Full Text of SR0283 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 9 | | WHEREAS, As of 2019, 6% of children in our State have all | 10 | | available parents in the workforce; and
| 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 | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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