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Riverside County Family Child Care Association>
Pre-k legislative agenda
February 28, 2008
Dear members,
We are excited to report that a robust pre-k legislative
agenda has emerged this year, with a number of
preschool-related bills introduced last week in the state
Legislature.
Senate Bill 1629, introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg
with Assemblymember Dave Jones as principal coauthor and
Speaker Fabian Núñez as coauthor, would establish a
commission to create an early learning quality improvement
system. This would include a framework for improving
program quality and an enhanced funding structure that
provides the necessary resources for programs to achieve
higher quality, and the support and opportunity for
teachers to reach higher levels of educational attainment.
Assembly Bill 2759, introduced by Assemblymember Jones with
Senator Steinberg as principal coauthor and Speaker Núñez
as coauthor, would consolidate and streamline existing
Title V child development programs that serve children 3 to
5 years of age.
It is the intent of the authors that these two bills be
considered together as one policy reform package and they
will be double-joined during the upcoming policy committee
process.
There is also a continued effort to include preschool
facilities in the Public Education Facilities Bond Act
(Assembly Bill 100, Mullin).
Additional legislation related to preschool, child care or
child development includes:
Senate Bill 1304 (Simitian): Child care: County of San
Mateo child care subsidy plan.
Senate Bill 1410 (Corbett): Child care: reimbursement rate.
Assembly Bill 1871 (Coto): Teacher credentialing:
bilingual-crosscultural competence.
Assembly Bill 1888 (Huff): Child care: licensure
requirements: heritage schools.
Assembly Bill 2346 (Swanson): Child care: state employees.
Assembly Bill 2453 (Salas): Child care: family child care
providers. copy and paste link
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_2451-2500/ab_2453_bill_20080221_introduced.html
Assembly Bill 2467 (Brownley): State preschool:
information.
Assembly Bill 2525 (Galgiani): Criminal behavior: preschool
attendance.
Assembly Bill 2582 (Coto): Child care: data information.
Assembly Bill 2772 (Fuentes): Child day care facilities.
Assembly Bill 2909 (Furutani): Preschool: Preschool
Advisory Council.
Over the next month, stakeholders will have the opportunity
to review and study the legislation before the policy
committees start considering the bills in March and April.
Stay tuned for updates from us with more information about
the bills and opportunities to take action.
Thank you.
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