Bill > HB3618

This bill amends the Department of Early Childhood Act by adding new provisions requiring the Department to establish an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS), which is a comprehensive data platform designed to help the department make more equitable and informed decisions about children's services. The ECIDS will enable the department to create a more streamlined and fair system for Illinois children and families by collecting and analyzing integrated data. Importantly, the bill mandates that the Department develop public analytic portals and query tools that will allow parents and community members to access aggregated (summarized and anonymized) data from the system, while still maintaining strict confidentiality protections as required by state and federal regulations. This means that while detailed individual information will remain private, broader insights about early childhood services and outcomes will be made transparently available to the public, potentially helping stakeholders better understand and improve child-related services and programs.

Education

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3618&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104