BILL NUMBER: AB 273	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rendon

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act relating to child care and development services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 273, as introduced, Rendon. Child care and development
services.
   The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, establishes a system of child
care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years
of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision,
health, and support services through full- and part-time programs.
Existing law requires the Superintendent to administer general child
care and development programs, as specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would redesign general child care and development
programs for infants and toddlers to allow for the combination of
child care and development services with home visitation services and
that would rename these programs the California Early Head Start
Program.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would redesign the general child care and
development programs for infants and toddlers to allow for the
combination of child care and development services with home
visitation services. It is further the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would rename the redesigned program the
California Early Head Start Program.