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Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/19/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2766
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2766 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 10-65 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1305/10-65 new) |
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| Sec. 10-65. Gateways to Opportunity. |
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| (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of |
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| Human Services shall operate a Gateways to Opportunity program, |
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| a comprehensive professional development system. The goal of |
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| Gateways to Opportunity is to support a diverse, stable, and |
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| quality workforce for settings serving children and youth, |
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| specifically to: |
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| (1) enhance the quality of services; |
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| (2) increase positive outcomes for children and youth; |
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| and |
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| (3) advance the availability of coursework and |
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| training related to quality services for children and |
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| youth. |
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| (b) The Department shall award Gateways to Opportunity |
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| credentials to early care and education, school-age, and youth |
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| development practitioners. The credentials shall validate an |
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| individual's qualifications and shall be issued based on a |
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| variety of professional achievements in field experience, |
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| knowledge and skills, educational attainment, and training |
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| accomplishments. The Department shall adopt rules outlining |
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| the framework for awarding credentials. |
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| (c) The Gateways to Opportunity program shall identify |
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| professional knowledge guidelines for practitioners serving |
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| children and youth. The professional knowledge guidelines |
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| shall define what all adults who work with children and youth |
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| need to know, understand, and be able to demonstrate to support |
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| children's and youth's development, school readiness, and |
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| school success. The Department shall adopt rules to identify |
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| content areas, alignment with other professional standards, |
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| and competency levels.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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