Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure to resolve a dispute between the department and a contracting agency providing preschool services pursuant to Section 8233 regarding the interpretation or application of a term or condition of a contract, or to dispute…

(a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure to each contracting agency providing preschool services pursuant to Section 8233 that shall be conducted by the Office of Administrative Hearings and shall be provided upon an appeal petition of the contracting agen…

All hearings required by Section 8309 shall be conducted according to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as otherwise directed in this article.

The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30, 1982, adopt regulations governing the hearings, which shall include all of the following: (a) Deadlines for filing petitions, commencing hearings and rendering decisions. (b) Notice to affected parties. (c) The manner for m…

The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the final administrative determination to be afforded the local contracting agency.

All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 8309 shall be preceded by a written notice of action to the local contracting agency which shall include the following: (a) A statement of the specific reasons for the action in the Statem…

(a) The Superintendent shall establish a contract classification system for purposes of identifying, monitoring, and providing technical assistance to contractors as follows: (1) Clear contract.This designation shall be given to a contract that is neither a provisional contract, …

(a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the following acts or omissions may have its contract or contracts immediately terminated if there is documented evidence of the acts or omissions, and upon review and recommendation of the general counsel of the department: (1) Frau…

(a) An agency that has in place or places a person in a position of fiscal responsibility or control who has been convicted of a crime involving misuse or misappropriation of state or federal funds, or a state or federal crime involving moral turpitude, may have its contract imme…

Except for causes listed in Sections 8315 and 8316, termination of a California state preschool program contract shall not occur without good cause and without notice as described in Section 8313 at least 90 days before the effective date given in the notice of termination.

Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 8309 shall remain in effect during the appeal process. However, local contracting agencies may continue to operate under the contract during an appeal of termination, unless the action is an immediate termination action taken pursu…

All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to Section 8233 shall contain a complete description of the appeal procedures provided in this article.

(a) The California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of expanding access universally to preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children across the state through a mixed-delivery system. (b) As used in this section, the followi…

The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target dates for contract application deadlines, contract award announcements, contract approvals, and contract evaluations. Each calendar shall be available to the public and shall be updated at least annually.

The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution list for application announcements.

Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information: the goals and objectives of the program, identification of the specific minimum range of services to be purchased related to those goals, quantitative as well as qualitative measures that w…

(a) The department shall include all of the following in the application announcement: (1) The time estimated for each step. (2) The specific staff names, office addresses, and telephone numbers for those responsible for each step. (3) The legal requirements and signatory approva…

The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies awarded contracts forms required for contract payments, management information or reports required pursuant to contract objectives, and conditions and methods for contract evaluations. Methods and conditions for payment r…

The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving disputes arising from the awarding or administering of contracts, in addition to the remedies provided under the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Tit…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state subsidized preschool program contracts with public and private agencies by the timely approval of contract provisions by the Department of Finance, the Department of …

The department may execute a multiyear application process. Multiyear applications may only be submitted by public and private agencies that have been fully compliant in executing prior contracts for at least the preceding three fiscal years as evidenced by all of the following: …

(a) (1) The State Department of Education shall develop and implement a streamlined request for application process for existing California state preschool program contractors to be awarded new California state preschool program slots. (2) The State Department of Education shall …

As used in this article: (a) “Financial and compliance audit” means a systematic review or appraisal to determine each of the following: (1) Whether the financial statements of an audited organization fairly present the financial position and the results of financial operations i…

(a) All contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds. Contractors may retain all earned funds, up to the reserve account maximum. For purposes of this section, “earned funds” are those for…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Early childhood inclusion embodies the values, policies, and practices that support the right of every infant and young child and their family, regardless of ability, to participate in a broad range of activities an…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Congress has recognized the importance of the transfer from preschool to primary school. Section 642A of Title VI of Subtitle A of Chapter 8 of Subchapter B of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (High School ASSETs) program.

