CHAPTER 25. Building a Better Early Care and Education System
Chapter 25 added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260.
§§ 10420–10429.5 · 23 sections
- § 10420 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building a Better Early Care and Education System Act.
- § 10420.5 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote quality, access, and stability in the early care and education system by authorizing an appropriate unit of…
- § 10421 As used in this chapter: (a) “Certified provider organization” means a provider organization that is certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the…
- § 10421.5 The state action antitrust exemption to the application of federal and state antitrust laws shall apply to the activities of family child care providers and…
- § 10422 (a) For purposes of this section, the Public Employment Relations Board, as established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, shall determine if an…
- § 10422.5 Family child care providers have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of provider organizations of their own choosing. Family child care…
- § 10423 Family child care providers are not public employees, and this chapter does not create an employer-employee relationship between family child care providers…
- § 10423.5 This chapter does not alter the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers.
- § 10424 (a) An appropriate unit of family child care providers, as described in subdivision (h), may designate, in accordance with this chapter, the provider…
- § 10424.5 (a) The scope of representation shall not extend to the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers. The…
- § 10425 (a) The department and any other state department or agency administering a state-funded early care and education program shall permit the certified provider…
- § 10425.5 (a) The Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding all matters within the…
- § 10426 (a) If an agreement is reached between the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, and the certified provider…
- § 10426.5 (a) Deductions may be requested by a certified provider organization from the subsidy payments of its provider members, and the Department of Human Resources…
- § 10427 (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Governor or the Governor’s representative and the certified provider organization have not agreed to…
- § 10427.5 It is unlawful for the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or any state agency or department charged with the…
- § 10427.7 It is unlawful for any political subdivision, contractor, or subcontractor, charged with the administration of a state-funded early care and education program,…
- § 10428 It shall be unlawful for a provider organization or a certified provider organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the Department of Human Resources or…
- § 10428.3 (a) An unfair practice charge alleging that a political subdivision, a contractor, or a subcontractor has committed a violation of Section 10427.7, or an…
- § 10428.5 (a) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, also apply, as appropriate, to this chapter. In implementing this…
- § 10428.7 (a) If online or group in-person preservice meetings or orientations are held for family child care providers by the state or a department, contractor,…
- § 10429 (a) This section shall apply only if a provider organization has been certified pursuant to Section 10424. (b) If the state, or a department, political…
- § 10429.5 To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, any training partnership that is established as a joint labor-management committee pursuant to paragraph (2) of…