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| Public Act 103-0805 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | ||||
changing Section 7.10 as follows: | ||||
(225 ILCS 10/7.10) | ||||
Sec. 7.10. Licensing orientation program and progress | ||||
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. 97-1096, eff. 8-24-12; 98-839, eff. 1-1-15.) | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2025. | ||