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Illinois House Bill HB1419 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1419 Introduced , by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 325 ILCS 3/15-30 Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2026, a preschool educational program funded by the Department of Early Childhood may admit children ages 3 to 5 who do not otherwise qualify for program services under the low income or at-risk criteria described under the Act if and only if open enrollment slots are available in the program after all reasonable efforts have been made to fill those slots with qualifying children. Provides that a preschool educational program that admits non-qualifying children must demonstrate, as prescribed by the Department, that it made all reasonable efforts to fill all enrollment slots with qualifying children. Provides that failure to demonstrate such efforts may result in a reduction in the grant amount awarded for the program. Effective July 1, 2026. LRB104 02857 KTG 12867 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1419 Introduced , by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 325 ILCS 3/15-30 325 ILCS 3/15-30 Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2026, a preschool educational program funded by the Department of Early Childhood may admit children ages 3 to 5 who do not otherwise qualify for program services under the low income or at-risk criteria described under the Act if and only if open enrollment slots are available in the program after all reasonable efforts have been made to fill those slots with qualifying children. Provides that a preschool educational program that admits non-qualifying children must demonstrate, as prescribed by the Department, that it made all reasonable efforts to fill all enrollment slots with qualifying children. Provides that failure to demonstrate such efforts may result in a reduction in the grant amount awarded for the program. Effective July 1, 2026. LRB104 02857 KTG 12867 b LRB104 02857 KTG 12867 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2026, a preschool educational program funded by the Department of Early Childhood may admit children ages 3 to 5 who do not otherwise qualify for program services under the low income or at-risk criteria described under the Act if and only if open enrollment slots are available in the program after all reasonable efforts have been made to fill those slots with qualifying children. Provides that a preschool educational program that admits non-qualifying children must demonstrate, as prescribed by the Department, that it made all reasonable efforts to fill all enrollment slots with qualifying children. Provides that failure to demonstrate such efforts may result in a reduction in the grant amount awarded for the program. Effective July 1, 2026.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning children.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Department of Early Childhood Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 15-30 as follows:
16	16	6 (325 ILCS 3/15-30)
17	17	7 Sec. 15-30. Grants for preschool educational programs.
18	18	8 (a) Preschool program.
19	19	9 (1) Through June 30, 2026, The State Board of
20	20	10 Education shall implement and administer a grant program
21	21	11 to conduct voluntary preschool educational programs for
22	22	12 children ages 3 to 5, which include a parent education
23	23	13 component, pursuant to Section 2-3.71 of the School Code.
24	24	14 (2) On and after July 1, 2026, the Department of Early
25	25	15 Childhood shall implement and administer a grant program
26	26	16 for school districts and other eligible entities, as
27	27	17 defined by the Department, to conduct voluntary preschool
28	28	18 educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which
29	29	19 include a parent education component. A public school
30	30	20 district which receives grants under this subsection may
31	31	21 subcontract with other entities that are eligible to
32	32	22 conduct a preschool educational program. These grants must
33	33	23 be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from
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40	40	Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2026, a preschool educational program funded by the Department of Early Childhood may admit children ages 3 to 5 who do not otherwise qualify for program services under the low income or at-risk criteria described under the Act if and only if open enrollment slots are available in the program after all reasonable efforts have been made to fill those slots with qualifying children. Provides that a preschool educational program that admits non-qualifying children must demonstrate, as prescribed by the Department, that it made all reasonable efforts to fill all enrollment slots with qualifying children. Provides that failure to demonstrate such efforts may result in a reduction in the grant amount awarded for the program. Effective July 1, 2026.
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68	68	1 any other source.
69	69	2 (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection
70	70	3 (a), any teacher of preschool children in the program
71	71	4 authorized by this subsection shall hold a Professional
72	72	5 Educator License with an early childhood education
73	73	6 endorsement.
74	74	7 (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and
75	75	8 until the 2028-2029 school year, an individual may teach
76	76	9 preschool children in an early childhood program under
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78	78	11 License with an early childhood education endorsement or
79	79	12 with short-term approval for early childhood education or
80	80	13 he or she pursues a Professional Educator License and
81	81	14 holds any of the following:
82	82	15 (A) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the
83	83	16 Department of Human Services under the Gateways to
84	84	17 Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of
85	85	18 the Department of Human Services Act.
86	86	19 (B) An Educator License with Stipulations with a
87	87	20 transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or
88	88	21 she has (i) passed an early childhood education
89	89	22 content test or (ii) completed no less than 9 semester
90	90	23 hours of postsecondary coursework in the area of early
91	91	24 childhood education.
