Training programs that have been determined eligible by an out-of-state agency must meet the following requirements for eligibility determination in Illinois:

1. Illinois training provider programs:
   1. If the training program offered in Illinois is identical (i.e., program description, program length, credits earned, licensure, award of certificate, etc.) to the training program offered in another state:
      1. The LWIB may choose to accept a training program which has been determined eligible in another state; or
      2. The LWIB may choose to require the training provider to seek eligibility of its training program through the procedures outlined in the Initial Eligibility of Training Providers, paragraph 1 section of this policy.
2. If the training program offered in Illinois is not identical to the training program offered in another state, the LWIB must require the training provider to seek eligibility through the procedures outlined in the Initial Eligibility of Training Providers, paragraph 1 section of this policy.
3. Out-of-state training provider programs
   1. The LWIB may choose to accept the eligibility of an out-of-state training program that has been developed and determined eligible in accordance with guidelines of a local workforce area in another state; or
   2. The LWIB may choose to require the training provider to seek eligibility of its training program through the procedures outlined in the Initial Eligibility of Training Providers, paragraph 1 section of this policy.
   3. LWIBs should enter into reciprocity agreements with the LWIBs under which providers of training services may enroll customers into programs provided in states other than Illinois.
      1. Such agreement would provide the conditions by which the out-of-state provider of training services would not be subject to Illinois’ eligibility procedures if the provider has been determined eligible by the other state with such an agreement.
      2. This reciprocity agreement is intended to diminish the burden on states and training providers to be subject to duplicative procedures and expands the array of training options available by additional training providers.