BILL NUMBER: AB 2252	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to child care and development services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2252, as introduced, Torrico. Universal preschool.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
administer all California state preschool programs, including, but
not limited to, part-day and full-day age and developmentally
appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children who meet certain
eligibility requirements.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide a universal preschool program that would be
available for 3- and 4-year-old children, to be funded through the
imposition of an inheritance tax.
   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 to provide a universal preschool program that would be
available for three- and four-year-old children, to be funded through
the imposition of an inheritance tax.