SECTIONS 8320-8331 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 8320-8331

8320. The governing board of any school district or a county
superintendent of schools with the approval of the county board of
education is authorized to establish and maintain child development
programs upon the approval of, and subject to the regulations of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

8321. The county superintendent of schools in each county, with the
approval of the county board of education and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, shall have the authority to establish and
maintain child development programs and centers in the same manner
and to the same extent as governing boards of school or community
college districts, except that nothing in this section shall be
construed as vesting in the county superintendents of schools any
authority to alone effect the levy and collection of any county,
school, or other local taxes for the support of any child development
programs and centers.
The establishment and maintenance of any child development program
and center by the county superintendent of schools shall be
undertaken, subject to the prior approval of both the county board of
education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the
application of one or more school districts under his or her
jurisdiction.

8322. The governing board of any school district or the county
superintendent of schools may do the following:
(a) Accommodate in a child development facility maintained by it
children residing in another district, upon terms and under
conditions agreed upon by the governing boards of both districts.
(b) Permit the use of, and furnish maintenance for, buildings,
grounds, and equipment, and the use of existing administrative
personnel for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the child
development services or facilities maintained by it that are not in
conflict with law or the standards and regulations established for
child development services by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.

8324. The employees of school districts or community college
districts, or county superintendents of schools in preschool and
other types of child development services under this division shall
have the same rights and privileges as are granted to employees of
the same agencies in children's centers.

8326. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a
public or private agency, a school district, a community college
district or a county superintendent of schools operating child
development facilities may enter into an agreement with the
Employment Development Department which will provide an opportunity
to participants in work incentive programs under Division 2
(commencing with Section 5000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code for
training in child development facilities. Training pursuant to such
agreement shall have the objective of preparation for a career in the
field of child development.

8327. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
governing board of a school district or community college district,
county superintendent of schools, or other unit of local general
purpose government may enter into agreements with any city, city and
county, or other public agency, or with a private foundation,
nonprofit corporation, or proprietary child care agency as defined in
Section 8254 for the furnishing to, or use by, the governing board,
county superintendent of schools, or other unit of local general
purpose government in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, of
property, facilities, personnel, supplies, equipment and other
necessary items and such city, county, city and county, other public
agency, or private foundation or nonprofit corporation, is authorized
to enter into such agreements.

8328. The governing board of any school district or the county
superintendent of schools shall establish in the county treasury a
fund to be known as the "child development fund" into which shall be
paid all funds received by the district or the county for, or from
the operation of, child development services under this chapter. The
costs incurred in the maintenance and operation of child development
services shall be paid from the fund, with accounting to reflect
specific funding sources.
Funds of a district derived from the receipt of district taxes or
derived from moneys apportioned to the district for the support of
schools thereof, in addition to state moneys appropriated for the
support of child development services, fees, and federal funds, may
be expended for, or in connection with child development services.

8329. The governing board of any school district maintaining a
child development program may include in its budget the amount
necessary to initiate, operate, and maintain a child development
program pursuant to this chapter and the board of supervisors shall
levy a school district tax necessary to raise that amount. The tax
shall be in addition to any other school district tax authorized by
law to be levied.

8330. Community college districts that levied child development
permissive override taxes pursuant to Section 8329 of the Education
Code and former Section 8330 of the Education Code in the 1977-78
fiscal year and received fiscal relief pursuant to Chapter 282 of the
Statutes of 1979 to compensate for the loss of permissive override
taxes shall not receive reimbursement for child care services from
the Superintendent of Public Instruction in excess of 75 percent of
the standard reimbursement rate for campus child care programs.
Campus child care programs operated by the University of California,
the California State University, and community colleges that did not
levy a permissive override tax in the 1977-78 fiscal year shall
receive reimbursement from the Superintendent of Public Instruction
that equals 100 percent of the standard reimbursement rate for campus
child care and development programs.

8331. Sections 8329 and 8330 shall not apply to the part-day
preschool programs described in subdivision (f) of Section 8211.