California Education Code

§ 8207

EDC § 8207 Effective Jul 2, 2024Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The Superintendent shall administer all California state preschool programs. Those programs shall include, but not be limited to, part-day and full-day age and developmentally appropriate programs, offered through childcare centers and family childcare home education networks, that are designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for two-, three-, and four-year-old children and that provide early learning and care, health services, social services, nutritional services, parent education and parent participation, evaluation, and staff development, and that comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Preschool programs for which federal reimbursement is not available shall be funded as prescribed by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, and unless otherwise specified by the Legislature, shall not use federal funds made available through Title XX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397).

(b)A part-day California state preschool program shall operate for a minimum of (1) three hours per day, excluding time for home-to-school transportation, and (2) a minimum of 175 days per year, unless the contract specifies a lower number of days of operation.

(c)A full-day California state preschool program shall operate for a minimum of 246 days per year, unless the contract specifies a lower number of days of operation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 73, Sec. 3. (SB 163) Effective July 2, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 73.