The department shall annually monitor funding used in, and hours of service provided in, the California state preschool program, and shall annually report to the Department of Finance and to the Legislature a statewide summary identifying the estimated funding used for, and the number of, preschool age children receiving part-day preschool and wraparound childcare services. The annual report shall include a comparison to the prior year on a county-by-county basis.

(Added by renumbering Section 8236.1 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 36. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

Terms Used In California Education Code 8215

  • California state preschool program: means those programs that offer part-day or full-day, or both, educational programs for eligible three- and four-year-old children. See California Education Code 8205