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AB-2467 State preschool: information. (2007-2008)

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Enrolled  September 05, 2008
Passed  IN  Senate  August 27, 2008
Passed  IN  Assembly  August 29, 2008
Amended  IN  Senate  June 23, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  May 23, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 16, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 07, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2467

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Brownley
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Coto, Hancock, Jones, Mullin)
 (Coauthor(s): Senator Romero, Steinberg)

February 21, 2008

An act to amend Section 8282 of, and to add Section 8283 to, the Education Code, relating to state preschool.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2467, Brownley. State preschool: information.
The Child Care and Development Services Act establishes various full- and part-time programs for a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of developmental services for children to 13 years of age and their parents. Existing law requires certain information to be provided to a child’s parent or guardian when a child is transferred from a state-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to a public school, and that information may, with the permission of the parent or guardian, be transferred to the pupil’s elementary school.
This bill would permit certain other information, including, but not limited to, information that the Superintendent of Public Instruction deems appropriate and helpful, to be included on the information transfer form. The bill would authorize the parent or guardian of a pupil to provide additional specified information if information is transferred to the elementary school pursuant to these provisions.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 8282 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8282.
 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state makes a substantial, annual investment in preschool, infant and toddler, and schoolage child development programs for eligible families. It is in the best interests of children and their families, and the taxpayers of California, to have information about the development and learning abilities of children developed in these settings, health and other information transferred to, or otherwise available to, the pupil’s elementary school.
(b) When a child in a state-funded preschool or infant and toddler program will be transferring to a local public school, the preschool or infant and toddler program shall provide the parent or guardian with information from the previous year deemed beneficial to the pupil and the public schoolteacher, including, but not limited to, development issues, social interaction abilities, health background, and diagnostic assessments, if any. The preschool or infant and toddler program, with the permission of the parent or guardian, may transfer this information to the pupil’s elementary school. The preschool or infant and toddler program may transfer the following information to the pupil’s elementary school, provided that the program has obtained the consent of the parent or guardian:
(1) The eligibility for, or participation in, any public support programs by the child or family.
(2) Whether the child has an individualized education plan or has received a diagnosis for any type of special services.
(3) Whether the child is an English learner.
(4) Whether the child is in need of remedial assistance, an after school program, special transportation, or full-day child care.
(c) A child who has participated in a state-subsidized preschool that maintains results-based standards, including the desired results accountability system, may have the performance information transferred to any subsequent or concurrent public school setting. The transferred information shall be in summary form and only accomplished with the permission of the parent or guardian.
(d) The information transfer form also may include information that the Superintendent deems appropriate and helpful to the public schoolteacher, subject to parent or guardian permission.

SEC. 2.

 Section 8283 is added to the Education Code, to read:

8283.
 If preschool information is transferred pursuant to Section 8282, the parent or guardian also may provide the pupil’s elementary school with information relating to the strengths, weaknesses, and unique needs of the pupil. This information may be included with the preschool information being transferred, or submitted separately. If a parent or guardian chooses to provide this information, the information shall be presented in a summary format.