Bill Text: IL SR0283 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 10 to April 16, 2021 as the Week of the Young Child. Declares June 13, 2021 as El Dia Del Niño (Children's Day).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to Assignments [SR0283 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0283-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The first years of a child's life are when the | ||||||
| 3 | most rapid brain development happens and lays the foundation | ||||||
| 4 | for all future learning; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Children's cognitive, physical, social and | ||||||
| 6 | emotional, and language and literacy development are built on | ||||||
| 7 | a foundation of children's positive interactions with adults, | ||||||
| 8 | peers, and their environment; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, As of 2019, 6% of children in our State have all | ||||||
| 10 | available parents in the workforce; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, High-quality early care and education can help | ||||||
| 12 | ameliorate the effects of poverty, detect and remediate | ||||||
| 13 | delays, identify and help prevent child neglect, and lead to | ||||||
| 14 | positive outcomes for individual children, helping them be | ||||||
| 15 | better prepared for school and more likely to succeed in life; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The average wage for child care providers, who | ||||||
| 18 | are skilled and valuable front-line professionals and who have | ||||||
| 19 | risked their health to provide education and care during a | ||||||
| 20 | global pandemic, is less than $12 per hour, with Black and | ||||||
| 21 | Latina child care workers making even less; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The essential yet chronically undervalued child | ||||||
| 2 | care sector has sacrificed and struggled to serve children and | ||||||
| 3 | families since the start of the COVID pandemic; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Week of | ||||||
| 5 | the Young Child designed to recognize and advance the early | ||||||
| 6 | childhood education profession; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 10 to | ||||||
| 9 | April 16, 2021 as the Week of the Young Child in the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we declare June 13, 2021 as El Dia Del Niño | ||||||
| 12 | (Children's Day) in the State of Illinois.
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