Legislation
Governor Signs FY2022 State Budget into Law
Governor Pritzker signed the FY2022 state budget into law on ...
Biden’s American Families Plan to Provide Universal Preschool and Expanded Access to Child Care
President Biden has announced a plan to invest in universal ...
Illinois Passes Bill to Increase Home Visiting, Doula Services
The Illinois Senate has approved the Health Care and Human ...
U.S. Congress Passes American Rescue Plan Act
Earlier this week, House lawmakers sent a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 ...
Governor Pritzker Signs Education Bill (HB 2170)
Governor Pritzker has signed the Education and Workforce Equity Act ...
Early Childhood Apprenticeship Bills Progressing in Congress
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan ...
Illinois General Assembly Passes Education Omnibus Bill
The Illinois General Assembly has passed HB2170, a bill designed ...
Year-End COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes $10 Billion for Child Care
Congress has passed a $900 billion end-of-the-year relief bill that ...
Senators Introduce Bill to Provide Relief to Child Care Sector
Three U.S. senators have introduced the Child Care is Essential Act – ...
Federal Small Business Relief Programs Replenished
A new bill, passed this week, will replenish funding for ...
Child Care Organizations Call for More Federal Relief
In a new letter to Congress, a dozen national child ...
U.S. Congress Passes Third Stimulus Package Containing Early Childhood Provisions
A third stimulus package (H.R. 748, CARES Act) was passed ...
Congress Includes Relief for Child Care Industry in COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
On Wednesday night, March 25th, the U.S. Senate passed the ...
Proposed Coronavirus Assistance Bill Includes $600 Million for Early Childhood Programs
The U.S. House and Senate have introduced bills that would ...
Legislation to Alleviate DCFS Case Worker Shortage Passes Illinois House
A bill to allow individuals with criminal justice backgrounds to ...
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Support Nonprofit Child Care Providers
This week two members of Congress introduced the bipartisan Small ...
Summary of 2019 Illinois Early Childhood Legislation Now Available
The Ounce of Prevention has released a summary of the ...
Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Improve Pre-K Leadership
As publicly-funded pre-K programs are becoming more common in elementary ...
UIC Researchers Investigate Illinois Early Childhood Programs’ Expulsion Practices
Researchers from University of Illinois at Chicago have conducted a ...
Illinois Early Childhood Funding Sees Boost of $50 Million in New State Budget
The Illinois House finished up what was perhaps the most ...
Illinois Legislators to Consider a Bill Requiring Children to Start School by Age Five
Illinois legislators are considering a bill that says children must ...
NCSL Report Lists New Early Care and Education Bills Signed into Law Across the US in 2018
The National Conference of State Legislature (NCSL) has tracked 2018 ...