BILL NUMBER: AB 2107 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Gorell and Olsen FEBRUARY 20, 2014 An act relating to preschool. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2107, as introduced, Gorell. Preschool: privately funded pilot program: tax credits. Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer child care and development programs that offer a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing law requires school districts with early primary programs to provide educational continuity from preschool through kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, by accomplishing certain goals, including establishing connections with public preschools programs, as provided. This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would do certain things, including establishing a pilot program for high-quality, investor funded preschool education in the County of Ventura in which private entities may invest, in exchange for state tax credits, in high-quality preschool programs aimed specifically at intergenerational low-income and English learner pupils. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would do all of the following: (a) Establish a pilot program for high-quality, investor funded preschool education in the County of Ventura in which private entities, either business or individuals, may invest in high-quality preschool programs aimed specifically at intergenerational low-income and English learner pupils, to run for a designated period of time. (b) Require the County of Ventura to be responsible for compiling and studying data to determine the program's effectiveness. (c) Provide state tax credits to the investors of the preschool programs.