Bill Text: CA AB2594 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Child care services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Referred to Com. on ED. [AB2594 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2594-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2594

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Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry

February 20, 2020

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An act to add Section 8264.9 to the Education Code, relating to child care services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2594, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Child care services.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and development programs under contract with the State Department of Education. Existing law establishes staffing ratios for center-based programs.

This bill would authorize the Superintendent, to the extent consistent with federal law, to waive staffing ratios established under existing state law for center-based programs that meet federal Head Start program performance standards.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 8264.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:

8264.9.

 To the extent consistent with federal law, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the staffing ratios established in Section 8264.8, including any regulations adopted pursuant to that section, for center-based programs that meet federal Head Start program performance standards.