Cal. EDC § 8261
This is the official text of Cal. EDC § 8261, part of California’s Education Code — governs public schools, community colleges, and universities in California.
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(a) The Legislature recognizes that preschool programs have made valuable contributions towards ensuring that public assistance recipients will be able to accept and maintain employment or employment-related training. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Superintendent ensure that counties comply with the requirements of Section 8260.
(b) The Superintendent shall ensure each county’s compliance with Section 8260 by not issuing funds to a local preschool contractor within a county until the Superintendent has received written certification from that county that the level of expenditure for childcare services provided by the county has been maintained at the 1970–71 fiscal year level pursuant to Section 8260. Funding provided by a county to a local preschool contractor shall not adversely affect the reimbursement received by the agency from the Superintendent pursuant to Section 8242 or 8244.
(b) The Superintendent shall ensure each county’s compliance with Section 8260 by not issuing funds to a local preschool contractor within a county until the Superintendent has received written certification from that county that the level of expenditure for childcare services provided by the county has been maintained at the 1970–71 fiscal year level pursuant to Section 8260. Funding provided by a county to a local preschool contractor shall not adversely affect the reimbursement received by the agency from the Superintendent pursuant to Section 8242 or 8244.
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