AB 2660, as introduced, McCarty. Early education: three-year plan.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, which include part-day age and developmentally appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children, as provided. Existing law provides that 3- and 4-year-old children are eligible for the state part-day preschool program if the family meets one of several eligibility requirements, including income eligibility.
This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care, on or before July 1, 2017, to submit to the Legislature and the Department of Finance a plan that provides a 3-year plan for providing access to income eligible children to high-quality prekindergarten programs for a minimum of one year before enrollment in kindergarten and a 3-year plan for ensuring that publicly funded prekindergarten programs focus on certain areas.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 8780) is
2added to Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to
3read:
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This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Quality
9Early Education and Development Act of 2016.
(a) On or before July 1, 2017, the department, in
11consultation with the state board and the State Advisory Council
12on Early Learning and Care, shall submit to the Legislature and
13the Department of Finance a plan that provides both of the
14following:
15(1) A three-year plan for providing access for income eligible
16children to high-quality prekindergarten programs for a minimum
17of one year before enrollment in kindergarten.
18(2) A three-year plan for ensuring that publicly funded
19prekindergarten programs focus on all of the following areas, which
20are most closely associated with positive outcomes for children:
21(A) School readiness.
22(B) Child development.
23(C) Family engagement.
24(D) Educator capacity, preparation, and professional
25development.
26(E) Program environment.
27(b) For purposes of this section, “prekindergarten programs”
28includes all of the following:
29(1) Transitional kindergarten.
30(2) State preschool.
31(3) Head Start programs.
32(c) For purposes of this section, “income eligible” has the same
33meaning as subdivision (a) of Section 8263.1.
34(d) The plan shall be submitted to the Legislature in compliance
35with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code,
2this chapter is repealed on January 1, 2021.
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