CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260.
§§ 10207–10215 · 18 sections
- § 10207 The purpose of this part is as follows: (a) To provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for…
- § 10207.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) All families have access to child care and development services, through resource and referral services, where…
- § 10208 The department shall develop standards for the implementation of quality programs. Indicators of quality shall include, but not be limited to: (a) A physical…
- § 10209 (a) On or before June 30, 1999, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the department, shall develop prekindergarten learning development…
- § 10209.5 (a) The department shall ensure that each contract entered into under this part to provide child care and development services, or to facilitate the provision…
- § 10209.6 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature for general or migrant childcare and development contractors, teachers, and staff to better understand the language and…
- § 10210 In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, it is the policy of this…
- § 10210.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that in providing child development programs the department give priority to children of families that qualify under…
- § 10211 (a) The department is hereby designated as the single state agency responsible for the promotion, development, and provision of care of children in the absence…
- § 10211.5 (a) The department shall collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the advice and assistance of the Child Development Programs Advisory…
- § 10212 The department shall consult with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in development…
- § 10212.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that federal funds received pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund be allocated according to federal…
- § 10212.6 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to add approximately 206,800 new childcare slots above the slot levels funded during the 2020–21 fiscal year,…
- § 10213 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Providing children in California with a healthy start is one of the best investments the state…
- § 10213.5 As used in this part: (a) “Alternative payments” includes payments that are made by one childcare agency to another agency or childcare provider for the…
- § 10214 Child care exempt from licensure is a valid parental choice of care for all programs provided for under this part, and no provision of this part shall be…
- § 10214.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, child care and development programs, as defined in Section 10213.5, shall include, but not be limited to, respite…
- § 10215 (a) If a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, the department may waive any requirements of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code…