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Public Act 92-0659
HB3662 Enrolled LRB9210792ACcd
AN ACT concerning child care.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
changing Section 2.09 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/2.09) (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.09)
Sec. 2.09. "Day care center" means any child care
facility which regularly provides day care for less than 24
hours per day for (1) more than 8 children in a family home,
or (2) more than 3 children in a facility other than a family
home, including senior citizen buildings. The term does not
include (a) programs operated by (i) public or private
elementary school systems or secondary level school units or
institutions of higher learning that which serve children who
shall have attained the age of 3 years or (ii) private
entities on the grounds of public or private elementary or
secondary schools and that serve children who have attained
the age of 3 years, except that this exception applies only
to the facility and not to the private entities' personnel
operating the program; (b) programs or that portion of the
program which serves children who shall have attained the age
of 3 years and which are recognized by the State Board of
Education; (c) educational program or programs serving
children who shall have attained the age of 3 years and which
are operated by a school which is registered with the State
Board of Education and which is recognized or accredited by a
recognized national or multistate educational organization or
association which regularly recognizes or accredits schools;
(d) programs which exclusively serve or that portion of the
program which serves handicapped children who shall have
attained the age of 3 years but are less than 21 years of age
and which are registered and approved as meeting standards of
the State Board of Education and applicable fire marshal
standards; (e) facilities operated in connection with a
shopping center or service, religious services, or other
similar facility, where transient children are cared for
temporarily while parents or custodians of the children are
occupied on the premises and readily available; (f) any type
of day care center that is conducted on federal government
premises; (g) special activities programs, including
athletics, crafts instruction and similar activities
conducted on an organized and periodic basis by civic,
charitable and governmental organizations; (h) part day child
care facilities, as defined in Section 2.10 of this Act; or
(i) programs or that portion of the program which (1) serves
children who shall have attained the age of 3 years, (2) is
operated by churches or religious institutions as described
in Section 501 (c) (3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code,
(3) receives no governmental aid, (4) is operated as a
component of a religious, nonprofit elementary school, (5)
operates primarily to provide religious education, and (6)
meets appropriate State or local health and fire safety
standards.
For purposes of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (i) of this
Section, "children who shall have attained the age of 3
years" shall mean children who are 3 years of age, but less
than 4 years of age, at the time of enrollment in the
program.
(Source: P.A. 88-302.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 07, 2002.
Approved July 16, 2002.
Effective July 16, 2002.
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