California Code
PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS
CHAPTER 2 - Early Education Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 8200. - 8200. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 8201. - 8201. The purpose of this chapter is as follows: (a)...

Section 8202. - 8202. It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a)...

Section 8202.6. - 8202.6. (a) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the Director...

Section 8203. - 8203. The Superintendent shall develop standards for the implementation of...

Section 8203.1. - 8203.1. (a) The Superintendent shall administer a QRIS block grant,...

Section 8203.3. - 8203.3. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department...

Section 8203.5. - 8203.5. (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that each contract entered...

Section 8204. - 8204. In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and...

Section 8205. - 8205. As used in this chapter: (a) “Applicant or contracting...

Section 8206. - 8206. (a) If a state of emergency is declared by...

ARTICLE 2 - Program Administration

Section 8207. - 8207. (a) The Superintendent shall administer all California state preschool...

Section 8208. - 8208. (a) (1) A three- or four-year-old child is eligible...

Section 8209. - 8209. (a) A physical examination and evaluation, including age-appropriate immunizations,...

Section 8210. - 8210. (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority...

Section 8211. - 8211. (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority...

Section 8212. - 8212. (a) (1) A local educational agency exempt from licensing...

Section 8213. - 8213. (a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for...

Section 8213.5. - 8213.5. (a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under...

Section 8214. - 8214. If families have to be disenrolled from subsidized preschool...

Section 8215. - 8215. The department shall annually monitor funding used in, and...

Section 8216. - 8216. (a) The department and the State Department of Social...

Section 8217. - 8217. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provider operating a...

Section 8220. - 8220. As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to...

Section 8221. - 8221. (a) A family literacy supplemental grant shall be made...

Section 8223. - 8223. (a) Contractors operating through a family childcare home education...

Section 8224. - 8224. (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that eligible children with...

Section 8225. - 8225. A contractor providing California state preschool services is subject...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 8226. - 8226. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness...

Section 8227. - 8227. The department shall develop procedures for annually evaluating the...

Section 8228. - 8228. The department shall do all of the following in...

Section 8229. - 8229. (a) No person employed by the department in a...

Section 8230. - 8230. The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical...

Section 8231. - 8231. The Superintendent shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to...

Section 8232. - 8232. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to require...

Section 8233. - 8233. Notwithstanding any other law, the Superintendent of Public Instruction...

Section 8234. - 8234. Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter...

Section 8235. - 8235. Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter...

Section 8236. - 8236. On and after the date on which the Superintendent...

Section 8237. - 8237. (a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant...

Section 8238. - 8238. The Superintendent may waive or modify California state preschool...

Section 8239. - 8239. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide outreach services...

Section 8240. - 8240. (a) The Superintendent shall establish rules and regulations for...

Section 8241. - 8241. Until the Superintendent of Public Instruction promulgates regulations for...

Section 8241.5. - 8241.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature for...

ARTICLE 4 - Reimbursement Rates

Section 8242. - 8242. (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department...

Section 8243. - 8243. (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “early childhood...

Section 8244. - 8244. (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of...

Section 8245. - 8245. (a) For each fiscal year, for the purposes of...

Section 8245.5. - 8245.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2022–23...

Section 8246. - 8246. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Controller...

Section 8247. - 8247. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules,...

Section 8248. - 8248. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall support the coordination...

Section 8249. - 8249. In the event that operating agencies are unable to...

Section 8250. - 8250. (a) The rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the...

Section 8251. - 8251. An agency contracting with the department to provide California...

ARTICLE 5 - Family Fees

Section 8252. - 8252. (a) The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed...

Section 8253. - 8253. (a) A family that receives services pursuant to paragraph...

Section 8254. - 8254. (a) The family fee schedule shall provide, among other...

ARTICLE 6 - Allocations and Expenditures

Section 8255. - 8255. (a) The Superintendent may approve and reimburse startup costs...

Section 8256. - 8256. (a) The department shall promote full utilization of California...

Section 8257. - 8257. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a...

Section 8258. - 8258. Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost...

Section 8260. - 8260. Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level...

Section 8261. - 8261. (a) The Legislature recognizes that preschool programs have made...

Section 8262. - 8262. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall publish the methodology...

Section 8263. - 8263. (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base...

ARTICLE 7 - Transfer of Information

Section 8264. - 8264. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state...

ARTICLE 8 - Local Programs

Section 8265. - 8265. The governing board of any school district or a...

Section 8266. - 8266. (a) The county superintendent of schools in each county,...

Section 8267. - 8267. The governing board of any school district or the...

Section 8268. - 8268. The employees of school districts or community college districts,...

Section 8269. - 8269. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a public...

