Applications for funding must be reviewed using the criteria in this Section. The Director must make final funding decisions. Review criteria include:
        (1) the appropriateness of the targeted industries
    
and occupations;
        (2) the appropriateness of the targeted student
    
population;
        (3) the efforts to recruit female and minority
    
students into the project;
        (4) the strength of the local partnership and private
    
sector involvement;
        (5) the related experience and qualifications of the
    
project staff;
        (6) the quality of the project work plan;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 701/45

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

        (7) the proposed project costs in relationship to
    
planned outcomes;
        (8) the relationship of the project to the
    
Department’s economic development plans and initiatives;
        (9) the geographic distribution of grant awards
    
throughout the State; and
        (10) the quality of presentations made to the
    
Department, if the Department requests presentations.