Days from the Friday start of the General Assembly’s lame duck session, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus offered a preview Wednesday of a multi-faceted legislative package that would license police officers, boost early childhood programs and form a commission to study reparations, among other measures.

During a nearly two-hour virtual town hall forum, members of the Black caucus, led by Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood), shared specific ideas that will be part of the legislative agenda, including plans to introduce bills that would create a reparations commission, implement police officer licensure requirements, establish funding formulas for early childhood and higher education and prohibit the closure of hospitals until 2023.