Measure to create new state agency for childhood services now on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk
The Illinois House on Thursday passed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initiative to consolidate early childhood services under a single agency, paving the way for the creation of a new state Department of Early Childhood.
“We can make early childhood simpler, better and fairer,” Democratic Rep. Mary Beth Canty of Arlington Heights, the bill’s main backer in the House, said Thursday. The state Senate passed the bill in a 56-0 vote, and it now heads to the governor’s desk.
