Full Text of SR0862 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 862
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 862, AS | 3 | | AMENDED, by deleting everything after the heading and | 4 | | replacing it with the following:
| 5 | | "WHEREAS, Unlike families with standard work schedules, | 6 | | those with nonstandard schedules often need care for their | 7 | | children outside of the hours when licensed child care | 8 | | programs typically operate; in addition, nonstandard work | 9 | | schedules may conflict with valuable aspects of family life, | 10 | | such as dining together, doing homework, reading, and | 11 | | completing bedtime routines; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, there are child care centers and | 13 | | child care homes licensed and regulated by the Department of | 14 | | Children and Family Services as well as Family, Friend, and | 15 | | Neighbor home providers that are license-exempt, but limited | 16 | | to care for three children; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, we utilize the Child Care Assistance | 2 | | Program at the Department of Human Services to assist parents | 3 | | with low incomes in paying for child care while they work or | 4 | | while they are in school or training; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a vested interest in ensuring that | 6 | | our working parents, regardless of income status, can provide | 7 | | their children with appropriate child care when they are at | 8 | | work; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
| 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Child Care | 11 | | Advisory Council shall
be charged with the task of producing | 12 | | recommendations on
off-hour child care to build more capacity | 13 | | in Illinois and to
better accommodate the needs of children | 14 | | when care is needed
during nonstandard hours; in addition to | 15 | | the goals stated
above, the Council shall consider at a | 16 | | minimum:
| 17 | | (1) Creating working definitions for nonstandard work | 18 | | schedule and off-hour child care;
| 19 | | (2) Determining the availability of and need for | 20 | | off-hour child care in Illinois, with a particular focus | 21 | | on care available to infants and toddlers;
| 22 | | (3) Evaluating the different placement types of child | 23 | | care with the intent to ensure that children are being |
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| 1 | | best cared for in the least restrictive manner and that | 2 | | the parents are not being unduly burdened with accessing | 3 | | this child care during nontraditional child care hours, | 4 | | with attention paid to availability for children with | 5 | | disabilities, English learners, and other relevant | 6 | | priority populations;
| 7 | | (4) Evaluating the demand for off-hour child care and | 8 | | evaluating the current CCAP enrolled families to determine | 9 | | their work schedules and child care timing needs; and
| 10 | | (5) Making recommendations on:
| 11 | | (a) Better alignment of child care assistance | 12 | | policies with the work schedules and employment | 13 | | circumstances of families;
| 14 | | (b) Encouraging expanded hours and variable | 15 | | scheduling options in all types of care;
| 16 | | (c) Enhancing child care quality for children | 17 | | whose parents work nonstandard and unstable schedules; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | (d) How to reduce the need for off-hour care; and | 20 | | be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services' Division | 22 | | of Early Childhood shall provide administrative support for | 23 | | the Council; and be it further
| 24 | | RESOLVED, That the Council shall submit its final report |
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| 1 | | to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2022; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That if the Council is unable to conclude its | 4 | | work within the 102nd General Assembly, notice shall be | 5 | | provided to the General Assembly before any special sessions | 6 | | or veto session after the regular spring session that an | 7 | | extension is needed to ensure that all the necessary research | 8 | | and evaluation has been completed satisfactorily; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | delivered to the Child Care Advisory Council.".
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