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CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 10207. - 10207. The purpose of this part is as follows: (a)...
Section 10207.5. - 10207.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a)...
Section 10208. - 10208. The department shall develop standards for the implementation of...
Section 10209. - 10209. (a) On or before June 30, 1999, the State...
Section 10209.5. - 10209.5. (a) The department shall ensure that each contract entered...
Section 10210. - 10210. In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and...
Section 10210.5. - 10210.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that in...
Section 10211. - 10211. (a) The department is hereby designated as the single...
Section 10211.5. - 10211.5. (a) The department shall collaborate with the Secretary of...
Section 10212. - 10212. The department shall consult with the Commission on Teacher...
Section 10212.5. - 10212.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that federal...
Section 10213. - 10213. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...
Section 10213.5. - 10213.5. As used in this part: (a) “Alternative payments” includes...
Section 10214. - 10214. Child care exempt from licensure is a valid parental...
Section 10214.5. - 10214.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, child care and...
Section 10215. - 10215. (a) If a state of emergency is declared by...
CHAPTER 1.1 - Online Portal for Child Care and Development Services
Section 10216. - 10216. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...
CHAPTER 2 - Resource and Referral Programs
Section 10217. - 10217. Funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter may...
Section 10218. - 10218. It is the intent of the Legislature that one...
Section 10219. - 10219. (a) For purposes of this chapter, child care resource...
Section 10220. - 10220. (a) In addition to the services described in Section...
Section 10221. - 10221. All child care resource and referral services shall be...
Section 10222. - 10222. Child care resources and referral shall be provided to...
Section 10223. - 10223. (a) There is hereby established a project known as...
Section 10224. - 10224. When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct...
Section 10224.5. - 10224.5. (a) Federal funds allocated to local child care resource...
CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Payment Programs
Section 10225. - 10225. (a) Upon the approval of the department, funds appropriated...
Section 10225.5. - 10225.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that:...
Section 10226. - 10226. (a) Alternative payment programs shall serve an identifiable geographic...
Section 10226.5. - 10226.5. To offer maximum support for parents and providers, alternative...
Section 10227. - 10227. Alternative payments may be made for services provided in...
Section 10227.5. - 10227.5. (a) Child care providers authorized to provide services pursuant...
Section 10228. - 10228. (a) Payments made by alternative payment programs shall not...
Section 10228.1. - 10228.1. Out of funds appropriated in accordance with paragraph (2)...
Section 10229. - 10229. The reimbursement for alternative payment programs shall include the...
Section 10229.4. - 10229.4. (a) Payments made by the Migrant Alternative Payment Program...
Section 10229.5. - 10229.5. The audits for such agencies shall include, but not...
Section 10230. - 10230. When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct...
Section 10230.5. - 10230.5. (a) When making referrals, every program operating pursuant to...
Section 10231. - 10231. (a) To the extent that funding is made available...
Section 10231.5. - 10231.5. (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, an...
Section 10232. - 10232. (a) Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing...
Section 10232.5. - 10232.5. Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services...
Section 10233. - 10233. Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services...
Section 10234. - 10234. An alternative payment agency, including, but not limited to,...
CHAPTER 6 - Migrant Child Care and Development Programs
Section 10235. - 10235. The department shall administer all migrant child care and...
Section 10236. - 10236. (a) For the purpose of this chapter, a “migrant...
Section 10237. - 10237. The department shall develop appropriate migrant child care and...
Section 10238. - 10238. (a) Cost for migrant programs may exceed the standard...
CHAPTER 7 - General Child Care and Development Programs
Section 10240. - 10240. The department, with funds appropriated for this purpose, shall...
Section 10241. - 10241. Programs operated pursuant to this part may be designed...
Section 10242. - 10242. (a) (1) Any entity operating child care and development...
Section 10243. - 10243. The department shall annually monitor funding used in general...
CHAPTER 8 - Family Child Care Home Education Networks
Section 10250. - 10250. (a) The department, with funds appropriated for this purpose,...
Section 10251. - 10251. Each family child care home education network contractor, in...
Section 10252. - 10252. This chapter does not impose any new requirement on...
CHAPTER 9 - Child Care and Development Services for Children with Special Needs
Section 10260. - 10260. (a) The department shall ensure that eligible children with...
Section 10261. - 10261. A contractor providing services pursuant to a general child...
Section 10262. - 10262. (a) All child care and development programs shall include...
Section 10263. - 10263. (a) The department and the local county welfare department...
