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80. 48.73 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.73 Inspection of licensees. The department may visit and inspect each child welfare agency, foster home, treatment foster home, group home, and day child care center licensed by it, and for such purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises described in the license.
48.73 Inspection of licensees. The department may visit and inspect each child welfare agency, foster home, group home, and child care center licensed by the department, and for that purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises described in the license.
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82. 48.735 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.735 Immunization requirements; day child care centers. The department, after notice to a day child care center licensee, may suspend, revoke, or refuse to continue a day child care center license in any case in which the department finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of s. 252.04.
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83. 48.737 of the statutes is amended to read:
48.737 Lead screening, inspection and reduction requirements; day child care centers. The department, after notice to a day child care provider certified under s. 48.651, or a day child care center that holds a license under s. 48.65 or a probationary license under s. 48.69, may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue a license or certification in any case in which the department finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with any rule promulgated under s. 254.162, 254.168, or 254.172.
185,84
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84
. 48.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.78 (1) In this section, unless otherwise qualified, "agency" means the department, a county department, a licensed child welfare agency, or a licensed day
child care center.
185,85
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85. 48.78 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.78 (2) (a) No agency may make available for inspection or disclose the contents of any record kept or information received about an individual who is or was in its care or legal custody, except as provided under s. 48.371, 48.38 (5) (b) or (d) or (5m) (d), 48.432, 48.433, 48.48 (17) (bm), 48.57 (2m), 48.93, 48.981 (7), 938.51, or 938.78 or by order of the court.
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86. 48.981 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.02 (12g).
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87
. 48.981 (2) (a) 18. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.981 (2) (a) 18. A child-care child care worker in a day child care center, group home,
as described in s. 48.625 (1m), or residential care center for children and youth.
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88
. 48.981 (2) (a) 19. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.981 (2) (a) 19. A day child care provider.
185,89
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89
. 48.982 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
185,90
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90
. 48.983 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
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91
. 49.136 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 49.136 (1) (ad) and amended to read:
49.136 (1) (ad) "Day Child care center" means a facility operated by a child care provider that provides care and supervision for 4 or more children under 7 years of age for less than 24 hours a day.
185,92
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92. 49.136 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 49.136 (1) (am) and amended to read:
49.136 (1) (am) "Day Child care program" means a program established and provided by a school board under s. 120.13 (14) or purchased by a school board from a provider licensed under s. 48.65, which combines care for a child who resides with a student parent who is a parent of that child with parenting education and experience for that student parent.
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93. 49.136 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.136 (1) (j) "Family day child care center" means a day child care center that provides care and supervision for not less than 4 nor more than 8 children.
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94. 49.136 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.136 (1) (k) "Group day child care center" means a day child care center that provides care and supervision for 9 or more children.
185,95
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95. 49.136 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.136
(2) (b) If the department awards grants under this section, the department shall attempt to award the grants to head start agencies designated under
42 USC 9836, employers that provide or wish to provide child care services for their employees, family
day child care centers, group
day child care centers and
day child care programs for the children of student parents, organizations that provide child care for sick children, and child care providers that employ participants or former participants in a Wisconsin Works employment position under s. 49.147 (3) to (5).
185,96
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96. 49.137 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.137 (1) (am).
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97. 49.137 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.137 (1) (ab) and amended to read:
49.137 (1) (ab) "Day Child care center" has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (d) (ad).
185,98
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98. 49.137 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 49.137 (1) (bd) and amended to read:
49.137 (1) (bd) "Family day child care center" has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (j).
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99. 49.137 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.137 (1) (e) "Group day child care center" has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (k).
185,100
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100. 49.155 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1) (am) "Level I certified family day child care provider" means a day child care provider certified under s. 48.651 (1) (a).
185,101
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101. 49.155 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1) (b) "Level II certified family day child care provider" means a day child care provider certified under s. 48.651 (1) (b).
185,102
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102. 49.155 (1d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1d) (a) The department shall promulgate rules establishing standards for the certification of child care providers under s. 48.651. The department shall consult with the child abuse and neglect prevention board before promulgating those rules. In establishing the requirements for certification under this paragraph of a child care provider, the department shall include a requirement that all providers and all employees and volunteers of a provider who provide care and supervision for children receive, before the date on which the provider is certified or the employment or volunteer work commences, whichever is applicable, training in the most current medically accepted methods of preventing sudden infant death syndrome, if the provider, employee, or volunteer provides care and supervision for children under one year of age, and the training relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies required under s. 253.15 (4) (b) or (c), if the provider, employee, or volunteer provides care and supervision for children under 5 years of age. In establishing the requirements for certification as a Level II certified family day child care provider, the department may not include any other requirement for training for providers.
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103. 49.155 (1d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1d) (b) The department shall promulgate rules to establish quality of care standards for child care providers that are higher than the quality of care standards required for licensure under s. 48.65 or for certification under s. 48.651. The standards established by rules promulgated under this paragraph shall consist of the standards provided for the accreditation of day
child care centers by the national association for the education of young children National Association for the Education of Young Children or any other comparable standards that the department may establish, including standards regarding the turnover of child care provider staff and the training and benefits provided for child care provider staff.
