Child care: exemption from licensure: public recreation programs.

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, prescribes licensure requirements for the operation of child day care facilities, day care centers, and family day care homes. The act exempts specified facilities and arrangements, including public recreation programs that meet specified criteria, from its provisions. Under existing law, any exempt public recreation program operated as prescribed for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, must operate for under 16 hours per week and for a total of 12 weeks or less during a 12-month period. This bill would authorize any exempt public recreation program operated for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to operate for under 20 hours per week and for a total of 14 weeks or less during a 12-month period.