CHAPTER 10 - Administration
Section 10265. - 10265. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness...
Section 10265.5. - 10265.5. The department shall do all of the following: (a)...
Section 10266. - 10266. The department shall do all of the following in...
Section 10266.5. - 10266.5. (a) No person employed by the department in a...
Section 10267. - 10267. The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical...
Section 10267.5. - 10267.5. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant...
Section 10268. - 10268. For purposes of meeting state and federal reporting requirements...
Section 10268.5. - 10268.5. Notwithstanding Section 14616 of the Government Code, the department...
Section 10269. - 10269. Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter...
Section 10269.5. - 10269.5. Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter...
Section 10270. - 10270. On and after the date on which the department...
Section 10270.5. - 10270.5. (a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant...
Section 10271. - 10271. (a) (1) The department shall adopt rules and regulations...
Section 10271.5. - 10271.5. (a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for...
Section 10271.7. - 10271.7. (a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under...
Section 10272. - 10272. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective July 1, 2011,...
Section 10272.5. - 10272.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in addition to...
Section 10273. - 10273. (a) The preferred placement for children who are 11...
Section 10273.5. - 10273.5. By July 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the State...
Section 10274. - 10274. The department may waive or modify child development requirements...
Section 10274.5. - 10274.5. The department may provide outreach services and technical assistance...
Section 10275. - 10275. (a) The department shall establish rules and regulations for...
Section 10275.5. - 10275.5. Until the department promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing...
Section 10276. - 10276. (a) A child care and development program funded pursuant...
CHAPTER 11 - Reimbursement Rates
Section 10280. - 10280. (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department...
Section 10280.2. - 10280.2. (a) (1) Consistent with the agreement, dated June 25,...
Section 10281. - 10281. (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “early childhood...
Section 10281.2. - 10281.2. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8243...
Section 10281.5. - 10281.5. (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of...
Section 10282.5. - 10282.5. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10280, the assigned...
Section 10283. - 10283. (a) Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year and each...
Section 10284. - 10284. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10280, the payment...
Section 10284.5. - 10284.5. The audits for those agencies licensed under the provisions...
Section 10284.6. - 10284.6. The department and the State Controller shall establish the...
Section 10285. - 10285. The department shall adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines to...
Section 10286. - 10286. The department shall support the coordination of resources available...
Section 10286.5. - 10286.5. In the event that operating agencies are unable to...
Section 10287. - 10287. (a) The rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the...
Section 10287.5. - 10287.5. A center-based child care agency contracting with the department...
CHAPTER 12 - Family Fees
Section 10290. - 10290. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department...
Section 10291. - 10291. (a) A family that receives services pursuant to paragraph...
Section 10292. - 10292. (a) The family fee schedule shall provide, among other...
CHAPTER 13 - Allocations and Expenditures
Section 10300. - 10300. (a) The department may reimburse approvable startup costs of...
Section 10300.5. - 10300.5. (a) The department and the State Department of Education...
Section 10301. - 10301. (a) The department shall develop a plan and procedures...
Section 10301.5. - 10301.5. (a) The Legislature recognizes the shortage of child care...
Section 10302. - 10302. Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost...
Section 10302.5. - 10302.5. (a) The department shall establish regulations for the allocation...
Section 10303. - 10303. The department shall establish a revolving loan fund to...
Section 10304. - 10304. (a) Repayments on loans made pursuant to Section 10303...
Section 10304.5. - 10304.5. The state shall hold a security interest in all...
Section 10305. - 10305. (a) For purposes of this section “department” means the...
Section 10305.5. - 10305.5. (a) For purposes of this section “department” means the...
Section 10306. - 10306. The Child Care and Development Facilities Loan Guaranty Fund,...
Section 10307. - 10307. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Board” means...
Section 10307.5. - 10307.5. (a) In the event that a school district elects...
Section 10308. - 10308. (a) (1) The Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund is...
Section 10308.5. - 10308.5. Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level...
Section 10308.7. - 10308.7. (a) The Legislature recognizes that child care and preschool...
Section 10309. - 10309. The department shall publish the methodology and data used,...
Section 10309.1. - 10309.1. (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base...
Section 10309.3. - 10309.3. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) There...
Section 10309.5. - 10309.5. (a) The department shall contract with a nonprofit organization...
Section 10309.7. - 10309.7. (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing quality...
CHAPTER 14 - Child Care and Development Infrastructure and Workforce Development
Section 10310.1. - 10310.1. (a) The department shall administer the Child Care and...
