99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2321

 

Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Dave Syverson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 10/2.09  from Ch. 23, par. 2212.09

    Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that, for the purposes of defining "day care center", "special activities programs" includes programs or portions of programs that: (1) serve school-age children only; (2) are operated by an entity that is a local affiliate of a national organization and a non-profit as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (3) meet appropriate State or local health and fire safety standards and those of its associated national entity, including performing background checks on employees. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
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
17serve children who have attained the age of 3 years, except
18that this exception applies only to the facility and not to the
19private entities' personnel operating the program; (b)
20programs or that portion of the program which serves children
21who shall have attained the age of 3 years and which are
22recognized by the State Board of Education; (c) educational
23program or programs serving children who shall have attained

 

 

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1the age of 3 years and which are operated by a school which is
2registered with the State Board of Education and which is
3recognized or accredited by a recognized national or multistate
4educational organization or association which regularly
5recognizes or accredits schools; (d) programs which
6exclusively serve or that portion of the program which serves
7children with disabilities who shall have attained the age of 3
8years but are less than 21 years of age and which are
9registered and approved as meeting standards of the State Board
10of Education and applicable fire marshal standards; (e)
11facilities operated in connection with a shopping center or
12service, religious services, or other similar facility, where
13transient children are cared for temporarily while parents or
14custodians of the children are occupied on the premises and
15readily available; (f) any type of day care center that is
16conducted on federal government premises; (g) special
17activities programs, including athletics, crafts instruction
18and similar activities conducted on an organized and periodic
19basis by civic, charitable and governmental organizations; (h)
20part day child care facilities, as defined in Section 2.10 of
21this Act; or (i) programs or that portion of the program which
22(1) serves children who shall have attained the age of 3 years,
23(2) is operated by churches or religious institutions as
24described in Section 501 (c) (3) of the federal Internal
25Revenue Code, (3) receives no governmental aid, (4) is operated
26as a component of a religious, nonprofit elementary school, (5)

 

 

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1operates primarily to provide religious education, and (6)
2meets appropriate State or local health and fire safety
3standards.
4    For purposes of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (i) of this Section,
5"children who shall have attained the age of 3 years" shall
6mean children who are 3 years of age, but less than 4 years of
7age, at the time of enrollment in the program.
8    For purposes of (g) of this Section, "special activities
9programs" includes programs or portions of programs that: (1)
10serve school-age children only; (2) are operated by an entity
11that is a local affiliate of a national organization and a
12non-profit as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the federal
13Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (3) meet appropriate State
14or local health and fire safety standards and those of its
15associated national entity, including performing background
16checks on employees. Organizations within this exemption must
17retain child care assistance eligibility.
18(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.