An agency contracting with the department to provide California state preschool program services may schedule up to two days of staff training, per contract period, using state reimbursement funding on the topics including procedures for emergencies in preschool programs, licensing regulations relating to preschool programs, recognition and reporting of suspected abuse of children in preschool programs, managing challenging behaviors and preventing expulsion of children, and addressing items on the program’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Quality plan.

(Added by renumbering Section 8272.1 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 99. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)