1997 Wisconsin Act 256

  Date of enactment: June 8, 1998
1997 Senate Bill 521   Date of publication*: June 22, 1998

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1997 WISCONSIN ACT 256

An Act to amend 48.656 and 48.657 (1) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: a parent's right to know certain information about a family day care center and the posting and making available to parents of reports and notices of violations by family day care centers.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

256,1 Section 1 . 48.656 of the statutes is amended to read:

48.656 Parent's right to know. Every parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child who is receiving care and supervision, or of a child who is a prospective recipient of care and supervision, from a day care center that holds a license under s. 48.65 (1) or a probationary license under s. 48.69 and that provides care and supervision for 9 or more children has the right to know certain information about the day care center that would aid the parent, guardian or legal custodian in assessing the quality of care and supervision provided by the day care center.

256,2 Section 2 . 48.657 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

48.657 (1) (intro.) The department shall provide each day care center that holds a license under s. 48.65 (1) or a probationary license under s. 48.69 and that provides care and supervision for 9 or more children with an annual report that includes the following information: