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EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8499.3-8499.7



8499.3.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that local child
care and development planning councils shall provide a forum for the
identification of local priorities for child care and the development
of policies to meet the needs identified within those priorities.
   (b) The county board of supervisors and the county superintendent
of schools shall do both of the following:
   (1) Select the members of the local planning council. Before
making selections pursuant to this subdivision, the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools shall publicize
their intention to select the members and shall invite local
organizations to submit nominations. In counties in which the
superintendent is appointed by the county board of education, the
county board of education may make the appointment or may delegate
that responsibility to the superintendent.
   (2) Establish the term of appointment for the members of the local
planning council.
   (c) (1) The local planning council shall be comprised as follows:
   (A) Twenty percent of the membership shall be consumers.
   (B) Twenty percent of the membership shall be child care
providers, reflective of the range of child care providers in the
county.
   (C) Twenty percent of the membership shall be public agency
representatives.
   (D) Twenty percent of the membership shall be community
representatives, who shall not be child care providers or agencies
that contract with the department to provide child care and
development services.
   (E) The remaining 20 percent shall be appointed at the discretion
of the appointing agencies.
   (2) The board of supervisors and the superintendent of schools
shall each appoint one-half of the members. In the case of uneven
membership, both appointing entities shall agree on the odd-numbered
appointee.
   (d) Every effort shall be made to ensure that the ethnic, racial,
and geographic composition of the local planning council is
reflective of the ethnic, racial, and geographic distribution of the
population of the county.
   (e) The board of supervisors and county superintendent of schools
may designate an existing child care planning council or coordinated
child and family services council as the local planning council, as
long as it has or can achieve the representation set forth in this
section.
   (f) Upon establishment of a local planning council, the local
planning council shall elect a chair and select a staff.
   (g) Each local planning council shall develop and implement a
training plan to provide increased efficiency, productivity, and
facilitation of local planning council meetings. This may include
developing a training manual, hiring facilitators, and identifying
strategies to meet the objectives of the council.
   (h) No member of a local planning council shall participate in a
vote if he or she has a proprietary interest in the outcome of the
matter being voted upon.



8499.5.  (a) The department shall allocate child care funding
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) based on the
amount of state and federal funding that is available.
   (b) By May 30 of each year, upon approval by the county board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools, each local
planning council shall submit to the department the local priorities
it has identified that reflect all child care needs in the county. To
accomplish this, each local planning council shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no
less than once every five years. The department shall define and
prescribe data elements to be included in the needs assessment and
shall specify the format for the data reporting. The needs assessment
shall also include all factors deemed appropriate by the local
planning council in order to obtain an accurate picture of the
comprehensive child care needs in the county. The factors include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:
   (A) The needs of families eligible for subsidized child care.
   (B) The needs of families not eligible for subsidized child care.
   (C) The waiting lists for programs funded by the department and
the State Department of Social Services.
   (D) The need for child care for children determined by the child
protective services agency to be neglected, abused, or exploited, or
at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited.
   (E) The number of children in families receiving public
assistance, including food stamps, housing support, and Medi-Cal, and
assistance from the Healthy Families Program and the Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.
   (F) Family income among families with preschool or schoolage
children.
   (G) The number of children in migrant agricultural families who
move from place to place for work or who are currently dependent for
their income on agricultural employment in accordance with
subdivision (a) of, and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of,
Section 8231.
   (H) The number of children who have been determined by a regional
center to require services pursuant to an individualized family
service plan, or by a local educational agency to require services
pursuant to an individualized education program or an individualized
family service plan.
   (I) The number of children in the county by primary language
spoken pursuant to the department's language survey.
   (J) Special needs based on geographic considerations, including
rural areas.
   (K) The number of children needing child care services by age
cohort.
   (2) Document information gathered during the needs assessment
which shall include, but need not be limited to, data on supply,
demand, cost, and market rates for each category of child care in the
county.
   (3) Encourage public input in the development of the priorities.
Opportunities for public input shall include at least one public
hearing during which members of the public can comment on the
proposed priorities.
   (4) Prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to
mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
   (5) Conduct a periodic review of child care programs funded by the
department and the Department of Social Services to determine if
identified priorities are being met.
   (6) Collaborate with subsidized and nonsubsidized child care
providers, county welfare departments, human service agencies,
regional centers, job training programs, employers, integrated child
and family service councils, local and state children and families
commissions, parent organizations, early start family resource
centers, family empowerment centers on disability, local child care
resource and referral programs, and other interested parties to
foster partnerships designed to meet local child care needs.
   (7) Design a system to consolidate local child care waiting lists,
if a centralized eligibility list is not already in existence.
   (8) Coordinate part-day programs, including state preschool and
Head Start, with other child care and development services to provide
full-day child care.
   (9) Submit the results of the needs assessment and the local
priorities identified by the local planning council to the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools for approval
before submitting them to the department.
   (10) Identify at least one, but not more than two, members to
serve as part of the department team that reviews and scores
proposals for the provision of services funded through contracts with
the department. Local planning council representatives may not
review and score proposals from the geographic area covered by their
own local planning council. The department shall notify each local
planning council whenever this opportunity is available.
   (c) The department shall, in conjunction with the Department of
Social Services and all appropriate statewide agencies and
associations, develop guidelines for use by local planning councils
to assist them in conducting needs assessments that are reliable and
accurate. The guidelines shall include acceptable sources of
demographic and child care data, and methodologies for assessing
child care supply and demand.
   (d) The department shall allocate funding within each county in
accordance with the priorities identified by the local planning
council of that county and submitted to the department pursuant to
this section, unless the priorities do not meet the requirements of
state or federal law.



8499.7.  It is the intent of the Legislature that any additional
conditions imposed upon local planning councils shall be funded from
available federal funds to the greatest extent legally possible.


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Statutes > California > Edc > 8499.3-8499.7

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8499.3-8499.7



8499.3.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that local child
care and development planning councils shall provide a forum for the
identification of local priorities for child care and the development
of policies to meet the needs identified within those priorities.
   (b) The county board of supervisors and the county superintendent
of schools shall do both of the following:
   (1) Select the members of the local planning council. Before
making selections pursuant to this subdivision, the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools shall publicize
their intention to select the members and shall invite local
organizations to submit nominations. In counties in which the
superintendent is appointed by the county board of education, the
county board of education may make the appointment or may delegate
that responsibility to the superintendent.
   (2) Establish the term of appointment for the members of the local
planning council.
   (c) (1) The local planning council shall be comprised as follows:
   (A) Twenty percent of the membership shall be consumers.
   (B) Twenty percent of the membership shall be child care
providers, reflective of the range of child care providers in the
county.
   (C) Twenty percent of the membership shall be public agency
representatives.
   (D) Twenty percent of the membership shall be community
representatives, who shall not be child care providers or agencies
that contract with the department to provide child care and
development services.
   (E) The remaining 20 percent shall be appointed at the discretion
of the appointing agencies.
   (2) The board of supervisors and the superintendent of schools
shall each appoint one-half of the members. In the case of uneven
membership, both appointing entities shall agree on the odd-numbered
appointee.
   (d) Every effort shall be made to ensure that the ethnic, racial,
and geographic composition of the local planning council is
reflective of the ethnic, racial, and geographic distribution of the
population of the county.
   (e) The board of supervisors and county superintendent of schools
may designate an existing child care planning council or coordinated
child and family services council as the local planning council, as
long as it has or can achieve the representation set forth in this
section.
   (f) Upon establishment of a local planning council, the local
planning council shall elect a chair and select a staff.
   (g) Each local planning council shall develop and implement a
training plan to provide increased efficiency, productivity, and
facilitation of local planning council meetings. This may include
developing a training manual, hiring facilitators, and identifying
strategies to meet the objectives of the council.
   (h) No member of a local planning council shall participate in a
vote if he or she has a proprietary interest in the outcome of the
matter being voted upon.



