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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 9A-11.2 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/9A-11.2 new)
7    Sec. 9A-11.2. Workforce study. The Department shall 
8conduct and regularly update a study on the early childhood 
9workforce at least once every 3 years. The study shall: 
10        (a) describe the professional development system for 
11    the early childhood workforce and characteristics of the 
12    workforce;
13        (b) determine compensation levels that are sufficient 
14    to attract, support, and retain a workforce of high-quality 
15    child care providers by doing the following: 
16            (1) ensuring fair and competitive compensation for 
17        high-quality child care providers;
18            (2) recognizing child care providers who have the 
19        specialized knowledge and competencies of early 
20        childhood educators; and
21            (3) recognizing child care providers who offer a 
22        rich learning environment, use evidence-based 
23        classroom practices, and have provider competencies in 
 
 
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1        engaging in stimulating, warm, and responsive 
2        adult-child interactions; and 
3    (c) make recommendations to help create an accessible and 
4well-supported career advancement pathway and estimate the 
5providers' costs of implementing training and professional 
6development, including the compensation levels described in 
7subsection (b); and
8    (d) describe how the Department can set provider payment 
9rates sufficient to allow providers to achieve the compensation 
10levels identified in subsection (b). 
11    The Department shall conduct the study required under this 
12Section by carrying out a cost of quality study or survey that 
13the Department is currently conducting, as a requirement of its 
14State plan under Section 658E of the Child Care and Development 
15Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c), and utilize the 
16information to set base payment rates.