BILL NUMBER: AB 2582 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Coto
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
An act to amend Sections 8282 and 8499.10 of, and to add
Sections 8283 and 8284 to, Section 8282 of the
Education Code, relating to child care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2582, as amended, Coto. Child care providers :
data information. data.
(1) The
The Child Care and Developmental Services Act
establishes various full- and part-time programs for a comprehensive,
coordinated, and cost-effective system of developmental services for
children up to 13 years of age and their parents. Existing law
requires certain information to be provided to the parent or guardian
of a child when a pupil is transferred from a state-funded preschool
or infant and toddler program to a public school, and also provides
for the transfer of certain information from specified
state-subsidized preschools to public schools.
The bill would permit certain other information to be included on
the information transfer form. A school district would be prohibited
from requiring certain adults and caregivers who were required to be
fingerprinted to be fingerprinted again.
(2) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to
contract for the development of the California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System to provide for the retention and analysis of
pupil achievement data.
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to create and fund 6 preschool information pilot programs, to develop
and demonstrate methods for preschool information transfer to public
schools. The Superintendent would be required to create a process
for pupil information transfer for children who have participated in
a state-subsidized preschool and explore the extent to which
preschool summary information can be integrated into the California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System. The Superintendent would
be required to report to the Legislature by March 1, 2011, on the
results of the pilot program and the implementation of the statewide
preschool information transfer program.
This bill would delete the requirement that this information be
provided. The bill would, instead, authorize a child care provider
who has been fingerprinted using live-scan technology to permit the
transfer of his or her data to other agencies.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
no . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 8282 of the Education Code is amended to read:
8282. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state makes
a substantial, annual investment in preschool, infant and toddler,
and schoolage child development programs for eligible families. It is
in the best interest of children and their families, and the
taxpayers of California, to have information about the
learning, social, and health development of children in these
settings transferred to the elementary school of the pupil.
a process for serving children and families that is as seamless
as possible. A streamlined process that enables child care providers
to offer critical aid that is not interrupted by duplicating
live-scan fingerprinting requirements serves students and provides a
savings to the state. Preventing unnecessary and costly duplicative
services also benefits the Department of Justice by eliminating
multiple requests, thus reducing staffing needs.
(b) When a child in a state-funded preschool or infant and toddler
program will be transferring to a local public school, the preschool
or infant and toddler program shall provide the parent or
guardian with information from the previous year deemed beneficial to
the pupil and the public school teacher, including, but not limited
to, development issues, social interaction progress, health
background, and diagnostic assessments, if any. The preschool or
infant and toddler program, with the permission of the parent or
guardian, may transfer this information to the elementary school of
the pupil. A school district shall not require an adult or caregiver
who worked with the child in preschool or in infant and toddler care
and was required to be fingerprinted within the 18 months preceding
the enrollment of the child in a public school to be fingerprinted
again if that adult or caregiver will continue to support the pupil
in the public school. encourage qualified, experienced
child care providers to continue appropriate service.
(c) A child care provider who has been fingerprinted using
live-scan technology may permit the transfer of his or her data to
other agencies that the child care provider selects, including the
live-scan fingerprint database for community care licensing, and
state preschool programs operated by school districts and county
offices of education.
(c) A child who has participated in a state subsidized preschool
that maintains results-based standards, including the desired results
accountability system, may have the performance information
transferred to a subsequent or concurrent public school setting.
Transferred information shall be in summary form and only
accomplished with the permission of the parent or guardian.
(d) The information transfer form also may include information
that the Superintendent deems appropriate or helpful to the teacher,
including the eligibility of the child or family for or participation
in other public support programs and the child's English learner
status, participation in afterschool or other programs, special
transportation needs, or full-day child care needs.
SEC. 2. Section 8283 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
8283. (a) Subsequent to the pilot programs in Section 8284, the
Superintendent shall create a process for pupil information transfer
pursuant to Section 8282 that shall be available to a child who has
participated in a state preschool.
(b) The Superintendent shall explore the extent to which preschool
summary information can be integrated into the California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(c) The Superintendent shall report to the Legislature by March 1,
2011, on the results of the pilot program and the implementation of
the statewide preschool information transfer program.
SEC. 3. Section 8284 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
8284. (a) The Superintendent shall create and fund six two-year
preschool information pilot programs, three operated by local
educational agencies and three operated by nonprofit organizations.
The pilot programs shall develop and demonstrate methods for the
transfer of preschool information to public schools. The
Superintendent shall encourage creativity and diversity in the
methods used to transfer information and in preschool and public
school collaboration. In their final reports to the Superintendent,
the local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations shall
identify problems, if any, for the sending and receiving
organizations, or for parents and pupils, and provide
recommendations.
(b) The Superintendent shall determine the funding levels for the
pilot programs. The preschool information pilot programs shall not be
supported by state General Fund revenues, but by federal quality
improvement funds provided in the federal Child Care and Development
Fund program. The department may set aside a reasonable amount of
federal funding to administer the pilot programs and to report to the
Legislature. The pilot programs shall become operational only if the
funds are made available by the Legislature in the annual Budget
Act.
SEC. 4. Section 8499.10 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
8499.10. (a) The Congress has recognized the importance of the
transfer from preschool to primary school. Section 642A of Title VI
of Subtitle A of Chapter 8 of Subchapter B of the federal Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35) was enacted to require
grantees of federal Head Start funds to take steps to coordinate
with and involve the local educational agency serving the community,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Developing and implementing a systematic procedure for
transferring, with parental or guardian consent, Head Start program
records for each participating child to the school in which the child
will enroll.
(2) Establishing channels of communication between Head Start
staff and their counterparts in the schools, including, but not
limited to, teachers, social workers, and health staff, to facilitate
the coordination of programs.
(3) Conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or
elementary school teachers, and Head Start program teachers to
discuss the educational, developmental, and other needs of individual
children.
(4) Organizing and participating in joint transition-related
training of school staff and Head Start staff.
(5) Developing and implementing a family outreach and support
program in cooperation with entities carrying out parental
involvement efforts under Title I of the federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.).
(b) The superintendent shall advise local education agencies of
these federal requirements.
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