(225 ILCS 10/7.10)
    (Text of Section from P.A. 98-839)
    Sec. 7.10. Progress report.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "child day care licensing" or "day care licensing" means licensing of day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes.
    (b) No later than September 30th of each year, the Department shall provide the General Assembly with a comprehensive report on its progress in meeting performance measures and goals related to child day care licensing.
    (c) The report shall include:
        (1) details on the funding for child day care
    
licensing, including:
            (A) the total number of full-time employees
        
working on child day care licensing;
            (B) the names of all sources of revenue used to
        
support child day care licensing;
            (C) the amount of expenditures that is claimed
        
against federal funding sources;
            (D) the identity of federal funding sources; and
            (E) how funds are appropriated, including
        
appropriations for line staff, support staff, supervisory staff, and training and other expenses and the funding history of such licensing since fiscal year 2010;
        (2) current staffing qualifications of day care
    
licensing representatives and day care licensing supervisors in comparison with staffing qualifications specified in the job description;
        (3) data history for fiscal year 2010 to the current
    
fiscal year on day care licensing representative caseloads and staffing levels in all areas of the State;
        (4) per the DCFS Child Day Care Licensing Advisory
    
Council's work plan, quarterly data on the following measures:
            (A) the percentage of new applications disposed
        
of within 90 days;
            (B) the percentage of licenses renewed on time;
            (C) the percentage of day care centers receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (D) the percentage of day care homes receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (E) the percentage of group day care homes
        
receiving timely annual monitoring visits;
            (F) the percentage of provider requests for
        
supervisory review;
            (G) the progress on adopting a key indicator
        
system;
            (H) the percentage of complaints disposed of
        
within 30 days;
            (I) the average number of days a day care center
        
applicant must wait to attend a licensing orientation;
            (J) the number of licensing orientation sessions
        
available per region in the past year; and
            (K) the number of Department trainings related to
        
licensing and child development available to providers in the past year; and
        (5) efforts to coordinate with the Department of
    
Human Services and the State Board of Education on professional development, credentialing issues, and child developers, including training registry, child developers, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
    (d) The Department shall work with the Governor's appointed Early Learning Council on issues related to and concerning child day care.
(Source: P.A. 97-1096, eff. 8-24-12; 98-839, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-594)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 7.10. Progress report.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "child day care licensing" or "day care licensing" means licensing of day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes.
    (b) No later than September 30th of each year, the Department of Early Childhood shall provide the General Assembly with a comprehensive report on its progress in meeting performance measures and goals related to child day care licensing.
    (c) The report shall include:
        (1) details on the funding for child day care
    
licensing, including:
            (A) the total number of full-time employees
        
working on child day care licensing;
            (B) the names of all sources of revenue used to
        
support child day care licensing;
            (C) the amount of expenditures that is claimed
        
against federal funding sources;
            (D) the identity of federal funding sources; and
            (E) how funds are appropriated, including
        
appropriations for line staff, support staff, supervisory staff, and training and other expenses and the funding history of such licensing since fiscal year 2010;
        (2) current staffing qualifications of day care
    
licensing representatives and day care licensing supervisors in comparison with staffing qualifications specified in the job description;
        (3) data history for fiscal year 2010 to the current
    
fiscal year on day care licensing representative caseloads and staffing levels in all areas of the State;
        (4) per the DCFS Child Day Care Licensing Advisory
    
Council's work plan, quarterly data on the following measures:
            (A) the percentage of new applications disposed
        
of within 90 days;
            (B) the percentage of licenses renewed on time;
            (C) the percentage of day care centers receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (D) the percentage of day care homes receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (E) the percentage of group day care homes
        
receiving timely annual monitoring visits;
            (F) the percentage of provider requests for
        
supervisory review;
            (G) the progress on adopting a key indicator
        
system;
            (H) the percentage of complaints disposed of
        
within 30 days;
            (I) the average number of days a day care center
        
applicant must wait to attend a licensing orientation;
            (J) the number of licensing orientation sessions
        
available per region in the past year; and
            (K) the number of Department of Early Childhood
        
trainings related to licensing and child development available to providers in the past year; and
        (5) efforts to coordinate with the Department of
    
Human Services and the State Board of Education on professional development, credentialing issues, and child developers, including training registry, child developers, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
    (d) The Department of Early Childhood shall work with the Governor's appointed Early Learning Council on issues related to and concerning child day care.
(Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 7-1-26.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-805)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 7.10. Licensing orientation program and progress report.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "child day care licensing" or "day care licensing" means licensing of day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes.
    (a-5) In addition to current daycare training and subject to appropriations, the Department or any State agency that assumes day care center licensing responsibilities shall host licensing orientation programs to help educate potential day care center, day care home, and group day care home providers about the child day care licensing process. The programs shall be made available in person and virtually. The Department or its successor shall offer to host licensing orientation programs at least twice annually in each Representative District in the State. Additionally, if one or more persons request that a program be offered in a language other than English, then the Department or its successor must accommodate the request.
    (b) No later than September 30th of each year, the Department shall provide the General Assembly with a comprehensive report on its progress in meeting performance measures and goals related to child day care licensing.
    (c) The report shall include:
        (1) details on the funding for child day care
    
licensing, including:
            (A) the total number of full-time employees
        
working on child day care licensing;
            (B) the names of all sources of revenue used to
        
support child day care licensing;
            (C) the amount of expenditures that is claimed
        
against federal funding sources;
            (D) the identity of federal funding sources; and
            (E) how funds are appropriated, including
        
appropriations for line staff, support staff, supervisory staff, and training and other expenses and the funding history of such licensing since fiscal year 2010;
        (2) current staffing qualifications of day care
    
licensing representatives and day care licensing supervisors in comparison with staffing qualifications specified in the job description;
        (3) data history for fiscal year 2010 to the current
    
fiscal year on day care licensing representative caseloads and staffing levels in all areas of the State;
        (4) per the DCFS Child Day Care Licensing Advisory
    
Council's work plan, quarterly data on the following measures:
            (A) the percentage of new applications disposed
        
of within 90 days;
            (B) the percentage of licenses renewed on time;
            (C) the percentage of day care centers receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (D) the percentage of day care homes receiving
        
timely annual monitoring visits;
            (E) the percentage of group day care homes
        
receiving timely annual monitoring visits;
            (F) the percentage of provider requests for
        
supervisory review;
            (G) the progress on adopting a key indicator
        
system;
            (H) the percentage of complaints disposed of
        
within 30 days;
            (I) the average number of days a day care center
        
applicant must wait to attend a licensing orientation;
            (J) the number of licensing orientation sessions
        
available per region in the past year; and
            (K) the number of Department trainings related to
        
licensing and child development available to providers in the past year; and
        (5) efforts to coordinate with the Department of
    
Human Services and the State Board of Education on professional development, credentialing issues, and child developers, including training registry, child developers, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
    (d) The Department shall work with the Governor's appointed Early Learning Council on issues related to and concerning child day care.
(Source: P.A. 103-805, eff. 1-1-25.)