California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10209.6

WIC § 10209.6 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 9 · Part 1.8 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)It is the intent of the Legislature for general or migrant childcare and development contractors, teachers, and staff to better understand the language and developmental needs of dual language learners enrolled in publicly funded general childcare and development programs or migrant childcare and development programs by identifying them as a dual language learner through a family language instrument and support their needs through a family language and interest interview. The identification of dual language learners will help improve program quality and inform the allocation and use of state and program resources to better support them and their linguistic and developmental needs for success in school and in life.

(b)The Director of Social Services shall develop procedures for general or migrant childcare and development contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a general childcare and development program administered pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10240) or a migrant childcare and development program administered pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 10235). To the maximum extent practicable, the procedures developed by the director shall align to the procedures required for state preschool contractors, as specified in Section 8241.5 of the Education Code.

(c)The procedures developed by the director pursuant to this section to identify dual language learners shall, at a minimum, include both of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 435, Sec. 2. (AB 393) Effective January 1, 2024.