Section 8276.5.

The Legislature recognizes the shortage of child care and development facilities which meet state and local health and safety standards, and the lack of other sources of funding for renovations and repairs necessary to upgrade facilities for licensing in order to accommodate major child care expansion. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for the purpose of providing small grants, as provided in Section 8277.1, to family day care homes, and revolving loans with no interest, as provided in Section 8277.2, to all other types of child care and development facilities, in order to provide sufficient child care and development facilities meeting licensing standards to accommodate the level of child care expansion provided in this chapter.

It is further the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for the state purchase of relocatable child care and development facilities as provided in Section 8277.7, for lease to qualifying contracting agencies in geographic areas with no available child care and development facilities.

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 798, Sec. 17. Effective July 28, 1980.)