Full Text of HB2495 103rd General Assembly
HB2495 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2495 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 10/7.11 new | | 225 ILCS 10/7.12 new | | 225 ILCS 10/7.13 new | |
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides qualifications for child care directors, early childhood teachers, and school-age workers at day care centers. Provides criteria that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall use to review and approve early childhood teacher credentialing programs.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding | 5 | | Sections 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, and 7.14 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/7.11 new) | 7 | | Sec. 7.11. Standards for licensing of child care director | 8 | | at day care center. | 9 | | (a) The child care director of a facility serving the same | 10 | | number of groups of preschool and school-age children or more | 11 | | groups of preschool children than groups of school-age | 12 | | children shall have achieved: | 13 | | (1) (A) 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of | 14 | | credit from an accredited college or university with 18 | 15 | | semester hours or 27 quarter hours in courses related | 16 | | directly to child care or child development from birth to | 17 | | age 12; (B) a bachelor's degree with a major focusing on a | 18 | | human or social science or world history; or (C) a | 19 | | secondary school education degree and subdiscipline with a | 20 | | focus on human or social science, including, but not | 21 | | limited to, social studies, family studies, human ecology, | 22 | | world history, sociology of education, or Bachelor of Arts | 23 | | degree-socio-psycho- or ethno-linguistics/reading. |
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| 1 | | (2) (A) 2 years, or 3,120 clock hours, of child | 2 | | development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten, | 3 | | elementary school, or licensed day care center; (B) 30 | 4 | | semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of college credits | 5 | | with 10 semester hours, or 15 quarter hours, in courses | 6 | | related directly to child care or child development; and | 7 | | (C) proof of enrollment in an accredited college or | 8 | | university until 2 years of college credit has been | 9 | | achieved. A total of 18 semester hours, or 27 quarter | 10 | | hours, in courses related directly to child care or child | 11 | | development are required to be obtained within the total 2 | 12 | | years of college credits; or | 13 | | (3) (A) completion of a credentialing program approved | 14 | | in accordance with Section 7.13; (B) completion of 12 | 15 | | semester hours, or 18 quarter hours, in courses related to | 16 | | child care or child development from birth to age 12 at an | 17 | | accredited college or university; and (C) 2 years, or | 18 | | 3,120 clock hours, in child development experience in a | 19 | | nursery school, kindergarten, or licensed day care center. | 20 | | (b) The child care director of a facility serving more | 21 | | groups of school-age children than groups of preschool | 22 | | children shall have achieved: | 23 | | (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credit | 24 | | from an accredited college or university with 18 semester | 25 | | hours or 27 quarter hours in courses related to child care | 26 | | or child development, elementary school education, |
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| 1 | | physical education, recreation, camping, or other related | 2 | | fields, including courses related to school-age children; | 3 | | or | 4 | | (2) (A) 2 years, or 3,120 clock hours, of child | 5 | | development experience in a recreational program, | 6 | | kindergarten, elementary school, licensed day care center | 7 | | serving school-age children, or license-exempt school-age | 8 | | child care program operated by a public or private school; | 9 | | (B) 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of college | 10 | | credits with 10 semester hours, or 15 quarter hours, in | 11 | | courses related directly to child care or child | 12 | | development, elementary education, physical education, | 13 | | recreation, camping, or other related fields; and (C) | 14 | | proof of enrollment in an accredited college or university | 15 | | until 2 years of college credit have been achieved. A | 16 | | total of 18 semester hours, or 27 quarter hours, in | 17 | | courses related directly to child care or child | 18 | | development, elementary education, physical education, | 19 | | recreation, camping, or other related fields, including | 20 | | courses related to school-age children, is required to be | 21 | | obtained within the total 2 years of college credits; or | 22 | | (3) (A) a bachelor's degree in a major discipline with | 23 | | a focus on a deeper and broader understanding of people | 24 | | such as a human or social science or world history; or (B) | 25 | | a bachelor's degree in secondary education and a | 26 | | subdiscipline with a focus on a deeper and broader |
