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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The first years of a child's life are when the 
3most rapid brain development happens and lays the foundation 
4for all future learning; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Children's cognitive, physical, social and 
6emotional, and language and literacy development are built on 
7a foundation of children's positive interactions with adults, 
8peers, and their environment; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, As of 2019, 6% of children in our State have all 
10available parents in the workforce; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, High-quality early care and education can help 
12ameliorate the effects of poverty, detect and remediate 
13delays, identify and help prevent child neglect, and lead to 
14positive outcomes for individual children, helping them be 
15better prepared for school and more likely to succeed in life; 
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17    WHEREAS, The average wage for child care providers, who 
18are skilled and valuable front-line professionals and who have 
19risked their health to provide education and care during a 
20global pandemic, is less than $12 per hour, with Black and 
21Latina child care workers making even less; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The essential yet chronically undervalued child 
2care sector has sacrificed and struggled to serve children and 
3families since the start of the COVID pandemic; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, 2021 marks the  50th anniversary of the Week of 
5the Young Child designed to recognize and advance the early 
6childhood education profession; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 10 to 
9April 16, 2021 as the Week of the Young Child in the State of 
10Illinois; and be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That we declare April 30, 2021 as El Dia Del Niņo 
12(Children's Day) in the State of Illinois.