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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Education Code - EDC |
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Title 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS |
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Division 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS |
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Part 6. EDUCATION PROGRAMS—STATE MASTER PLANS |
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Chapter 2. Child Care and Development Services Act |
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ARTICLE 1. General Provisions |
Section 8206.1.
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(a) The Superintendent shall collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the advice and assistance of the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee, in the development of the state plan required pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund, before submitting or reporting on that plan to the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, "Child Care and Development Fund" has the same meaning as in Section 98.2 o.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "collaborate" means to cooperate with and to consult with.
(c) As required by federal law, the department shall develop an expenditure plan that sets forth the final priorities for child care. The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Social Services, the California Children and Families Commission, and other stakeholders, including the Department of Finance, to develop the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan. On or before February 1 of the year that the CCDF Plan is due to the federal government, the department shall release a draft of the plan. The department shall then commence a 30-day comment period that shall include at least one hearing and the opportunity for written comments. Before the May budget revision, the department shall provide the revised CCDF Plan to the chairs of the committees of each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations, and shall provide a report on the plan to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the annual Budget Act appropriation.