49.155 (1g) (bc) Grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral services, in the amount of at least $1,298,600 per fiscal year.
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105. 49.155 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (4) Choice of provider. An eligible individual shall choose whether the child care will be provided by a day child care center licensed under s. 48.65, a Level I certified family day child care provider, a Level II certified family day child care provider
, or a day child care program provided or contracted for by a school board under s. 120.13 (14).
185,106
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106. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (b) Subject to review and approval by the department, each county shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level I certified family day child care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 75% of the rate established under par. (a).
185,107
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107. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (c) Subject to review and approval by the department, each county shall set a maximum reimbursement rate for Level II certified family day child care providers for services provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rate set under this paragraph may not exceed 50% of the rate established under par. (a).
185,108
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108. 49.155 (6) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (6) (cm) The department shall modify child care provider reimbursement rates established under pars. (a) to (c) so that reimbursement rates are lower for providers of after-school day child care.
49.826 (2) (a) 1. Certify day child care providers under s. 48.651.
185,110
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110. 66.1017 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1017 (title) Family day child care homes.
185,111
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111. 66.1017 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1017 (1) (a) "Family day child care home" means a dwelling licensed as a day child care center by the department of children and families under s. 48.65 where care is provided for not more than 8 children.
185,112
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112. 66.1017 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1017 (2) No municipality may prevent a family day child care home from being located in a zoned district in which a single-family residence is a permitted use. No municipality may establish standards or requirements for family day child care homes
that are different from the licensing standards established under s. 48.65. This subsection does not prevent a municipality from applying to a family day child care home the zoning regulations applicable to other dwellings in the zoning district in which it is located.
185,113
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113. 71.07 (2dd) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (2dd) (a) 1. "Day care center benefits" means benefits provided at a day child care facility that is licensed under s. 48.65 or 48.69 and that for compensation provides care for at least 6 children or benefits provided at a facility for persons who are physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves.
185,114
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114. 71.28 (1dd) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.28 (1dd) (a) 1. "Day care center benefits" means benefits provided at a day child care facility that is licensed under s. 48.65 or 48.69 and that for compensation provides care for at least 6 children or benefits provided at a facility for persons who are physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves.
185,115
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115. 71.47 (1dd) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.47 (1dd) (a) 1. "Day care center benefits" means benefits provided at a day child care facility that is licensed under s. 48.65 or 48.69 and that for compensation provides care for at least 6 children or benefits provided at a facility for persons who are physically incapable of caring for themselves.
185,116
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116. 73.0301 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (1) (d) 2. A license issued by the department of children and families under s. 48.66 (1) (a) to a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or day child care center, as required by s. 48.60, 48.625, 48.65, or 938.22 (7).
77.54 (20n) (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of food and food ingredients, except soft drinks, sold by hospitals, sanatoriums, nursing homes, retirement homes, community-based residential facilities, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), or day child care centers registered licensed under ch. 48, including prepared food that is sold to the elderly or handicapped by persons providing mobile meals on wheels. In this paragraph, "retirement home" means a nonprofit residential facility where 3 or more unrelated adults or their spouses have their principal residence and where support services, including meals from a common kitchen, are available to residents.
185,118
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118. 101.123 (1) (ad) of the statutes is renumbered 101.123 (1) (abm) and amended to read:
101.123 (1) (abm) "Day Child care center" has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (d) (ad).
101.123 (2) (a) 1r. Day Child care centers.
101.123 (2) (d) 2. Anywhere on the premises of a day child care center when children who are receiving
day child care services are present.
111.02 (6) (am) "Employee" includes a day child care provider certified under s. 48.651 and a day
child care provider licensed under s. 48.65 who provides care and supervision for not more than 8 children who are not related to the day child care provider.
185,122
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122
. 115.812 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.812 (1) Placement disputes. If a dispute arises between a local educational agency and the department of children and families, the department of corrections, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or between local educational agencies under s. 115.81 (4) (c), over the placement of a child, the state superintendent shall resolve the dispute. This subsection applies only to placements in nonresidential educational programs made under s. 48.57 (1) (c) and to placements in residential care centers for children and youth made under s. 115.81.
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123
. 115.817 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.817 (8) Transportation. The board may promulgate a plan for the transportation at county expense of children who are receiving special education and related services under this section, special education and related services provided at day child care centers, or special education and related services provided by a private organization within whose attendance area the child resides and which is situated not more than 5 miles beyond the boundaries of the area the board serves, as measured along the usually traveled route. The plan, upon approval of the state superintendent, shall govern the transportation of such children. Any such plan for transportation during the school term supersedes ss. 115.88 and 121.54 (3).
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124. 118.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.51 (2) Applicability. A pupil may attend a public school, including a charter school, prekindergarten, or 4-year-old kindergarten, or early childhood or school-operated day child care program, in a nonresident school district under this section, except that a pupil may attend a prekindergarten, 4-year-old kindergarten, or early childhood or school-operated day child care program in a nonresident school district only if the pupil's resident school district offers the same type of program that the pupil wishes to attend and the pupil is eligible to attend that program in his or her resident school district.
185,125
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125. 120.125 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.125 (title) Before- and after-school
day child care.
185,126
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126. 120.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
