Bill Text: IL SB0001 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including: home-visiting services; early intervention services; preschool services; child care services; licensing for day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Early Childhood (rather than the Department of Children and Family Services) administers day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes. Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Early Learning Council Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately, except the provisions amending the Child Care Act of 1969 take effect July 1, 2026.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 86-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594 [SB0001 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0001-Introduced.html


103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0001

Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Don Harmon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act

Creates the Early Childhood Education Act. Contains only a short title provision.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Early
5Childhood Education Act.
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