There is hereby established the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program. The purpose of the program is to create incentives for establishing locally driven after school enrichment programs that partner schools and communities to provide acade…

(a) (1) The department shall provide notice to all schools eligible for grants under this article of the availability of those grants as well as the application process. (2) The department shall make the application available through its Internet Web site. The department shall pe…

(a) Priority for funding pursuant to this article shall be given to programs that previously received funding pursuant to Section 8421, for expansion of existing grants up to the per site maximum established under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8426, or to replace ex…

(a) (1) The department shall select grantees to participate in the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program from among applicants that apply on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. To the extent possible, the selection of applic…

(a) The department shall implement this program only to the extent that federal funds are appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the program. It is the intent of the Legislature that available federal funds be appropriated annually for the program established pursuant to…

(a) (1) A grantee that establishes a program pursuant to this chapter is eligible to receive a five-year grant of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per year per site in a program, subject to semiannual attendance reporting. Funding for a grant shall be allocated…

(a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to pupil participation in a program established pursuant to this article at the school of attendance, a grantee may request approval from the department to transfer program services to another schoolsite within the same local educational …

(a) A high school after school program established pursuant to this article shall submit to the department annual outcome-based data for evaluation. (1) To demonstrate program effectiveness, grantees shall submit, using the unique statewide pupil identifiers for participating pup…

The department shall develop, and submit in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a biennial report to the Legislature related to the pupils attending, and the program quality of, expanded learning programs. The report shall include data that is derived by matching…

There is hereby established the After School Education and Safety Program. All references to it by its prior name, the Before and After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program, in this article and other state law shall now identify it by its new name. The purp…

For purposes of this article, Article 19 (commencing with Section 8420), and Article 22.6 (commencing with Section 8484.7), the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Expanded learning” means before school, after school, summer, or intersession learning programs that focus on de…

(a) The After School Education and Safety Program shall be established to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools. The grades to be served by the program at participating schools may b…

(a) The department shall review applications submitted under this article to determine whether the applicable requirements in subdivision (f) of Section 8482.3 have been fulfilled. (b) The department shall use the per-pupil formulas established pursuant to subparagraph (C) of par…

(a) Priority for funding programs established pursuant to this article shall be given to schools where a minimum of 50 percent of the pupils in elementary schools and 50 percent of the pupils in middle and junior high schools are eligible for free or reduced cost meals through th…

(a) To accomplish the purposes of the After School Education and Safety Program, commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, and for each fiscal year thereafter, all grants made pursuant to this article shall be awarded as set forth in this section. (b) (1) Grants mad…

(a) Every pupil attending a school operating a program pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program, subject to program capacity. A program established pursuant to this article is not required to charge family fees or conduct individual eligibility determina…

(a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to pupil participation in a program established pursuant to this article at the school of attendance, a grantee may request approval from the department to transfer program services to another schoolsite within the same local educational …

(a) (1) (A) (i) Every after school component of a program established pursuant to this article shall commence immediately upon the conclusion of the regular schoolday, and operate a minimum of 15 hours per week, and at least until 6 p.m. on every regular schoolday. (ii) Notwithst…

(a) (1) Every before school program component established pursuant to this article shall in no instance operate for less than one and one-half hours per regular schoolday. Every program shall establish a policy regarding reasonable late daily arrival of pupils to the program. (2)…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any program electing to operate both a before and after school component for the same pupils during summer, intersession, or vacation periods must operate these programs a minimum of four and one-half hours per day.

The State Department of Education shall provide notice to all schools eligible for grants under this article of the availability of such grants as well as the process for making application.

(a) The department shall select applicants to participate in the program established pursuant to this article from among applicants that apply on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. It is the intent of the Legislature that the manner prescribed by the department, …

(a) The administrator of every program established pursuant to this article shall establish minimum qualifications for each staff position that, at a minimum, ensure that all staff members who directly supervise pupils meet the minimum qualifications for an instructional aide, pu…