BILL NUMBER: SB 1146	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 8499.10 of the Education Code, relating to
education programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1146, as introduced, Lara. Education programs: Head Start.
   Existing law provides that the Legislature finds and declares
certain things about the federal Head Start program, including that
the Congress has recognized the importance of the transfer from
preschool to primary school.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.
   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.  Section 8499.10 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   8499.10.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

   (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)  
(Public Law 97-35)  was enacted to require  grantees of
 federal Head Start funds  grantees  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 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  federal  the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301
et seq.).
   (6) Assisting families, administrators, and teachers in enhancing
educational and developmental continuity between Head Start services
and elementary school classes.
   (7) Linking the services provided in the Head Start program with
the education services provided by the local educational agency.
   (b) The  superintendent   Superintendent
 shall advise local  education  
educational  agencies of these federal requirements.