Section 8270. - 8270. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing...

Section 8271. - 8271. (a) The governing board of any school district or...

Section 8272. - 8272. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...

Section 8272.5. - 8272.5. Community college districts that levied child development permissive override...

ARTICLE 9 - Individualized Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma Childcare Subsidy Plans

Section 8273. - 8273. The Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey,...

Section 8274. - 8274. For purposes of this article, “county” means the Counties...

Section 8275. - 8275. (a) For purposes of this article, “plan” means an...

Section 8276. - 8276. The department shall establish instructions and timelines for submittal...

Section 8277. - 8277. (a) (1) The plan shall be submitted to the...

Section 8278. - 8278. (a) The County of Santa Clara shall, by the...

Section 8279. - 8279. (a) Using a template developed by the department, the...

Section 8280. - 8280. A participating contractor shall receive an increase or decrease...

Section 8281. - 8281. This article shall remain in effect only until July...

Section 8282. - 8282. Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act...

Section 8282.5. - 8282.5. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...

Section 8282.6. - 8282.6. (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services and...

ARTICLE 10 - Childcare Subsidy Plan for the City and County of San Francisco

Section 8283. - 8283. The City and County of San Francisco may develop...

Section 8284. - 8284. Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and...

Section 8285. - 8285. (a) The plan shall be submitted to the local...

Section 8286. - 8286. (a) The City and County of San Francisco shall,...

Section 8287. - 8287. Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in...

Section 8288. - 8288. A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease...

Section 8288.5. - 8288.5. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...

ARTICLE 11 - Individualized County of San Mateo Childcare Subsidy Plan

Section 8289. - 8289. On and after July 1, 2014, the individualized county...

Section 8290. - 8290. For purposes of this article, “county” means the County...

Section 8291. - 8291. For purposes of this article, “plan” means an individualized...

Section 8292. - 8292. (a) Except as provided in this section, any modifications...

Section 8293. - 8293. (a) The county shall at least once every three...

Section 8294. - 8294. A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease...

Section 8294.5. - 8294.5. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...

ARTICLE 12 - Child Development Program Personnel Qualifications

Section 8295. - 8295. (a) (1) Preschool programs shall include a career ladder...

Section 8297. - 8297. Not later than 95 days after the governing board...

Section 8298. - 8298. (a) An entity operating preschool programs providing services to...

Section 8299. - 8299. Notwithstanding any other law, a high school student or...

Section 8300. - 8300. The same fee as that prescribed for a credential...

Section 8301. - 8301. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall by rule or...

Section 8302. - 8302. Each county or city and county board of education...

Section 8303. - 8303. (a) Each person employed by a public or private...

Section 8304. - 8304. Every employee of a child development program who before...

Section 8305. - 8305. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall establish standards for...

ARTICLE 13 - Administrative Review

Section 8306. - 8306. It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize...

Section 8307. - 8307. (a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure...

Section 8309. - 8309. (a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure...

Section 8310. - 8310. All hearings required by Section 8309 shall be conducted...

Section 8311. - 8311. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30,...

Section 8312. - 8312. The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the...

Section 8313. - 8313. All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions...

Section 8314. - 8314. (a) The Superintendent shall establish a contract classification system...

Section 8315. - 8315. (a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the...

Section 8316. - 8316. (a) An agency that has in place or places...

Section 8317. - 8317. Except for causes listed in Sections 8315 and 8316,...

Section 8318. - 8318. Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 8309...

Section 8319. - 8319. All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to...

ARTICLE 13.1 - California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program

Section 8320. - 8320. (a) The California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program is...

ARTICLE 13.2 - California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program

Section 8281.5. - 8281.5. (a) The California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program...

ARTICLE 14 - Contract Procedures

Section 8325. - 8325. The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target...

Section 8326. - 8326. The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution...

Section 8327. - 8327. Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to,...

Section 8329. - 8329. (a) The department shall include all of the following...

Section 8330. - 8330. The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies...

Section 8331. - 8331. The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving...

Section 8332. - 8332. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater...

Section 8333. - 8333. The department may execute a multiyear application process. Multiyear...

ARTICLE 15 - Contract Audit Requirements

Section 8335. - 8335. As used in this article: (a) “Financial and compliance...

Section 8336. - 8336. (a) All contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain...

ARTICLE 16 - Inclusive Early Education Expansion

Section 8337. - 8337. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 17 - Head Start

Section 8340. - 8340. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

ARTICLE 19 - 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program

Section 8420. - 8420. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 8421. - 8421. There is hereby established the 21st Century High School...

Section 8421.5. - 8421.5. (a) (1) The department shall provide notice to all...

