BILL NUMBER: AB 2252	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

    An act relating to child care and development services.
  An act to add Section 8238.7 to the Education Code,
relating to child care and development services, and making an
appropriation therefor. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2252, as amended, Torrico.  Universal preschool.
  California state preschool programs: funding. 
   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   , commencing with
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, would continuously
appropriate to the Superintendent from the General Fund an amount
sufficient to enroll all 3- and 4-year-old children of families who
meet eligibility requirements and who   request enrollment.
The bill would also specify the intent of the Legislature to impose a
tax for purposes of fully funding California state preschool
programs  . 
   To the extent that the funds appropriated by this provision are
allocated to a school district or a community college district, those
funds would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for
school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 8238.7 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   8238.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, there shall be continuously appropriated to
the Superintendent from the General Fund an amount sufficient to
enroll all three- and four-year-old children of families who meet the
eligibility requirements specified in this article, and who request
enrollment.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to impose a tax for
purposes of fully funding all California state preschool programs in
accordance with this section.
   (c) To the extent that the funds appropriated pursuant to this
section are allocated to a school district or a community college
district, those funds would be applied toward the minimum funding
requirements for school districts and community college districts
imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
 
  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.