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| 1 | | understanding of people such as a human or social science, | 2 | | social studies, family studies, human ecology, world | 3 | | history, sociology of education, or Bachelor of Arts | 4 | | degree-socio-psycho- or ethno-linguistics/reading, or | 5 | | related people sciences. | 6 | | (c) When a program or site serves only school-age | 7 | | children, qualifications for the school-age director | 8 | | responsible for multiple sites and the site coordinators shall | 9 | | meet both of the following requirements for education and | 10 | | experience: | 11 | | (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credit | 12 | | from an accredited college or university, with 18 semester | 13 | | hours, or 27 quarter hours, in courses related to | 14 | | school-age childcare, child development, elementary | 15 | | education child care or child development, adolescent or | 16 | | elementary education, physical education, recreation, | 17 | | camping, or other related fields; or any social or human | 18 | | science bachelor's degree; and | 19 | | (2) (A) at least 1,560 clock hours of child | 20 | | development experience in a recreational program, a | 21 | | licensed day care center, or a licensed school serving | 22 | | school-age children; or (B) 160 hours of child development | 23 | | experience in a recreational program, a licensed day care | 24 | | center, or a licensed school serving school-age children, | 25 | | plus 12 semester hours, or 18 quarter hours, acquired in | 26 | | any department of any accredited college in |
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| 1 | | administration, public administration, social work | 2 | | administration, business administration, organizational | 3 | | science, accounting, or other courses relevant to | 4 | | administering a program and its regulations. | 5 | | (d) Completion of a training program accredited by the | 6 | | American Montessori Society or Association Montessori | 7 | | Internationale may be substituted for the courses directly | 8 | | related to child care or child development required by this | 9 | | Section. A person holding a Montessori preprimary credential | 10 | | may serve as director to children through age 6. A person | 11 | | holding a Montessori primary or elementary credential may | 12 | | serve as director to children 6 years of age or older. | 13 | | (225 ILCS 10/7.12 new) | 14 | | Sec. 7.12. Standards for licensing of early childhood | 15 | | teachers and school-age workers at day care centers. | 16 | | (a) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall | 17 | | be at least 19 years of age. | 18 | | (b) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall | 19 | | have a high school diploma or equivalency certificate. | 20 | | (c) An early childhood teacher responsible for a group of | 21 | | children that includes infants, toddler, or preschool age | 22 | | children shall have achieved: | 23 | | (1) 60 semester hours, or 90 quarter hours, of credits | 24 | | from an accredited college or university with 6 semester | 25 | | hours, or 9 quarter hours, in courses related directly to |
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| 1 | | child care and child development from birth to age 6; | 2 | | (2) one year, or 1,560 clock hours, of child | 3 | | development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten, | 4 | | or licensed day care center and 30 semester hours, or 45 | 5 | | quarter hours, of credits from an accredited college or | 6 | | university with 6 semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, in | 7 | | courses related directly to child care and child | 8 | | development from birth to age 6; or | 9 | | (3) completion of credentialing programs approved by | 10 | | the Department in accordance with Section 7.13. | 11 | | (d) A school-age worker shall be at least 19 years of age | 12 | | and at least 5 years older than the oldest child with whom the | 13 | | school-age worker works. | 14 | | (e) A newly employed school-age worker responsible for | 15 | | only one group of school-age children shall have achieved: | 16 | | (1) (A) 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of | 17 | | credit from an accredited college or university with 6 | 18 | | semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, related to: school-age | 19 | | child care, education, or child development, each defined | 20 | | as inclusive of early childhood through adolescence, any | 21 | | social or human science courses from any university | 22 | | department, subject matter, or teaching methods courses, | 23 | | physical education, recreation, camping, or other related | 24 | | fields; (B) a bachelor's degree with a major focusing on a | 25 | | human or social science or world history; or (C) a | 26 | | secondary school education degree and subdiscipline with a |
