program created by | ||
this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 97-288, eff. 1-1-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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