92	92	25 (4) Through June 30, 2026, the State Board of
93	93	26 Education shall provide the primary source of funding
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104	104	1 through appropriations for the program. On and after July
105	105	2 1, 2026, the Department of Early Childhood shall provide
106	106	3 the primary source of funding through appropriations for
107	107	4 the program. Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a
108	108	5 goal of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit of
109	109	6 all children whose families choose to participate in the
110	110	7 program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded
111	111	8 programs shall be selected through a process giving first
112	112	9 priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk
113	113	10 children and second priority to qualified programs serving
114	114	11 primarily children with a family income of less than 4
115	115	12 times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the
116	116	13 Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and
117	117	14 Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
118	118	15 For purposes of this paragraph (4), at-risk children are
119	119	16 those who because of their home and community environment
120	120	17 are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like
121	121	18 disadvantages to cause them to have been determined as a
122	122	19 result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic
123	123	20 failure. Through June 30, 2026, such screening procedures
124	124	21 shall be based on criteria established by the State Board
125	125	22 of Education. On and after July 1, 2026, such screening
126	126	23 procedures shall be based on criteria established by the
127	127	24 Department of Early Childhood. Except as otherwise
128	128	25 provided in this paragraph (4), grantees under the program
129	129	26 must enter into a memorandum of understanding with the
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140	140	1 appropriate local Head Start agency. This memorandum must
141	141	2 be entered into no later than 3 months after the award of a
142	142	3 grantee's grant under the program and must address
143	143	4 collaboration between the grantee's program and the local
144	144	5 Head Start agency on certain issues, which shall include
145	145	6 without limitation the following:
146	146	7 (A) educational activities, curricular objectives,
147	147	8 and instruction;
148	148	9 (B) public information dissemination and access to
149	149	10 programs for families contacting programs;
150	150	11 (C) service areas;
151	151	12 (D) selection priorities for eligible children to
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153	153	14 (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State
154	154	15 funding to benefit young children;
155	155	16 (F) staff training, including opportunities for
156	156	17 joint staff training;
157	157	18 (G) technical assistance;
158	158	19 (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth
159	159	20 transitions to kindergarten;
160	160	21 (I) provision and use of facilities,
161	161	22 transportation, and other program elements;
162	162	23 (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its
163	163	24 statutory and regulatory requirements;
164	164	25 (K) improving local planning and collaboration;
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176	176	1 (L) providing comprehensive services for the
177	177	2 neediest Illinois children and families. Through June
178	178	3 30, 2026, if the appropriate local Head Start agency
179	179	4 is unable or unwilling to enter into a memorandum of
180	180	5 understanding as required under this paragraph (4),
181	181	6 the memorandum of understanding requirement shall not
182	182	7 apply and the grantee under the program must notify
183	183	8 the State Board of Education in writing of the Head
184	184	9 Start agency's inability or unwillingness. Through
185	185	10 June 30, 2026, the State Board of Education shall
186	186	11 compile all such written notices and make them
187	187	12 available to the public. On and after July 1, 2026, if
188	188	13 the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or
189	189	14 unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding
190	190	15 as required under this paragraph (4), the memorandum
191	191	16 of understanding requirement shall not apply and the
192	192	17 grantee under the program must notify the Department
193	193	18 of Early Childhood in writing of the Head Start
194	194	19 agency's inability or unwillingness. The Department of
195	195	20 Early Childhood shall compile all such written notices
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197	197	22 (4.5) Notwithstanding any other provision under this
198	198	23 Section, beginning on July 1, 2026, a preschool
199	199	24 educational program funded by the Department of Early
200	200	25 Childhood may admit children ages 3 to 5 who do not
201	201	26 otherwise qualify for program services under the low
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212	212	1 income or at-risk criteria described in paragraph (4) if
213	213	2 and only if open enrollment slots are available in the
214	214	3 program after all reasonable efforts have been made to
215	215	4 fill those slots with qualifying children. A preschool
216	216	5 educational program that admits non-qualifying children
217	217	6 must demonstrate, as prescribed by the Department, that it
218	218	7 made all reasonable efforts to fill all enrollment slots
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220	220	9 efforts may result in a reduction in the grant amount
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222	222	11 (5) Through June 30, 2026, the State Board of
223	223	12 Education shall develop and provide evaluation tools,
224	224	13 including tests, that school districts and other eligible
225	225	14 entities may use to evaluate children for school readiness
226	226	15 prior to age 5. The State Board of Education shall require
227	227	16 school districts and other eligible entities to obtain
228	228	17 consent from the parents or guardians of children before
229	229	18 any evaluations are conducted. The State Board of
230	230	19 Education shall encourage local school districts and other
231	231	20 eligible entities to evaluate the population of preschool
232	232	21 children in their communities and provide preschool
233	233	22 programs, pursuant to this subsection, where appropriate.
