Definitions.
In this section:
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“Child care center” means a facility operated by a child care provider that provides care and supervision for 4 or more children under 7 years of age for less than 24 hours a day.
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“Child care program” means a program established and provided by a school board under s. 120.13 (14) or purchased by a school board from a provider licensed under s. 48.65, which combines care for a child who resides with a student parent who is a parent of that child with parenting education and experience for that student parent.
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“Child care provider” means a provider licensed under s. 48.65, certified under s. 48.651 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14).
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“Employer” means a person who engages the services of an employee, and includes the state, its political subdivisions and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body in state or local government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the courts and the legislature.
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“Family child care center” means a child care center that provides care and supervision for not less than 4 nor more than 8 children.
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“Group child care center” means a child care center that provides care and supervision for 9 or more children.
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“Parent” means a parent, guardian, foster parent, legal custodian, or a person acting in the place of a parent.
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“Student parent” means a pupil who is enrolled in a middle school, junior high school or senior high school and who is a parent.