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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2495 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 10/7.11 new225 ILCS 10/7.12 new225 ILCS 10/7.13 new Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides qualifications for child care directors, early childhood teachers, and school-age workers at day care centers. Provides criteria that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall use to review and approve early childhood teacher credentialing programs. LRB103 24847 AMQ 51180 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2495 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 10/7.11 new225 ILCS 10/7.12 new225 ILCS 10/7.13 new 225 ILCS 10/7.11 new 225 ILCS 10/7.12 new 225 ILCS 10/7.13 new Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides qualifications for child care directors, early childhood teachers, and school-age workers at day care centers. Provides criteria that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall use to review and approve early childhood teacher credentialing programs. LRB103 24847 AMQ 51180 b LRB103 24847 AMQ 51180 b A BILL FOR
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1313 1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
1414 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1515 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1616 4 Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding
1717 5 Sections 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, and 7.14 as follows:
1818 6 (225 ILCS 10/7.11 new)
1919 7 Sec. 7.11. Standards for licensing of child care director
2020 8 at day care center.
2121 9 (a) The child care director of a facility serving the same
2222 10 number of groups of preschool and school-age children or more
2323 11 groups of preschool children than groups of school-age
2424 12 children shall have achieved:
2525 13 (1) (A) 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of
2626 14 credit from an accredited college or university with 18
2727 15 semester hours or 27 quarter hours in courses related
2828 16 directly to child care or child development from birth to
2929 17 age 12; (B) a bachelor's degree with a major focusing on a
3030 18 human or social science or world history; or (C) a
3131 19 secondary school education degree and subdiscipline with a
3232 20 focus on human or social science, including, but not
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7575 2 development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten,
7676 3 elementary school, or licensed day care center; (B) 30
7777 4 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of college credits
7878 5 with 10 semester hours, or 15 quarter hours, in courses
7979 6 related directly to child care or child development; and
8080 7 (C) proof of enrollment in an accredited college or
8181 8 university until 2 years of college credit has been
8282 9 achieved. A total of 18 semester hours, or 27 quarter
8383 10 hours, in courses related directly to child care or child
8484 11 development are required to be obtained within the total 2
8585 12 years of college credits; or
8686 13 (3) (A) completion of a credentialing program approved
8787 14 in accordance with Section 7.13; (B) completion of 12
8888 15 semester hours, or 18 quarter hours, in courses related to
8989 16 child care or child development from birth to age 12 at an
9090 17 accredited college or university; and (C) 2 years, or
9191 18 3,120 clock hours, in child development experience in a
9292 19 nursery school, kindergarten, or licensed day care center.
9393 20 (b) The child care director of a facility serving more
9494 21 groups of school-age children than groups of preschool
9595 22 children shall have achieved:
9696 23 (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credit
9797 24 from an accredited college or university with 18 semester
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110110 1 physical education, recreation, camping, or other related
111111 2 fields, including courses related to school-age children;
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113113 4 (2) (A) 2 years, or 3,120 clock hours, of child
114114 5 development experience in a recreational program,
115115 6 kindergarten, elementary school, licensed day care center
116116 7 serving school-age children, or license-exempt school-age
117117 8 child care program operated by a public or private school;
118118 9 (B) 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of college
119119 10 credits with 10 semester hours, or 15 quarter hours, in
120120 11 courses related directly to child care or child
121121 12 development, elementary education, physical education,
122122 13 recreation, camping, or other related fields; and (C)
123123 14 proof of enrollment in an accredited college or university
124124 15 until 2 years of college credit have been achieved. A
125125 16 total of 18 semester hours, or 27 quarter hours, in
126126 17 courses related directly to child care or child
127127 18 development, elementary education, physical education,
128128 19 recreation, camping, or other related fields, including
129129 20 courses related to school-age children, is required to be
130130 21 obtained within the total 2 years of college credits; or
131131 22 (3) (A) a bachelor's degree in a major discipline with
132132 23 a focus on a deeper and broader understanding of people
133133 24 such as a human or social science or world history; or (B)
134134 25 a bachelor's degree in secondary education and a
135135 26 subdiscipline with a focus on a deeper and broader
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147147 2 social studies, family studies, human ecology, world
148148 3 history, sociology of education, or Bachelor of Arts
149149 4 degree-socio-psycho- or ethno-linguistics/reading, or
150150 5 related people sciences.
