Policy Chapters and Sections

Local Workforce Innovation Board Appeal Process

Chapter: 1 Section: 5.5
Effective Date: 12/4/2015
Expiration Date: Continuing
Published Date: 8/4/2023 2:15:18 PM
Status: Current
Version: 2

Tags: LWIBs, Governance

  1. If a Local Workforce Innovation Board (LWIB) is denied certification or decertified by the state, it may appeal the decision.  The Office of Employment and Training (OET) will notify the LWIB of its decision regarding the appeal within twenty-one (21) days from the receipt of the request by the LWIB.
  2. The LWIB has twenty-one (21) days, from the date of receipt of the notice of denial in which to file an appeal to OET.  The appeal must include the following information:
    1. A statement that the LWIB is appealing the denial;
    2. The reason(s) certification or recertification should be granted or decertification should not be made;
    3. LWIB contact information to request additional information, if necessary; and
    4. The signature of the Cheif Elected Official (CEO).
  3. The appeal must be submitted formally, in writing to OET, and must be sent by registered mail no later than the twenty-first (21st) day from the date of receipt of the notice of denial.

    Appeals must be sent to:
    Local Workforce Innovation Board Decertification Appeal Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
    Office of Employment and Training
    607 E Adams Street – 3rd Floor
    Springfield, Illinois 62701
  4. OET will review the request for appeal within twenty-one (21) days of its receipt.
    1. If an administrative error was made or if additional information submitted by the LWIB changes the basis upon which the original decision was issued, the decision may be reversed, and the LWIB granted certification or recertification, or the decertification may be revoked.
    2. If OET reverses its decision, it will notify the LWIB of its action in writing.
    3. If OET does not reverse its decision to deny LWIB certification or recertification or upholds its decision to decertify the LWIB, it shall notify the LWIB within twenty-one (21) days from the receipt of the request by the LWIB.