Section 8422. - 8422. (a) Priority for funding pursuant to this article shall...

Section 8423. - 8423. (a) (1) The department shall select grantees to participate...

Section 8425. - 8425. (a) The department shall implement this program only to...

Section 8426. - 8426. (a) (1) A grantee that establishes a program pursuant...

Section 8426.5. - 8426.5. (a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to...

Section 8427. - 8427. (a) A high school after school program established pursuant...

Section 8428. - 8428. The department shall develop, and submit in compliance with...

ARTICLE 22.5 - After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program

Section 8483.3. - 8483.3. (a) The State Department of Education shall select applicants...

Section 8483.9. - 8483.9. (a) A program participant receiving funding pursuant to this...

Section 8484.5. - 8484.5. (a) All school-based before and after school programs established...

ARTICLE 22.5 - After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program

Section 8483.3. - 8483.3. (a) The State Department of Education shall select applicants...

Section 8483.9. - 8483.9. (a) A program participant receiving funding pursuant to this...

Section 8484.5. - 8484.5. (a) All school-based before and after school programs established...

ARTICLE 22.5 - After School Education and Safety Program

Section 8482. - 8482. There is hereby established the After School Education and...

Section 8482.1. - 8482.1. For purposes of this article, Article 19 (commencing with...

Section 8482.3. - 8482.3. (a) The After School Education and Safety Program shall...

Section 8482.4. - 8482.4. (a) The department shall review applications submitted under this...

Section 8482.5. - 8482.5. (a) Priority for funding programs established pursuant to this...

Section 8482.55. - 8482.55. (a) To accomplish the purposes of the After School...

Section 8482.6. - 8482.6. Every pupil attending a school operating a program pursuant...

Section 8482.6. - 8482.6. (a) Every pupil attending a school operating a program...

Section 8482.8. - 8482.8. (a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to...

Section 8483. - 8483. (a) (1) (A) (i) Every after school component of...

Section 8483.1. - 8483.1. (a) (1) Every before school program component established pursuant...

Section 8483.1. - 8483.1. (a) (1) Every before school program component established pursuant...

Section 8483.2. - 8483.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any program...

Section 8483.25. - 8483.25. The State Department of Education shall provide notice to...

Section 8483.3. - 8483.3. (a) The department shall select applicants to participate in...

Section 8483.4. - 8483.4. The administrator of every program established pursuant to this...

Section 8483.5. - 8483.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 8483.51. - 8483.51. For purposes of Section 8483.5, the term “continuously appropriated”...

Section 8483.55. - 8483.55. (a) From the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b)...

Section 8483.6. - 8483.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 41202, in any fiscal...

Section 8483.7. - 8483.7. (a) (1) (A) Each school that establishes a program...

Section 8483.75. - 8483.75. (a) (1) (A) Each school that establishes a before...

Section 8483.76. - 8483.76. (a) A school that establishes a program pursuant to...

Section 8483.8. - 8483.8. In any fiscal year, if a program participant receives...

Section 8483.9. - 8483.9. (a) A program participant receiving funding pursuant to this...

Section 8483.95. - 8483.95. It is the intent of the Legislature that a...

Section 8484. - 8484. (a) As required by the department, programs established pursuant...

Section 8484.1. - 8484.1. To the extent consistent with federal and state privacy...

Section 8484.3. - 8484.3. (a) Programs established pursuant to this article shall not...

Section 8484.5. - 8484.5. (a) All school-based before and after school programs established...

Section 8484.6. - 8484.6. (a) Programs established pursuant to this article may be...

Section 8484.65. - 8484.65. If a program is operated at a schoolsite located...

ARTICLE 22.6 - 21st Century Community Learning Centers

Section 8484.7. - 8484.7. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 8484.75. - 8484.75. The requirements of the After School Education and Safety...

Section 8484.8. - 8484.8. In accordance with Part B of Title IV of...

Section 8484.9. - 8484.9. (a) There is hereby established in the department an...

ARTICLE 23 - Child Supervision Programs

Section 8485. - 8485. The governing board of any school district conducting instruction...

Section 8486. - 8486. Child supervision programs conducted pursuant to this article shall...

Section 8487. - 8487. Child supervision programs conducted pursuant to this article shall...

Section 8488. - 8488. Each school that elects to establish a child supervision...

ARTICLE 24 - Expulsion and Suspension Procedures in Childcare and Development Services Programs

Section 8489. - 8489. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 8489.1. - 8489.1. (a) (1) Except as authorized by paragraph (3), a...

ARTICLE 24 - Identification of Developmental Delays and Learning Disabilities

Section 8490. - 8490. (a) Of the funds appropriated in Item 6100-001-0001 of...