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of components consistent with specified standards published by the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center and the Youth Technical Assistance Center under grants from the federal Department of Education , ( ii ) the Division of Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Human Services shall collect data concerning the successes and challenges of the program and shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on March 1st of each year beginning in 2026 until the program terminates , and ( iii ) the Customized Employment Demonstration Program shall have a goal of serving at least 75 individuals ( rather than 100 individuals ) by July 1 , 2027 .
• Public Act 103-916 Amends the Condominium Property Act , providing that the board of managers of a condominium must ( i ) adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability , ( ii ) make reasonable efforts to facilitate a resolution between unit owners to provide for accessible parking if the association does not own or otherwise control parking that meets the accessible parking needs of a unit owner who is a person with a disability who requires accessible parking , and ( iii ) review a request for accessible parking within 45 days of receipt of the request to do so . Provides that nothing in this Act precludes a disabled person from purchasing a parking unit or a residential unit to which a limited common element parking space is assigned , and no developer or declarant shall refuse to sell a parking unit to a disabled person or assign a limited common element parking space to a residential unit purchased by a disabled person .
Early Childhood & Youth Legislation
Early childhood development and youth care remains integral to occupational therapy , and several pieces of legislation in 2024 involved this area of interest .
• Public Act 103-594 creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1 , 2024 and transfers to it certain rights , powers , duties , and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government . Provides that , beginning July 1 , 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including : home-visiting services ; early intervention services ; preschool services ; child care services ; licensing for day care centers , day care homes , and group day care homes ; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education , the Department of Human Services , and the Department of Children and Family Services . Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 . Provides that the Department of Early Childhood ( rather than the Department of Children and Family Services ) administers day care centers , day care homes , and group day care homes . Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act , the Illinois Early Learning Council Act , the Illinois Procurement Code , the School Code , the Illinois Public Aid Code , the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act .
• Public Act 103-759 amends the School Construction Law , removing parameters in provisions concerning early childhood construction grants that specify that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts ; provides that a not-forprofit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an
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