(a) The department shall establish regulations for the allocation of capital outlay funds provided pursuant to Section 10303 to Section 10304.5, inclusive, to benefit children most needing child care and development or preschool programs. The first priority for all capital outlay shall be given to facilities located in geographic areas with no other available enrollment slots in existing subsidized and nonsubsidized child care and development or preschool facilities. All such capital outlay funding shall be used solely for purposes of renovation and repair of existing buildings.

(b) The department shall establish qualifications for determining the eligibility of contracting agencies and day care homes to apply for capital outlay funds.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 10302.5

  • Capital outlay: means the amount paid for the renovation and repair of childcare and development and preschool facilities to comply with state and local health and safety standards, and the amount paid for the state purchase of relocatable childcare and development and preschool facilities for lease to qualifying contracting agencies. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

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