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1 | | entities on the grounds of public or private elementary or
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2 | | secondary schools and that serve children who have |
3 | | attained the age of 3
years, except that this exception |
4 | | applies only to the facility and not to the
private |
5 | | entities' personnel operating the program;
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6 | | (b)
programs
or that portion of the program which |
7 | | serves children who shall have attained
the age of 3 years |
8 | | and which are recognized by the State Board of Education;
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9 | | (c) educational program or programs serving children |
10 | | who shall have attained
the age of 3 years and which are |
11 | | operated by a school which is registered
with the State |
12 | | Board of Education and which is recognized or accredited
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13 | | by a recognized national or multistate
educational |
14 | | organization or association which regularly recognizes or |
15 | | accredits
schools; |
16 | | (d) programs which exclusively serve or that portion |
17 | | of the
program which serves children with disabilities who |
18 | | shall have attained the age
of 3 years but are less than 21 |
19 | | years of age and which are registered and
approved as |
20 | | meeting standards of the State Board of Education and
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21 | | applicable fire marshal standards; |
22 | | (e) facilities operated in connection
with a shopping |
23 | | center or service, religious services, or other similar
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24 | | facility, where transient children are cared for |
25 | | temporarily while parents
or custodians of the children |
26 | | are occupied on the premises and readily
available; |
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1 | | (f) any type of day care center that is
conducted on |
2 | | federal government premises; |
3 | | (g) special activities
programs, including athletics, |
4 | | recreation, crafts instruction, and similar activities
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5 | | conducted on an organized and periodic basis by civic, |
6 | | charitable and
governmental organizations , including, but |
7 | | not limited to, programs offered by park districts |
8 | | organized under the Park District Code to children who |
9 | | shall have attained the age of 3 years old if the program |
10 | | meets no more than 3.5 continuous hours at a time or less |
11 | | and no more than 25 hours during any week, and the park |
12 | | district conducts background investigations on employees |
13 | | of the program pursuant to Section 8-23 of the Park |
14 | | District Code ; |
15 | | (h) part day child care facilities, as
defined in |
16 | | Section 2.10 of this Act; |
17 | | (i) programs or that portion of
the program which: |
18 | | (1) serves children who shall have attained the |
19 | | age of
3 years; |
20 | | (2) is operated by churches or religious |
21 | | institutions as described
in Section 501(c)(3) of the |
22 | | federal Internal Revenue Code; |
23 | | (3) receives
no governmental aid; |
24 | | (4) is operated as a component of a religious, |
25 | | nonprofit
elementary school; |
26 | | (5) operates primarily to provide religious |
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1 | | education;
and |
2 | | (6) meets appropriate State or local health and |
3 | | fire safety standards; or |
4 | | (j) programs or portions of programs that: |
5 | | (1) serve only school-age children and youth |
6 | | (defined as full-time kindergarten children, as |
7 | | defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.45, or older); |
8 | | (2) are organized to promote childhood learning, |
9 | | child and youth development, educational or |
10 | | recreational activities, or character-building; |
11 | | (3) operate primarily during out-of-school time or |
12 | | at times when school is not normally in session; |
13 | | (4) comply with the standards of the Illinois |
14 | | Department of Public Health (77 Ill. Adm. Code 750) or |
15 | | the local health department, the Illinois State Fire |
16 | | Marshal (41 Ill. Adm. Code 100), and the following |
17 | | additional health and safety requirements: procedures |
18 | | for employee and volunteer emergency preparedness and |
19 | | practice drills; procedures to ensure that first aid |
20 | | kits are maintained and ready to use; the placement of |
21 | | a minimum level of liability insurance as determined |
22 | | by the Department; procedures for the availability of |
23 | | a working telephone that is onsite and accessible at |
24 | | all times; procedures to ensure that emergency phone |
25 | | numbers are posted onsite; and a restriction on |
26 | | handgun or weapon possession onsite, except if |
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1 | | possessed by a peace officer; |
2 | | (5) perform and maintain authorization and results |
3 | | of criminal history checks through the Illinois State |
4 | | Police and FBI and checks of the Illinois Sex Offender |
5 | | Registry, the National Sex Offender Registry, and |
6 | | Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System for employees |
7 | | and volunteers who work directly with children; |
8 | | (6) make hiring decisions in accordance with the |
9 | | prohibitions against barrier crimes as specified in |
10 | | Section 4.2 of this Act or in Section 21B-80 of the |
11 | | School Code; |
12 | | (7) provide parents with written disclosure that |
13 | | the operations of the program are not regulated by |
14 | | licensing requirements; and |
15 | | (8) obtain and maintain records showing the first |
16 | | and last name and date of birth of the child, name, |
17 | | address, and telephone number of each parent, |
18 | | emergency contact information, and written |
19 | | authorization for medical care. |
20 | | Programs or portions of programs requesting Child Care |
21 | | Assistance Program (CCAP) funding and otherwise meeting the |
22 | | requirements under item (j) shall request exemption from the |
23 | | Department and be determined exempt prior to receiving funding |
24 | | and must annually meet the eligibility requirements and be |
25 | | appropriate for payment under the CCAP. |
26 | | Programs or portions of programs under item (j) that do |
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1 | | not receive State or federal funds must comply with staff |
2 | | qualification and training standards established by rule by |
3 | | the Department of Human Services. The Department of Human |
4 | | Services shall set such standards after review of Afterschool |
5 | | for Children and Teens Now (ACT Now) evidence-based quality |
6 | | standards developed for school-age out-of-school time |
7 | | programs, feedback from the school-age out-of-school time |
8 | | program professionals, and review of out-of-school time |
9 | | professional development frameworks and quality tools. |
10 | | Out-of-school time programs for school-age youth that |
11 | | receive State or federal funds must comply with only those |
12 | | staff qualifications and training standards set for the |
13 | | program by the State or federal entity issuing the funds.
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14 | | For purposes of items (a), (b), (c), (d), and (i) of this |
15 | | Section,
"children who shall have attained the age of 3 years" |
16 | | shall mean children
who are 3 years of age, but less than 4 |
17 | | years of age, at the time of
enrollment in the program.
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18 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-699, eff. 7-29-16; |
19 | | 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
21 | | becoming law.".
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