SB 1735 — IDOT:TRAINING-CERTIFICATION

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Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 2705/2705-215 was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27 Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

Provides that the Department of Transportation shall certify United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor management boards regulated under the federal Labor Management Relations Act as able to teach, train, and test their own members for any quality assurance and quality control certifications required by the Department.

Provides that the Department shall make all course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the instructors of programs available without charge.

Provides that the Department shall bear the cost of administering required testing, and that the Department or any third party it uses to administer the testing shall provide testers upon 10 days notice.

Provides that if testers are not provided by the Department or third party, the apprenticeship program may provide its own testers.

Effective immediately.

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(vi) Only a minimal number of facilities meet these standards and are able to competently teach and train qualified sampling and testing personnel.

In order to ensure that only competent training is available, it is the intent of the General Assembly to limit the certification of apprenticeship programs to those that meet minimal standards and that are able to competently teach and train.

It is also the intent of the General Assembly to require that all training managers satisfy Quality Control/Quality Assurance standards, and that all training facilities and apprenticeship programs in this State conform to the safety standards imposed by the laws and regulations of this State and the laws and regulations of the federal government.

The Department shall certify an apprenticeship program as able to teach and train its own members for any quality SB1735 Engrossed - 4 - LRB097 06778 HEP 46869 b assurance and quality control certifications issued by the Department if the apprenticeship program meets the following requirements:

(1) the program is a United States Department of Labor apprenticeship program conducted by a joint labor management board that is regulated under the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.

141 et seq.;

and (2) the program is conducted at a training facility that was established prior to January 1, 2008.

The Department shall certify the curricula for the quality assurance quality control program and shall make available all course curricula, teaching aids, syllabi, and other materials necessary for instruction of courses described by this subsection (d).

The Department may administer any testing or certify a third party to administer and certify any testing, provided that the entity is independent of and not an affiliate of the United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs identified in this subsection (d).

If the Department does not administer the testing, the Department and the apprenticeship program shall mutually agree upon a third party to administer the testing.

The third party shall provide testers upon being given 10 days' notice.