151151 6 (c) When a program or site serves only school-age
152152 7 children, qualifications for the school-age director
153153 8 responsible for multiple sites and the site coordinators shall
154154 9 meet both of the following requirements for education and
155155 10 experience:
156156 11 (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credit
157157 12 from an accredited college or university, with 18 semester
158158 13 hours, or 27 quarter hours, in courses related to
159159 14 school-age childcare, child development, elementary
160160 15 education child care or child development, adolescent or
161161 16 elementary education, physical education, recreation,
162162 17 camping, or other related fields; or any social or human
163163 18 science bachelor's degree; and
164164 19 (2) (A) at least 1,560 clock hours of child
165165 20 development experience in a recreational program, a
166166 21 licensed day care center, or a licensed school serving
167167 22 school-age children; or (B) 160 hours of child development
168168 23 experience in a recreational program, a licensed day care
169169 24 center, or a licensed school serving school-age children,
170170 25 plus 12 semester hours, or 18 quarter hours, acquired in
171171 26 any department of any accredited college in
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182182 1 administration, public administration, social work
183183 2 administration, business administration, organizational
184184 3 science, accounting, or other courses relevant to
185185 4 administering a program and its regulations.
186186 5 (d) Completion of a training program accredited by the
187187 6 American Montessori Society or Association Montessori
188188 7 Internationale may be substituted for the courses directly
189189 8 related to child care or child development required by this
190190 9 Section. A person holding a Montessori preprimary credential
191191 10 may serve as director to children through age 6. A person
192192 11 holding a Montessori primary or elementary credential may
193193 12 serve as director to children 6 years of age or older.
194194 13 (225 ILCS 10/7.12 new)
195195 14 Sec. 7.12. Standards for licensing of early childhood
196196 15 teachers and school-age workers at day care centers.
197197 16 (a) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall
198198 17 be at least 19 years of age.
199199 18 (b) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall
200200 19 have a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.
201201 20 (c) An early childhood teacher responsible for a group of
202202 21 children that includes infants, toddler, or preschool age
203203 22 children shall have achieved:
204204 23 (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credits
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217217 1 child care and child development from birth to age 6;
218218 2 (2) one year, or 1,560 clock hours, of child
219219 3 development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten,
220220 4 or licensed day care center and 30 semester hours, or 45
221221 5 quarter hours, of credits from an accredited college or
222222 6 university with 6 semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, in
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224224 8 development from birth to age 6; or
225225 9 (3) completion of credentialing programs approved by
226226 10 the Department in accordance with Section 7.13.
227227 11 (d) A school-age worker shall be at least 19 years of age
228228 12 and at least 5 years older than the oldest child with whom the
229229 13 school-age worker works.
230230 14 (e) A newly employed school-age worker responsible for
231231 15 only one group of school-age children shall have achieved:
232232 16 (1) (A) 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of
233233 17 credit from an accredited college or university with 6
234234 18 semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, related to: school-age
235235 19 child care, education, or child development, each defined
236236 20 as inclusive of early childhood through adolescence, any
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238238 22 department, subject matter, or teaching methods courses,
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255255 3 world history, sociology of education, or Bachelor of Arts
256256 4 degree-socio-psycho- or ethno-linguistics/reading;
257257 5 (2) 1,560 clock hours of experience in a recreational
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260260 8 program operated by a public or private school and 6
261261 9 semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, of credit from an
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263263 11 child care, child development, adolescent or elementary
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269269 17 school-age children or a license-exempt school-age child
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271271 19 (f) Completion of a training program accredited by the
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289289 1 (g) A person who was deemed qualified as a child care
290290 2 worker or school-age worker prior to January 1, 1985 continues
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293293 5 (h) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers are
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297297 9 their group who are not similarly qualified.
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299299 11 Sec. 7.13. Early childhood teacher credentialing program.
300300 12 (a) The Department shall use the following criteria to
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303303 15 (1) candidates must be at least 18 years of age;
304304 16 (2) candidates must have at least a high school
305305 17 diploma or equivalency certificate; and
306306 18 (3) the credentialing program must require a minimum
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308308 20 past 5 years or 1200 clock hours working with children
309309 21 ages zero to 12 in a public or private school operated
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324324 1 (1) the child care director's recommendation in
325325 2 support of the candidate;
326326 3 (2) a review of the applicant's interaction with
327327 4 children under direct supervision by an impartial person;
328328 5 (3) a minimum of 120 clock hours of broad-based
329329 6 training that has been completed successfully and has been
330330 7 documented. One semester hour of college credits in early
331331 8 childhood education is equivalent to 15 clock hours of
332332 9 formal in-service training. This training may be completed
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334334 11 (A) early childhood education courses at an
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336336 13 (B) documented seminars and workshops pertaining
337337 14 to the growth and education of children zero to 12
338338 15 years of age at educational conferences of recognized
339339 16 national or State associations, agencies, or
340340 17 educational institutions; and
341341 18 (4) a professional resource file or portfolio that
342342 19 demonstrates the understanding of core professional
343343 20 content areas, including, but not limited to, the
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345345 22 (A) principles of child growth and development;
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363363 4 (F) managing an effective program operation;
364364 5 (G) maintaining a commitment to professionalism;
365365 6 (H) observing and recording children's behavior;
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