Amends the School Code regarding the establishment of kindergartens. With respect to a provision stating that kindergarten should provide opportunities for play-based learning, defines: (1) "play-based learning" as either guided play or student-initiated play; (2) "guided play" as intentional teacher-directed play with activities set up and led by a teacher that are aligned to learning goals or standards; and (3) "student-initiated play" as child-selected opportunities to build, pretend, create, move, or explore in an environment intentionally curated by a teacher to align with learning goals or standards.
House Floor Amendment No. 2: Rearranges the definitions of "guided play" and "student-initiated play", and corrects reference errors.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Changes the term "guided play" to "teacher-initiated play".

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 105 ILCS 5/10
Engrossed: 105 ILCS 5/10
Enrolled: 105 ILCS 5/10