AN ACT to include in the types of programs that do not constitute the provision of child care track‑out programs for children who attend year‑round schools.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 110‑86(2) reads as rewritten:
"§ 110‑86.  Definitions.
Unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the terms or phrases used in this Article shall be defined as follows:
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(2)	Child care. – A program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours but less than 24 hours per day from persons other than their guardians or full‑time custodians, or from persons not related to them by birth, marriage, or adoption. Child care does not include the following:
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i.	Cooperative arrangements among parents to provide care for their own children as a convenience rather than for employment;
j.	Any child care program or arrangement consisting of two or more separate components, each of which operates for four hours or less per day with different children attending each component; and
k.	Track‑out programs provided to school‑age children when they are out of school on a year‑round school calendar."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of May, 2016.

	s/	 Tom Apodaca
	 Presiding Officer of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:07 p.m. this 1st day of June, 2016