GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 349*

Short Title:  Infant/Toddler Day Care Change/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling, H. Hunter, Jeffus, Rogers; Alexander, Barnhill, Colton, Cummings, Cunningham, Fitch, Gottovi, Holt, Jarrell, Kuczmarski, Lemmond, Luebke, McAllister, McLawhorn, B. Miller, Smith, Stamey, R. Thompson, and Warner.
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Referred to:  Children, Youth and Families.
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February 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO LOWER THE STAFF/CHILD RATIOS AND GROUP SIZE FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN CHILD CARE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective January 1, 1994, G.S. 110-91(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	Staff-Child Ratio. – In determining the staff-child ratio, all children younger than 13 years shall be counted.  The Commission shall adopt rules regarding staff-child ratios, group sizes and multi-age groupings for each category of facility other than for infants and toddlers, provided that such rules and regulations shall be no less stringent than those currently required for staff-child ratios as enacted in Section 156(e) of Chapter 757 of the 1985 Session Laws.  The staff-child ratios and group sizes for infants and toddlers are as follows:
Child Age	Ratio	Group Size
0-12 mo.	5	10
12-24 mo.	6	12
2-3 yrs.	10	20."
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Day Care Section, Division of Facility Services, Department of Human Resources, the sum of six hundred thirty-four thousand seven hundred forty dollars ($634,740) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of six hundred forty thousand one hundred dollars ($640,100) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1994.