Section 10311. - 10311. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, subject to...
CHAPTER 15 - Transfer of Information
Section 10315. - 10315. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state...
CHAPTER 16 - Early Childhood Policy Council
Section 10320. - 10320. (a) The Early Childhood Policy Council is hereby established...
CHAPTER 17 - Local Programs
Section 10330. - 10330. The governing board of any school district or a...
Section 10331. - 10331. (a) The county superintendent of schools in each county,...
Section 10332. - 10332. The governing board of any school district or the...
Section 10333. - 10333. The employees of school districts or community college districts,...
Section 10334. - 10334. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a public...
Section 10335. - 10335. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing...
Section 10336. - 10336. (a) The governing board of any school district or...
Section 10337. - 10337. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...
CHAPTER 18 - Individualized Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma Child Care Subsidy Plans
Section 10340. - 10340. The Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey,...
Section 10341. - 10341. For purposes of this chapter, “county” means the Counties...
Section 10342. - 10342. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “plan” means an...
Section 10343. - 10343. The department shall establish instructions and timelines for submittal...
Section 10344. - 10344. (a) (1) The plan shall be submitted to the...
Section 10345. - 10345. (a) The County of Santa Clara shall, by the...
Section 10346. - 10346. (a) Using a template developed by the department, the...
Section 10347. - 10347. A participating contractor shall receive an increase or decrease...
Section 10348. - 10348. This chapter shall remain in effect only until July...
Section 10349. - 10349. Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act...
Section 10349.5. - 10349.5. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...
CHAPTER 19 - Child Care Subsidy Plan for the City and County of San Francisco
Section 10350. - 10350. The City and County of San Francisco may develop...
Section 10351. - 10351. Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and...
Section 10352. - 10352. (a) The plan shall be submitted to the local...
Section 10353. - 10353. (a) The City and County of San Francisco shall,...
Section 10354. - 10354. Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in...
Section 10355. - 10355. A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease...
Section 10356. - 10356. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...
CHAPTER 20 - Individualized County of San Mateo Child Care Subsidy Plan
Section 10360. - 10360. On and after July 1, 2014, the individualized county...
Section 10361. - 10361. For purposes of this chapter, “county” means the County...
Section 10362. - 10362. For purposes of this chapter, “plan” means an individualized...
Section 10363. - 10363. (a) Except as provided in this section, any modifications...
Section 10364. - 10364. (a) The county shall at least once every three...
Section 10365. - 10365. A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease...
Section 10366. - 10366. Commencing on the effective date of the act that...
CHAPTER 21 - Child Care for Recipients of the CalWORKs Program
Section 10370. - 10370. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...
Section 10370.5. - 10370.5. Current CalWORKs recipients are eligible for all child care...
Section 10371. - 10371. (a) The county welfare department shall manage the first...
Section 10371.5. - 10371.5. (a) As soon as appropriate, a county welfare department...
Section 10372. - 10372. (a) The second stage of child care begins when...
Section 10372.5. - 10372.5. (a) The third stage of child care begins when...
Section 10373. - 10373. Child care during the third stage may be funded...
Section 10373.5. - 10373.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...
Section 10374. - 10374. It is the intent of the Legislature that each...
Section 10374.5. - 10374.5. (a) The cost of child care services provided under...
Section 10375. - 10375. (a) By January 31, 1998, the State Department of...
Section 10375.5. - 10375.5. Notwithstanding any other confidentiality requirement, the government or private...
Section 10376. - 10376. (a) County welfare departments and alternative payment programs shall...
Section 10376.5. - 10376.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...
CHAPTER 22 - Child Development Program Personnel Qualifications
Section 10380. - 10380. (a) (1) Child development programs shall include a career...
Section 10380.5. - 10380.5. Except as waived under Section 10242 and except as...
Section 10381. - 10381. Not later than 95 days after the governing board...
Section 10381.5. - 10381.5. Notwithstanding Sections 10380 and 10380.5, any person serving as...
Section 10382. - 10382. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a high school...
Section 10382.5. - 10382.5. The same fee as that prescribed for a credential...
Section 10383. - 10383. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall by rule or...
Section 10384.5. - 10384.5. Each county or city and county board of education...
Section 10385. - 10385. (a) A person employed by a public or private...
Section 10387. - 10387. Every employee of a child development program who before...
Section 10387.5. - 10387.5. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall establish standards for...
