225 ILCS 10/4.5: Children with disabilities; training.

(a) An owner or operator of a licensed early care and education home or group early care and education home or the onsite executive director of a licensed early care and education center must successfully complete a basic training course in providing care to children with disabilities. The basic training course will also be made available on a voluntary basis to those providers who are exempt from the licensure requirements of this Act.

(b) The Department of Early Childhood shall promulgate rules establishing the requirements for basic training in providing care to children with disabilities.