Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Early Childhood Act. Requires the Department of Early Childhood to establish an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) to make equity driven, inclusive, and data-informed decisions that create a simpler, better, and fairer system for all Illinois children and families. Provides that the Department shall develop public analytic portals and query tools for parents and communities to access aggregated integrated data from the ECIDS system to the extent permitted by State and federal confidentiality requirements.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2: Requires the Early Childhood Integrated Data System to be designed and maintained to allow for data integration and sharing with other State agencies and other entities that maintain State data within the State early childhood ecosystem as needed for cross-agency collaboration and to the extent permitted by State and federal requirements.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 105 ILCS 5/1
Engrossed: 325 ILCS 3/1
Enrolled: 325 ILCS 3/1