Full-day kindergarten could soon be required in all Illinois districts as bill heads to Pritzker’s desk
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Rep. Mary Beth Canty, center, speaks to colleagues after Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his annual budget address on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Illinois State Capitol. Canty introduced a bill that would mandate schools to create a full-day kindergarten program by the 2027-28 school year.
Not long ago, Canty and her husband experienced firsthand the struggle of balancing an outside job while also figuring out a pickup schedule for her two children from their half-day kindergarten program in Arlington Heights District 25.Canty said sometimes her kids, now in sixth and third grades, would hop on a bus after half-day kindergarten and go to the elementary school for an after-school program to be picked up later.
But there is an overwhelming demand for full-day kindergarten in the districts that already offer it, Canty said. Canty said one of the first orders of business, if the bill is signed by Pritzker, is to establish a full-day kindergarten task force to inform the planning and implementation, and to dive deep into data about what’s offered and where.
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