Bill Text: CA AB776 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education data: pupil identifiers: early childhood education programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2020-01-21 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB776 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB776-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 776

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Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra

February 19, 2019

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An act to amend Section 8202 of the Education Code, relating to childcare.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 776, as introduced, Kalra. Childcare and development services.

The Child Care and Development Services Act has a purpose of providing a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of childcare and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support service through full- and part-time programs. The act includes statements of legislative intent relating to childcare and development services.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that intent language.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 8202 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8202.

 It is the intent of the Legislature that:

(a) All families have access to child care childcare and development services, through resource and referral services, where appropriate, regardless of ethnic status, cultural background, marital status, sexual orientation, economic status, or special needs. It is further the intent that subsidized child care childcare and development services be provided to persons meeting the eligibility criteria established under this chapter to the extent funding is made available by the Legislature and Congress.

(b) The healthy physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth and development of children be supported.

(c) Families achieve and maintain their personal, social, economic, and emotional stability through an opportunity to attain financial stability through employment, while maximizing growth and development of their children, and enhancing their parenting skills through participation in child care childcare and development programs.

(d) Community-level coordination in support of child care childcare and development services be encouraged.

(e) Families have a choice of programs that allow for maximum involvement in planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of child care childcare and development programs.

(f) Parents and families be fully informed of their rights and responsibilities to evaluate the quality and safety of child care childcare programs, including, but not limited to, their right to inspect child care childcare licensing files.

(g) Planning for expansion of child care childcare and development programs be based on ongoing local needs assessments.

(h) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent, in providing funding to child care childcare and development agencies, promote a range of services which that will allow parents the opportunity to choose the type of care most suited to their needs. The program scope may include the following:

(1) Programs located in centers, family day care homes, or in the child’s own home.

(2) Services provided part-day, full-day, and during nonstandard hours including weekend care, night and shift care, before and after school care, and care during holidays and vacation.

(3) Child care Childcare services provided for infants, preschool, and schoolage children.

(i) The Superintendent of Public Instruction be responsible for the establishment of a public hearing process or other public input process that ensures the participation of those agencies directly affected by a particular section or sections of this chapter.