234	234	23 (5.1) On and after July 1, 2026, the Department of
235	235	24 Early Childhood shall develop and provide evaluation
236	236	25 tools, including tests, that school districts and other
237	237	26 eligible entities may use to evaluate children for school
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248	248	1 readiness prior to age 5. The Department of Early
249	249	2 Childhood shall require school districts and other
250	250	3 eligible entities to obtain consent from the parents or
251	251	4 guardians of children before any evaluations are
252	252	5 conducted. The Department of Early Childhood shall
253	253	6 encourage local school districts and other eligible
254	254	7 entities to evaluate the population of preschool children
255	255	8 in their communities and provide preschool programs,
256	256	9 pursuant to this subsection, where appropriate.
257	257	10 (6) Through June 30, 2026, the State Board of
258	258	11 Education shall report to the General Assembly by November
259	259	12 1, 2018 and every 2 years thereafter on the results and
260	260	13 progress of students who were enrolled in preschool
261	261	14 educational programs, including an assessment of which
262	262	15 programs have been most successful in promoting academic
263	263	16 excellence and alleviating academic failure. Through June
264	264	17 30, 2026, the State Board of Education shall assess the
265	265	18 academic progress of all students who have been enrolled
266	266	19 in preschool educational programs. Through Fiscal Year
267	267	20 2026, on or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which
268	268	21 the General Assembly provides funding for new programs
269	269	22 under paragraph (4) of this Section, the State Board of
270	270	23 Education shall report to the General Assembly on what
271	271	24 percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving
272	272	25 primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding
273	273	26 was provided to programs serving primarily children with a
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287	287	4 (6.1) On and after July 1, 2026, the Department of
288	288	5 Early Childhood shall report to the General Assembly by
289	289	6 November 1, 2026 and every 2 years thereafter on the
290	290	7 results and progress of students who were enrolled in
291	291	8 preschool educational programs, including an assessment of
292	292	9 which programs have been most successful in promoting
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295	295	12 shall assess the academic progress of all students who
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297	297	14 Beginning in Fiscal Year 2027, on or before November 1 of
298	298	15 each fiscal year in which the General Assembly provides
299	299	16 funding for new programs under paragraph (4) of this
300	300	17 Section, the Department of Early Childhood shall report to
301	301	18 the General Assembly on what percentage of new funding was
302	302	19 provided to programs serving primarily at-risk children,
303	303	20 what percentage of new funding was provided to programs
304	304	21 serving primarily children with a family income of less
305	305	22 than 4 times the federal poverty level, and what
306	306	23 percentage of new funding was provided to other programs.
307	307	24 (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the
308	308	25 preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are
309	309	26 employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups,
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320	320	1 early childhood programs receiving State funds under this
321	321	2 subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned
322	322	3 transitions to settings that are able to better meet a
323	323	4 child's needs are not considered expulsion under this
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325	325	6 (A) When persistent and serious challenging
326	326	7 behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall
327	327	8 document steps taken to ensure that the child can
328	328	9 participate safely in the program; including
329	329	10 observations of initial and ongoing challenging
330	330	11 behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention
331	331	12 plans to address the behaviors, and communication with
332	332	13 the parent or legal guardian, including participation
333	333	14 of the parent or legal guardian in planning and
334	334	15 decision-making.
335	335	16 (B) The early childhood program shall, with
336	336	17 parental or legal guardian consent as required, use a
337	337	18 range of community resources, if available and deemed
338	338	19 necessary, including, but not limited to,
339	339	20 developmental screenings, referrals to programs and
340	340	21 services administered by a local educational agency or
341	341	22 early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the
342	342	23 federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act,
343	343	24 and consultation with infant and early childhood
344	344	25 mental health consultants and the child's health care
345	345	26 provider. The program shall document attempts to
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356	356	1 engage these resources, including parent or legal
357	357	2 guardian participation and consent attempted and
358	358	3 obtained. Communication with the parent or legal
359	359	4 guardian shall take place in a culturally and
360	360	5 linguistically competent manner.