CHAPTER 22.5 - Fraud and Overpayments
Section 10388. - 10388. (a) (1) The State Department of Education, in consultation...
CHAPTER 23 - Administrative Review
Section 10390. - 10390. It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize...
Section 10391. - 10391. (a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure...
Section 10392. - 10392. (a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure...
Section 10393. - 10393. All hearings required by Section 10392 shall be conducted...
Section 10394. - 10394. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30,...
Section 10395. - 10395. The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the...
Section 10396. - 10396. All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions...
Section 10397. - 10397. (a) The department shall establish a contract classification system...
Section 10398. - 10398. (a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the...
Section 10399. - 10399. (a) An agency that has in place or places...
Section 10400. - 10400. Except for causes listed in Sections 10398 and 10399,...
Section 10401. - 10401. Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 10392...
Section 10402. - 10402. All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to...
CHAPTER 25 - Building a Better Early Care and Education System
Section 10420. - 10420. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...
Section 10420.5. - 10420.5. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote...
Section 10421. - 10421. As used in this chapter: (a) “Certified provider organization”...
Section 10421.5. - 10421.5. The state action antitrust exemption to the application of...
Section 10422. - 10422. (a) For purposes of this section, the Public Employment...
Section 10422.5. - 10422.5. Family child care providers have the right to form,...
Section 10423. - 10423. Family child care providers are not public employees, and...
Section 10423.5. - 10423.5. This chapter does not alter the rights of families...
Section 10424. - 10424. (a) An appropriate unit of family child care providers,...
Section 10424.5. - 10424.5. (a) The scope of representation shall not extend to...
Section 10425. - 10425. (a) The department and any other state department or...
Section 10425.5. - 10425.5. (a) The Governor, through the Department of Human Resources...
Section 10426. - 10426. (a) If an agreement is reached between the Governor,...
Section 10426.5. - 10426.5. (a) Deductions may be requested by a certified provider...
Section 10427. - 10427. (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and...
Section 10427.5. - 10427.5. It is unlawful for the Department of Human Resources...
Section 10427.7. - 10427.7. It is unlawful for any political subdivision, contractor, or...
Section 10428. - 10428. It shall be unlawful for a provider organization or...
Section 10428.3. - 10428.3. (a) An unfair practice charge alleging that a political...
Section 10428.5. - 10428.5. (a) The powers and duties of the board described...
Section 10428.7. - 10428.7. (a) If online or group in-person preservice meetings or...
Section 10429. - 10429. (a) This section shall apply only if a provider...
Section 10429.5. - 10429.5. To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, any training...
CHAPTER 26 - Direct Service Contract Procedure
Section 10430. - 10430. The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target...
Section 10431. - 10431. The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution...
Section 10432. - 10432. Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to,...
Section 10433. - 10433. (a) The department shall include all of the following...
Section 10434. - 10434. The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies...
Section 10435. - 10435. The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving...
Section 10436. - 10436. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater...
Section 10437. - 10437. The department may execute a multiyear application process. Multiyear...
CHAPTER 27 - Direct Service Contract Audit Requirements
Section 10440. - 10440. As used in this chapter: (a) “Financial and compliance...
Section 10441. - 10441. (a) Child development contractors are encouraged to develop and...
CHAPTER 30 - Child Care and Development Facilities Capital Outlay
Section 10470. - 10470. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds...
Section 10471. - 10471. (a) All of the following child care and development...
Section 10472. - 10472. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...
Section 10473. - 10473. (a) The State Allocation Board shall establish regulations for...
Section 10474. - 10474. The State Allocation Board may use an amount not...
Section 10475. - 10475. (a) The State Allocation Board may use up to...
CHAPTER 31 - Local Planning Councils
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
Section 10480. - 10480. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...
ARTICLE 2 - Membership and Funding of Local Child Care Development Planning Councils
Section 10485. - 10485. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...
Section 10486. - 10486. (a) The department shall allocate child care funding pursuant...
Section 10487. - 10487. It is the intent of the Legislature that any...
CHAPTER 32 - Head Start
Section 10490. - 10490. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...
CHAPTER 33 - Expulsion and Suspension Procedures in Childcare and Development Services Programs
Section 10491. - 10491. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Section 10491.1. - 10491.1. (a) (1) Except as authorized by paragraph (3), a...
CHAPTER 34 - Whole Child Community Equity
Section 10492. - 10492. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...
Section 10492.1. - 10492.1. (a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation...
Section 10492.2. - 10492.2 (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in...