SECTIONS 79120-79121 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 79120-79121

79120. The governing board of any community college district may
establish and maintain a child development center on or near each
community college campus pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 8200) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1.

79121. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child
under two years of age whose parent is a student, or whose parents
are students, may attend child development centers consistent with
the priorities established pursuant to law.
(b) Children of students attending school at a particular campus
shall have first priority for attendance at a child development
center at that campus.
(c) Student families, as described in Section 8263, shall pay fees
according to the fee schedule established by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (f) of that section.
(d) Highest priority shall be given to student families with the
greatest income deficit, and lowest priority to student families with
the greatest income.
(e) For the purposes of assigning eligibility priority, applicant
student families shall be grouped according to the amount of their
income in one-hundred-dollar ($100) monthly increments. All student
families within a particular income range shall be treated as if
their incomes were the same, and priority for eligibility within each
particular income range shall be assigned on the following basis:
(1) Single-parent student families.
(2) Two-parent families, where both parents are students or where
one parent is a student and the other is working.
(f) Student families who are recipients of public assistance shall
be subject to the same assignment of priority as other student
families whose incomes fall in the same income range.