Rep. David R. Leitch

Filed: 4/14/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1654

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1654 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing Section 2.09 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/2.09)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.09)
7    Sec. 2.09. "Day care center" means any child care facility
8which regularly provides day care for less than 24 hours per
9day for (1) more than 8 children in a family home, or (2) more
10than 3 children in a facility other than a family home,
11including senior citizen buildings. The term does not include
12(a) programs operated by (i) public or private elementary
13school systems or secondary level school units or institutions
14of higher learning that serve children who shall have attained
15the age of 3 years, or (ii) private entities on the grounds of
16public or private elementary or secondary schools and that

 

 

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1serve children who have attained the age of 3 years, except
2that this exception applies only to the facility and not to the
3private entities' personnel operating the program, or (iii) any
4local organization of the Young Men's Christian Association in
5partnership with public or private elementary or secondary
6schools, regardless of the location of the program; (b)
7programs or that portion of the program which serves children
8who shall have attained the age of 3 years and which are
9recognized by the State Board of Education; (c) educational
10program or programs serving children who shall have attained
11the age of 3 years and which are operated by a school which is
12registered with the State Board of Education and which is
13recognized or accredited by a recognized national or multistate
14educational organization or association which regularly
15recognizes or accredits schools; (d) programs which
16exclusively serve or that portion of the program which serves
17handicapped children who shall have attained the age of 3 years
18but are less than 21 years of age and which are registered and
19approved as meeting standards of the State Board of Education
20and applicable fire marshal standards; (e) facilities operated
21in connection with a shopping center or service, religious
22services, or other similar facility, where transient children
23are cared for temporarily while parents or custodians of the
24children are occupied on the premises and readily available;
25(f) any type of day care center that is conducted on federal
26government premises; (g) special activities programs,

 

 

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1including athletics, crafts instruction and similar activities
2conducted on an organized and periodic basis by civic,
3charitable and governmental organizations; (h) part day child
4care facilities, as defined in Section 2.10 of this Act; or (i)
5programs or that portion of the program which (1) serves
6children who shall have attained the age of 3 years, (2) is
7operated by churches or religious institutions as described in
8Section 501 (c) (3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, (3)
9receives no governmental aid, (4) is operated as a component of
10a religious, nonprofit elementary school, (5) operates
11primarily to provide religious education, and (6) meets
12appropriate State or local health and fire safety standards.
13    For purposes of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (i) of this Section,
14"children who shall have attained the age of 3 years" shall
15mean children who are 3 years of age, but less than 4 years of
16age, at the time of enrollment in the program.
17(Source: P.A. 92-659, eff. 7-16-02.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".