Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 6 > Chapter 2 > Article 10 - Childcare Subsidy Plan for the City and County of San Francisco

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• Children with exceptional needs: means either of the following:

  California Education Code 8205

• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Cost: includes , but is not limited to, expenditures that are related to the operation of preschool programs. See California Education Code 8205
• County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Four-year-old children: means children who will have their fourth birthday on or before December 1 of the fiscal year in which they are enrolled in a California state preschool program, or a child whose fifth birthday occurs after September 1 of the fiscal year in which they are enrolled in a California state preschool and whose parent or guardian has opted to retain or enroll them in a California state preschool program. See California Education Code 8205
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Standard reimbursement rate: means the reimbursement rate applicable to California state preschool programs pursuant to Section 8242. See California Education Code 8205
• State: includes the District of Columbia and the territories when applied to the different parts of the United States, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17