| 14 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 19a-77 of the general statutes is |
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| 15 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from |
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| 16 | | - | passage): |
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| 17 | | - | (b) For licensing requirement purposes, child care services shall not |
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| 18 | | - | include such services which are: |
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| 19 | | - | (1) (A) Administered by a public school system, or (B) administered |
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| 20 | | - | by a municipal agency or department; |
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| 21 | | - | (2) Administered by a private school which is in compliance with |
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| 22 | | - | section 10-188 and is approved by the State Board of Education or is |
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| 23 | | - | accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the State Board of |
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| 24 | | - | Education, provided the provision of such child care services by the |
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| 25 | | - | private school is only to those children whose ages are covered under |
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| 26 | | - | such approval or accreditation; |
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| 27 | | - | (3) Classes in music, dance, drama and art that are no longer than |
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| 28 | | - | two hours in length; classes that teach a single skill that are no longer |
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| 29 | | - | than two hours in length; library programs that are no longer than two Senate Bill No. 850 |
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| 24 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall 1 |
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| 25 | + | conduct a study relating to issues affecting public schools in the state. 2 |
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| 26 | + | Not later than May 26, 2019, the department shall submit a report of 3 |
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| 27 | + | the results of such study to the joint standing committee of the General 4 |
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| 28 | + | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in 5 |
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| 29 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 6 |
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| 30 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 31 | + | sections: |
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| 33 | | - | hours in length; scouting; programs that offer exclusively sports |
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| 34 | | - | activities; rehearsals; academic tutoring programs; or programs |
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| 35 | | - | exclusively for children thirteen years of age or older; |
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| 36 | | - | (4) Informal arrangements among neighbors and formal or informal |
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| 37 | | - | arrangements among relatives in their own homes, provided the |
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| 38 | | - | relative is limited to any of the following degrees of kinship by blood, |
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| 39 | | - | marriage or court order to the child being cared for: Grandparent, |
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| 40 | | - | great-grandparent, sibling, aunt or uncle; |
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| 41 | | - | (5) Supplementary child care operations for educational or |
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| 42 | | - | recreational purposes and the child receives such care infrequently |
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| 43 | | - | where the parents are on the premises; |
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| 44 | | - | (6) Supplementary child care operations in retail establishments |
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| 45 | | - | where the parents remain in the same store as the child for retail |
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| 46 | | - | shopping, provided the drop-in supplementary child-care operation |
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| 47 | | - | does not charge a fee and does not refer to itself as a child care center; |
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| 48 | | - | (7) Administered by a nationally chartered boys' and girls' club that |
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| 49 | | - | are exclusively for school-age children; |
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| 50 | | - | (8) Religious educational activities administered by a religious |
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| 51 | | - | institution exclusively for children whose parents or legal guardians |
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| 52 | | - | are members of such religious institution; |
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| 53 | | - | (9) Administered by Solar Youth, Inc., a New Haven -based |
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| 54 | | - | nonprofit youth development and environmental education |
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| 55 | | - | organization; |
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| 56 | | - | (10) Programs administered by organizations under contract with |
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| 57 | | - | the Department of Social Services pursuant to section 17b-851a that |
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| 58 | | - | promote the reduction of teenage pregnancy through the provision of |
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| 59 | | - | services to persons who are ten to nineteen years of age, inclusive; Senate Bill No. 850 |
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| 60 | | - | |
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| 61 | | - | Public Act No. 19-122 3 of 3 |
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| 63 | | - | (11) Administered by the Cardinal Shehan Center, a Bridgeport- |
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| 64 | | - | based nonprofit organization that is exclusively for school-age children |
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| 65 | | - | exclusively for school-age children; [or] |
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| 66 | | - | (12) Administered by Organized Parents Make a Difference, Inc., a |
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| 67 | | - | Hartford-based nonprofit organization that is exclusively for school- |
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| 68 | | - | age children; or |
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| 69 | | - | (13) Administered by Leadership, Education and Athletics in |
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| 70 | | - | Partnership, Inc., a New Haven-based nonprofit youth development |
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| 71 | | - | organization. |
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| 35 | + | ED Joint Favorable |
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