Bill Text: CA AB6 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Attorney General: duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-29 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. [AB6 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB6-Amended.html
SECTION 1. Section 8206.8 is added to the Education Code , to read: 8206.8.
Bill Title: Attorney General: duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-29 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. [AB6 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB6-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 6
| Introduced by Assembly Members Reyes and McCarty |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to add Section 8206.8 to the Education Code, relating to early childhood education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 6, as amended, Reyes.
Early childhood education: Early Childhood Education Branch. interagency coordination and quality improvement.
Existing law designates the State Department of Education as the single state agency responsible for the promotion, development, and provision of care of children in the absence of their parents during the workday or while engaged in other activities that require assistance of a 3rd party or parties.
This bill would establish in the department, on or before January 1, 2021, the Early Childhood Education Branch, in order to ensure a holistic implementation of early childhood education programs and universal preschool. The bill would require the office to have specified responsibilities, including the responsibility of coordinating services with the State Department of Social Services and the California Health and Human Services Agency to ensure that social and health services are provided to children in early childhood education programs. The
bill would express the intent of the Legislature to adequately finance the Early Childhood Education Branch when it is established.
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before January 1, 2021, to establish an interagency workgroup composed of representatives from certain state entities within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The bill would require the interagency workgroup to identify administrative changes for implementation by the participating state entities to improve the coordination of services provided to children in early learning and care programs. The bill would require the interagency workgroup to report on its work to the Governor, Superintendent, and relevant budget and policy committees of the Legislature at least annually. The bill would require the Superintendent, on or before January 15, 2021, to
establish a quality improvement workgroup composed of stakeholders from the early learning and care community and other early learning and care experts. The bill would require the quality improvement workgroup to review and propose revisions to the current quality rating and improvement system and program standards for consideration by the Superintendent, and to develop and review strategies and criteria for consideration by the Superintendent relating to curriculum alignment and standardization, as provided. The bill would require the quality improvement workgroup to report on its work to the Superintendent, the California Children and Families Commission, and Quality Counts California leadership at least annually. The bill would impose other specified requirements on the Superintendent relating to early learning and care programs and services.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8206.8 is added to the Education Code, to read:8206.8.
(a) In order to ensure a holistic implementation of early learning and care programs and universal preschool, the Superintendent, on or before January 1, 2021, shall do all of the following:(1) Elevate the priority of programs that support early learning and care within the department and augment staffing within the Early Learning and Care Division in the department to provide leadership and support to contractors and the early learning and care community, to ensure that high-quality early learning and care programs are provided, and to ensure that the mixed delivery systems for early learning and care programs are supported.
(2) (A) Coordinate services
with the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Social Services, and other relevant entities within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to ensure that the social and health services provided by those departments are provided to children in early learning and care programs who are eligible for those services.
(B) Coordination of services pursuant to subparagraph (A) may prioritize the coordination of services that results in increased access to health assessments and followup diagnostic treatment services for low-income children.
(C) Coordination of services pursuant to subparagraph (A) may conform with family-centered, and community- and evidence-based systems of coordinated care for children.
(3) (A) Establish an interagency workgroup, composed of representatives from the entities described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), to identify administrative changes for implementation by each respective state agency to improve the coordination of services provided to children in early learning and care programs.
(B) At least annually, the interagency workgroup shall report on its work to the Governor, Superintendent, and relevant budget and policy committees of the Legislature.
(C) The interagency workgroup shall coordinate with the Early Childhood Policy Council established pursuant to Section 8286 and with the executive director of the Early Childhood Policy Council. Two members of the Early Childhood Policy Council shall be designated to coordinate with the interagency workgroup.
(D) When identifying administrative changes pursuant to subparagraph (A), the interagency workgroup shall build on the work of the 2019 California Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education Final Report, the strategic plan for the Preschool Development Grant, and the state’s master plan for early learning and care developed pursuant to Section 8207.
(b) (1) The Superintendent shall, on or before January 15, 2021, establish a quality improvement workgroup, building on the work of Quality Counts California, or a successor quality rating and improvement system identified by the Superintendent, and the Quality Rating and Improvement System local consortia, as defined in Section 8203.1. The quality improvement workgroup shall do both of the following:
(A) On or before July 1, 2021,
review and propose revisions to the current quality rating and improvement system and program standards for consideration by the Superintendent.
(B) On or before January 1, 2022, develop and review strategies and criteria for consideration by the Superintendent on both of the following:
(i) Creating and implementing a standardized early childhood education curriculum, appropriate for use across the spectrum of early learning and care settings.
(ii) Increasing the alignment of curricula from, and professional development for, the California Infant/Toddler Curriculum Framework, the California Preschool Learning Foundations, and the California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks. Strategies and criteria developed pursuant to this clause shall promote alignment with, and enhance the goals and quality metrics set forth in,
Section 8203 and the federal Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant program (Subchapter V (commencing with Section 701) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code), and shall do all of the following:
(I) Draw on evidence and expertise in the areas of curriculum development and implementation.
(II) Support the social and emotional development of all children in early learning and care settings.
(III) Ensure that all early learning and care programs help prepare children for entering the K–12 system.
(IV) Support and show understanding of the nuanced differences and needs within the mixed delivery systems for early learning and care programs.
(V) Support the full
inclusion of children with disabilities.
(VI) Ensure that children who are dual language learners are adequately supported in their learning and development.
(2) The quality improvement workgroup shall be composed of stakeholders from the early learning and care community and other early learning and care experts and shall coordinate with county offices of education and other relevant local and state early learning and care stakeholders.
(3) The quality improvement workgroup shall consider input from parents, providers from different types of early learning and care settings, current Quality Counts California participants, the California Children and Families Commission, academic experts, representatives of the Legislature, department staff, and early learning and care advocates.
(4) At least annually, the quality improvement workgroup shall report on its work to the Superintendent, the California Children and Families Commission, and Quality Counts California leadership.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
(1) Adequately finance the Early Learning and Care Division in order to augment staffing and fully support the programs under the jurisdiction of the Early Learning and Care Division, the interagency workgroup, the quality improvement workgroup, and to improve coordination across state agencies.
(2) Support the Early Learning and Care Division, the interagency workgroup, and the quality improvement workgroup in their efforts to promote alignment with elementary and secondary education staff and
systems within the department by doing both of the following:
(A) Ensuring alignment of curriculum and curricular implementation strategies.
(B) Creating enhanced mechanisms for technical assistance and support for childcare providers and community-based organizations to better elevate the support and services of the department for early learning and care programs.
(3) Review the reports and work of the interagency workgroup and the quality improvement workgroup to best support efforts of program expansion, quality enhancement, and increased efficiency, in coordination with the department and relevant entities within the California Health and Human Services Agency.
(a)(1)In order to ensure a holistic implementation of early childhood education programs and universal preschool, on or before January 1, 2021, there shall be established in the department the Early Childhood Education Branch.
(2)The Early Childhood Education Branch shall replace the department’s Early Learning and Care Division.
(b)The responsibilities of the Early Childhood Education Branch shall include all of the following:
(1)Coordinate services with the State Department of Social Services and the California Health and
Human Services Agency to ensure that social and health services are provided to children in early childhood education programs.
(2)Coordinate with local county offices of education to identify key strategies and implement a standardized curriculum.
(3)Provide leadership and support to contractors and the child development community, ensuring high-quality early childhood education programs are provided.
(4)Support mixed delivery systems within early childhood education programs.
(c)It is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following:
(1)Adequately finance the Early Childhood Education
Branch when it is established.
(2)Support the Early Childhood Education Branch in its efforts to promote alignment with elementary and secondary education staff and systems within the department.
