Raising Illinois Celebrates Smart Start Inclusion in FY24 Budget

$170 million (41.4%) increase for the child care system at the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), which will expand the Child Care Assistance Program ...

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SMART START ILLINOIS ...

Today, the Illinois General Assembly passed the FY24 state budget (SB250), which includes funding for Governor Pritzker's Smart Start Illinois ...

Raising Illinois' Response to Governor JB Pritzker's Proposed FY ...

Raising Illinois applauds the Smart Start Illinois initiative proposed by Governor Pritzker in his FY24 Budget Address · $75 million for preschool services and ...

Gov. Pritzker Highlights Childcare Efforts in Villa Park, Champaign

In Champaign, the Governor stopped at First United Methodist Child Care Center, where he highlighted the $3M of Smart Start Childcare funding.

Our Response to the Approved Illinois Fiscal Year 2024 State Budget

... funding aligned with Governor Pritzker's Smart Start Illinois plan ... Sims), the FY24 budget implementation bill, which: Makes permanent ...

Illinois State Budget Fiscal Year 2024

We've built a strong fiscal foundation, the cornerstone of everything we need to improve the lives of Illinoisans. We must continue the hard ...

Governor Pritzker visits Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center to ...

Governor Pritzker visits Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center to discuss FY24 budget proposal ... start on tt we have observed that pre K ...

Our Response to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's Proposed Annual ...

“We thank Governor Pritzker for proposing the Smart Start Illinois initiative, a robust structure for strengthening and growing early child ...

Gov. Pritzker celebrates Smart Start Illinois investments in early ...

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Illinois Senate approves $53.1B budget. Here's what you need to know

The budget for fiscal year 2025, starting on July 1, creates just shy of $53.3 billion in revenues and passed in a 38-21 vote.

Illinois General Assembly Approves Budget Increases for Early ...

This increase is part of a nearly 300 million dollar new state budget for early childhood care and education which aligns with Governor J.B. ...

Illinois Action for Children Responds to Fiscal Year 2025 State ...

In addition, the budget includes appropriations for year two of the Smart Start Illinois initiative that will increase preschool slots, ...

From The Desk—On the 103rd Legislative Session - Advance Illinois

The session included historic investment in education and endorsement of Smart Start Illinois, a multi-year vision for early childhood and care ...

From the Desk—Reflecting on A Significant Year for Illinois Education

Governor Pritzker's Smart Start Illinois comes with the ambitious goal of closing early childhood deserts and reaching another 20,000 ...

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Budget 2024/2025

But it is only the start of a troubling financial forecast. Without a significant increase in revenue, our five-year financial outlook shows CPS ...

2024 Budget Overview | City of Chicago

total of $76 million of our FY24 budget, an increase of $11 million. We are doubling funding for our City department student intern program to support over ...

FY24-Budget-Book.pdf - Illinois State Board of Education

Nearly $1.6 billion invested in Illinois schools via EBF Tiers has allowed schools to increase instructional quality; add additional staffing;.

General Assembly Passes Budget and Bills to Support Early Care ...

$158.5 million for the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to support Smart Start Workforce Contracts and the Child Care Assistance Program; $75 ...

State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2023:

A number of states provided funding to increase early educators' wages, benefits, and professional development opportunities in an effort to ...

2030 ACTION PLAN STATUS UPDATE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...

May-June based on the FY24 budgets ... planned for summer M-Cubed smart start; continued work to update technology. ... Sequencing and transitioning important - ...