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14 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1993 1 shall adopt rules regarding staff-child ratios, group sizes and multi- 2 age groupings for each category of facility other than for infants 3 and toddlers, provided that such these rules shall 4 be no less stringent than those currently required for staff-child 5 ratios as enacted in Section 156(e) of Chapter 757 of the 1985 6 Session Laws. The staff-child ratios and group sizes for infants and 7 toddlers shall be no less stringent than as follows: 8 Age Ratio Group Size 9 0 to 12 months 5 10 10 12 to 24 months 6 12 11 2 to 3 years 10 20." 12 (ci) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, religious 13 sponsored facilities operating under G.S. 110-106, and not receiving any State or federal 14 child care subsidies, including subsidies paid by the State or local service agency directly 15 to the facility or to the parent of a child enrolled in the facility, shall have until June 30, 16 1994 to comply with the lower staff-child ratios for children under age 3 if the religious • 17 sponsored facility files with the Department of Human Resources a notice of intent to 18 delay compliance with the ratios and a statement of assurance that the facility will not '' 19 accept any public child-care subsidy funds until compliance with the ratios is achieved. 20 All religious sponsored facilities shall comply fully with the provisions of G.S. 110-91(7) 21 by July 1, 1994. 22 (d) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources 23 the sum of one million seven hundred fifteen thousand two hundred six dollars 24 ($1,715,206) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million two hundred 25 sixteen thousand two hundred ninety-three dollars ($2,216,293) for the 1994-95 fiscal 26 year, shall be used to increase the reimbursement rate for day care providers to 27 implement subsection (c) of this section. 28 29 Requested by: Representatives Nye and Easterling 30 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES PLAN 31 Sec. 255. Counties participating in the Early Childhood Education and r` 32 Development Initiatives authorized by Part 10B of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the `.}F., 33 General Statutes, if enacted by the 1993 General Assembly by the effective date of 34 this act, may use the county's allocation of State and federal child care funds to 35 subsidize child care according to the county's Early Childhood Education and - 36 Development Initiatives Plan as approved by the Department of Human Resources. ; 37 The use of federal funds shall be consistent with the appropriate federal regulations. 38 Day care providers shall, at a minimum, comply with the applicable requirements for 39 State licensure or registration pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General 40 Statutes, with other applicable requirements of State law or rule, including rules 41 adopted for nonregistered day care by the Social Services Commission, and with '1'+ 42 applicable federal regulations. t 43 44 Requested by: Representatives Easterling and Nye 45 CHILD DAY CARE REVOLVING LOAN FUND 46 Sec. 256. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, funds budgeted for ,', 47 the Child Day Care Revolving Loan Fund may be transferred to and invested by the ;i 48 financial institution contracted to operate the Fund. The principal and any income 49 to the Fund may be used to make loans, reduce loan interest to borrowers, serve as 50 collateral for borrowers, pay the contractor's cost of operating the Fund, or to pay the ;w 51 Department's cost of administering the program. 52 53 Requested by: Representatives Nye and Easterling i� ,= Senate Bill 27 Page 143