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| 1 | | focus on human or social science, including, but not | 2 | | limited to, social studies, family studies, human ecology, | 3 | | world history, sociology of education, or Bachelor of Arts | 4 | | degree-socio-psycho- or ethno-linguistics/reading; | 5 | | (2) 1,560 clock hours of experience in a recreational | 6 | | program, licensed day care center serving school-age | 7 | | children, or a license-exempt school-age child care | 8 | | program operated by a public or private school and 6 | 9 | | semester hours, or 9 quarter hours, of credit from an | 10 | | accredited college or university related to school-age | 11 | | child care, child development, adolescent or elementary | 12 | | education, physical education, recreation, camping, or | 13 | | other related fields; or | 14 | | (3) a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, | 15 | | plus 3,120 clock hours of experience in a recreational | 16 | | program, kindergarten, or licensed day care center serving | 17 | | school-age children or a license-exempt school-age child | 18 | | care program operated by a public or private school. | 19 | | (f) Completion of a training program accredited by the | 20 | | American Montessori Society or Association Montessori | 21 | | Internationale may be substituted for the courses directly | 22 | | related to child care or child development required by this | 23 | | Section. A person holding a Montessori preprimary credential | 24 | | may supervise children through age 6. A person holding a | 25 | | Montessori primary or elementary credential may supervise | 26 | | children 6 years of age or older. |
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| 1 | | (g) A person who was deemed qualified as a child care | 2 | | worker or school-age worker prior to January 1, 1985 continues | 3 | | to be deemed qualified as an early childhood teacher or | 4 | | school-age worker. | 5 | | (h) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers are | 6 | | responsible for the planning and supervision of a group of | 7 | | children. Early childhood workers and school-age workers are | 8 | | also responsible for supervising persons assigned to assist | 9 | | their group who are not similarly qualified. | 10 | | (225 ILCS 10/7.13 new) | 11 | | Sec. 7.13. Early childhood teacher credentialing program. | 12 | | (a) The Department shall use the following criteria to | 13 | | review and approve early childhood teacher credentialing | 14 | | programs: | 15 | | (1) candidates must be at least 18 years of age; | 16 | | (2) candidates must have at least a high school | 17 | | diploma or equivalency certificate; and | 18 | | (3) the credentialing program must require a minimum | 19 | | of 640 clock hours of documented experience within the | 20 | | past 5 years or 1200 clock hours working with children | 21 | | ages zero to 12 in a public or private school operated | 22 | | nursery school, kindergarten, licensed day care center, or | 23 | | in a public or a private elementary school for a minimum of | 24 | | one school year. | 25 | | (b) The credentialing process must include: |
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| 1 | | (1) the child care director's recommendation in | 2 | | support of the candidate; | 3 | | (2) a review of the applicant's interaction with | 4 | | children under direct supervision by an impartial person; | 5 | | (3) a minimum of 120 clock hours of broad-based | 6 | | training that has been completed successfully and has been | 7 | | documented. One semester hour of college credits in early | 8 | | childhood education is equivalent to 15 clock hours of | 9 | | formal in-service training. This training may be completed | 10 | | through: | 11 | | (A) early childhood education courses at an | 12 | | accredited college or university; or | 13 | | (B) documented seminars and workshops pertaining | 14 | | to the growth and education of children zero to 12 | 15 | | years of age at educational conferences of recognized | 16 | | national or State associations, agencies, or | 17 | | educational institutions; and | 18 | | (4) a professional resource file or portfolio that | 19 | | demonstrates the understanding of core professional | 20 | | content areas, including, but not limited to, the | 21 | | following: | 22 | | (A) principles of child growth and development; | 23 | | (B) planning a safe, healthy learning environment; | 24 | | (C) advancing children's physical and intellectual | 25 | | development; | 26 | | (D) supporting children's social and emotional |
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| 1 | | development; | 2 | | (E) establishing productive relationships among | 3 | | family, school, and community; | 4 | | (F) managing an effective program operation; | 5 | | (G) maintaining a commitment to professionalism; | 6 | | (H) observing and recording children's behavior; | 7 | | and | 8 | | (I) understanding the development of children's | 9 | | language.
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