BILL NUMBER: AB 2172	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 8974 of the Education Code, relating to
education programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2172, as introduced, Buchanan. Education programs: early
primary programs.
   Existing law requires school districts that establish early
primary programs to provide educational continuity from preschool
through kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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 8974 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8974.   School districts   A school distric
  t  with  an  early primary  programs
  program  shall provide educational continuity
from preschool through kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, by
accomplishing the following:
   (a) Establish connections with public preschool programs,
including state preschool, state child development, and federal Head
Start programs, to establish a more effective transition of children
from preschool to kindergarten.
   (b) Promote connections among early primary programs that provide
before- and after-school services.
   (c) Promote joint activities for teachers and administrators of
public preschool programs, including state preschool, state child
development, and federal Head Start, and kindergarten and grades 1 to
3, inclusive, in areas such as program planning and staff
development training related to developmentally appropriate
curriculum and assessment practices for young children.