California Education Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 8200.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Child Care and Development Services Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 798, Sec....
• Section 8201.
  The purpose of this chapter is as follows:(a) To provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy...
• Section 8202.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that:(a) All families have access to child care and development services, through resource and referral services, where appropriate, regardless...
• Section 8203.
  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop standards for the implementation of quality programs. Indicators of quality shall include, but not be limited to:(a) A physical...
• Section 8203.1.
  (a) The Superintendent shall administer a QRIS block grant, pursuant to an appropriation made for that purpose in the annual Budget Act, to be allocated to...
• Section 8203.3.
  (a) On or before June 30, 1999, the State Department of Education shall develop prekindergarten learning development guidelines. The development of these guidelines shall be funded...
• Section 8203.5.
  (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that each contract entered into under this chapter to provide child care and development services, or to facilitate the provision of...
• Section 8204.
  In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, it is the policy of...
• Section 8205.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that in providing child development programs the Superintendent of Public Instruction give priority to children of families that...
• Section 8206.
  (a) The State Department of Education is hereby designated as the single state agency responsible for the promotion, development, and provision of care of children in...
• Section 8206.1.
  (a) The Superintendent shall collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the advice and assistance of the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee, in...
• Section 8206.2.
  The superintendent shall consult with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in development of the...
• Section 8206.6.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that federal funds received pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund be allocated according to federal...
• Section 8208.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Alternative payments” includes payments that are made by one child care agency to another agency or child care provider for the...
• Section 8208.1.
  Child care exempt from licensure is a valid parental choice of care for all programs provided for under this part, and no provision of this...
• Section 8208.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, child care and development programs, as defined in Section 8208, shall include, but not be limited to, respite child...
• Section 8209.
  (a) If a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive any requirements of this code or regulations adopted...

Last modified: October 22, 2018