104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2467

 

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Omar Aquino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


    Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to specified organizations as deemed appropriate by the Department for purposes of administering preapprenticeship workforce development programs that support education and training programming targeted to individuals under the age of 18 who reside in underserved areas in specified fields. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for grants to community college districts and public high schools for the purposes of administering the 21st Century Employment grant program. Effective July 1, 2025.


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1    AN ACT concerning appropriations.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much of that sum as
5may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
6Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
7for grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit
8entities, community colleges, private and public universities,
9and other organizations as deemed appropriate by the
10Department for purposes of administering preapprenticeship
11workforce development programs that support education and
12training programming targeted to individuals under the age of
1318 who reside in underserved areas, as that term is defined
14under the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax
15Credit Act, in the areas of computer and information sciences,
16information technology, information sciences, computer
17sciences, computer systems networking and telecommunications,
18computer and information systems security or information
19assurances, management information systems, and other similar
20fields.
 
21    Section 10. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much of that sum
22as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
23Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for grants to

 

 

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1community college districts and public high schools for the
2purposes of administering the 21st Century Employment grant
3program.
 
4Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
52025.