361	361	6 (C) If there is documented evidence that all
362	362	7 available interventions and supports recommended by a
363	363	8 qualified professional have been exhausted and the
364	364	9 program determines in its professional judgment that
365	365	10 transitioning a child to another program is necessary
366	366	11 for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and
367	367	12 staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both
368	368	13 the current and pending programs shall create a
369	369	14 transition plan designed to ensure continuity of
370	370	15 services and the comprehensive development of the
371	371	16 child. Communication with families shall occur in a
372	372	17 culturally and linguistically competent manner.
373	373	18 (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a
374	374	19 parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily
375	375	20 withdraw his or her child from an early childhood
376	376	21 program. Early childhood programs shall request and
377	377	22 keep on file, when received, a written statement from
378	378	23 the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for
379	379	24 his or her decision to withdraw his or her child.
380	380	25 (E) In the case of the determination of a serious
381	381	26 safety threat to a child or others or in the case of
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392	392	1 behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6
393	393	2 of the School Code, the temporary removal of a child
394	394	3 from attendance in group settings may be used.
395	395	4 Temporary removal of a child from attendance in a
396	396	5 group setting shall trigger the process detailed in
397	397	6 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7),
398	398	7 with the child placed back in a group setting as
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400	400	9 (F) Early childhood programs may use and the
401	401	10 Department of Early Childhood, State Board of
402	402	11 Education, the Department of Human Services, and the
403	403	12 Department of Children and Family Services shall
404	404	13 recommend training, technical support, and
405	405	14 professional development resources to improve the
406	406	15 ability of teachers, administrators, program
407	407	16 directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional
408	408	17 development and behavioral health, to address
409	409	18 challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and
410	410	19 trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family
411	411	20 engagement with diverse populations, the impact of
412	412	21 implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of
413	413	22 reflective practice techniques. Support shall include
414	414	23 the availability of resources to contract with infant
415	415	24 and early childhood mental health consultants.
416	416	25 (G) Through June 30, 2026, early childhood
417	417	26 programs shall annually report to the State Board of
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428	428	1 Education, and, beginning in Fiscal Year 2020, the
429	429	2 State Board of Education shall make available on a
430	430	3 biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the
431	431	4 following data for children from birth to age 5 who are
432	432	5 served by the program:
433	433	6 (i) Total number served over the course of the
434	434	7 program year and the total number of children who
435	435	8 left the program during the program year.
436	436	9 (ii) Number of planned transitions to another
437	437	10 program due to children's behavior, by children's
438	438	11 race, gender, disability, language, class/group
439	439	12 size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program
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441	441	14 (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child
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443	443	16 safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this
444	444	17 paragraph (7), by children's race, gender,
445	445	18 disability, language, class/group size,
446	446	19 teacher-child ratio, and length of program day.
447	447	20 (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood
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451	451	24 (G-5) On and after July 1, 2026, early childhood
452	452	25 programs shall annually report to the Department of
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464	464	1 the Department of Early Childhood shall make available
465	465	2 on a biennial basis, in a report, all of the following
466	466	3 data for children from birth to age 5 who are served by
467	467	4 the program:
468	468	5 (i) Total number served over the course of the
469	469	6 program year and the total number of children who
470	470	7 left the program during the program year.
471	471	8 (ii) Number of planned transitions to another
472	472	9 program due to children's behavior, by children's
473	473	10 race, gender, disability, language, class/group
474	474	11 size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program
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476	476	13 (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child
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478	478	15 safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this
479	479	16 paragraph (7), by children's race, gender,
480	480	17 disability, language, class/group size,
481	481	18 teacher-child ratio, and length of program day.
482	482	19 (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood
483	483	20 mental health consultant contact with program
484	484	21 leaders, staff, and families over the program
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486	486	23 (H) Changes to services for children with an
487	487	24 individualized education program or individual family
488	488	25 service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent
489	489	26 with the federal Individuals with Disabilities
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500	500	1 Education Act.
501	501	2 The Department of Early Childhood, in consultation
502	502	3 with the Department of Children and Family Services, shall
503	503	4 adopt rules to administer this paragraph (7).
504	504	5 (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
505	505	6 grantees may serve children ages 0 to 12 of essential workers
506	506	7 if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
507	507	8 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
508	508	9 Management Agency Act. The Department of Early Childhood may
509	509	10 adopt rules to administer this subsection.
510	510	11 (Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 6-25-24.)
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