8499.5.  (a) The department shall allocate child care funding
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) based on the
amount of state and federal funding that is available.
   (b) By May 30 of each year, upon approval by the county board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools, each local
planning council shall submit to the department the local priorities
it has identified that reflect all child care needs in the county. To
accomplish this, each local planning council shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no
less than once every five years. The department shall define and
prescribe data elements to be included in the needs assessment and
shall specify the format for the data reporting. The needs assessment
shall also include all factors deemed appropriate by the local
planning council in order to obtain an accurate picture of the
comprehensive child care needs in the county. The factors include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:
   (A) The needs of families eligible for subsidized child care.
   (B) The needs of families not eligible for subsidized child care.
   (C) The waiting lists for programs funded by the department and
the State Department of Social Services.
   (D) The need for child care for children determined by the child
protective services agency to be neglected, abused, or exploited, or
at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited.
   (E) The number of children in families receiving public
assistance, including food stamps, housing support, and Medi-Cal, and
assistance from the Healthy Families Program and the Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.
   (F) Family income among families with preschool or schoolage
children.
   (G) The number of children in migrant agricultural families who
move from place to place for work or who are currently dependent for
their income on agricultural employment in accordance with
subdivision (a) of, and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of,
Section 8231.
   (H) The number of children who have been determined by a regional
center to require services pursuant to an individualized family
service plan, or by a local educational agency to require services
pursuant to an individualized education program or an individualized
family service plan.
   (I) The number of children in the county by primary language
spoken pursuant to the department's language survey.
   (J) Special needs based on geographic considerations, including
rural areas.
   (K) The number of children needing child care services by age
cohort.
   (2) Document information gathered during the needs assessment
which shall include, but need not be limited to, data on supply,
demand, cost, and market rates for each category of child care in the
county.
   (3) Encourage public input in the development of the priorities.
Opportunities for public input shall include at least one public
hearing during which members of the public can comment on the
proposed priorities.
   (4) Prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to
mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
   (5) Conduct a periodic review of child care programs funded by the
department and the Department of Social Services to determine if
identified priorities are being met.
   (6) Collaborate with subsidized and nonsubsidized child care
providers, county welfare departments, human service agencies,
regional centers, job training programs, employers, integrated child
and family service councils, local and state children and families
commissions, parent organizations, early start family resource
centers, family empowerment centers on disability, local child care
resource and referral programs, and other interested parties to
foster partnerships designed to meet local child care needs.
   (7) Design a system to consolidate local child care waiting lists,
if a centralized eligibility list is not already in existence.
   (8) Coordinate part-day programs, including state preschool and
Head Start, with other child care and development services to provide
full-day child care.
   (9) Submit the results of the needs assessment and the local
priorities identified by the local planning council to the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools for approval
before submitting them to the department.
   (10) Identify at least one, but not more than two, members to
serve as part of the department team that reviews and scores
proposals for the provision of services funded through contracts with
the department. Local planning council representatives may not
review and score proposals from the geographic area covered by their
own local planning council. The department shall notify each local
planning council whenever this opportunity is available.
   (c) The department shall, in conjunction with the Department of
Social Services and all appropriate statewide agencies and
associations, develop guidelines for use by local planning councils
to assist them in conducting needs assessments that are reliable and
accurate. The guidelines shall include acceptable sources of
demographic and child care data, and methodologies for assessing
child care supply and demand.
   (d) The department shall allocate funding within each county in
accordance with the priorities identified by the local planning
council of that county and submitted to the department pursuant to
this section, unless the priorities do not meet the requirements of
state or federal law.



8499.7.  It is the intent of the Legislature that any additional
conditions imposed upon local planning councils shall be funded from
available federal funds to the greatest extent legally possible.



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Statutes > California > Edc > 8499.3-8499.7

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8499.3-8499.7



8499.3.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that local child
care and development planning councils shall provide a forum for the
identification of local priorities for child care and the development
of policies to meet the needs identified within those priorities.
   (b) The county board of supervisors and the county superintendent
of schools shall do both of the following:
   (1) Select the members of the local planning council. Before
making selections pursuant to this subdivision, the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools shall publicize
their intention to select the members and shall invite local
organizations to submit nominations. In counties in which the
superintendent is appointed by the county board of education, the
county board of education may make the appointment or may delegate
that responsibility to the superintendent.
   (2) Establish the term of appointment for the members of the local
planning council.
   (c) (1) The local planning council shall be comprised as follows:
   (A) Twenty percent of the membership shall be consumers.
   (B) Twenty percent of the membership shall be child care
providers, reflective of the range of child care providers in the
county.
   (C) Twenty percent of the membership shall be public agency
representatives.
   (D) Twenty percent of the membership shall be community
representatives, who shall not be child care providers or agencies
that contract with the department to provide child care and
development services.
   (E) The remaining 20 percent shall be appointed at the discretion
of the appointing agencies.
   (2) The board of supervisors and the superintendent of schools
shall each appoint one-half of the members. In the case of uneven
membership, both appointing entities shall agree on the odd-numbered
appointee.
   (d) Every effort shall be made to ensure that the ethnic, racial,
and geographic composition of the local planning council is
reflective of the ethnic, racial, and geographic distribution of the
population of the county.
   (e) The board of supervisors and county superintendent of schools
may designate an existing child care planning council or coordinated
child and family services council as the local planning council, as
long as it has or can achieve the representation set forth in this
section.
   (f) Upon establishment of a local planning council, the local
planning council shall elect a chair and select a staff.
   (g) Each local planning council shall develop and implement a
training plan to provide increased efficiency, productivity, and
facilitation of local planning council meetings. This may include
developing a training manual, hiring facilitators, and identifying
strategies to meet the objectives of the council.
   (h) No member of a local planning council shall participate in a
vote if he or she has a proprietary interest in the outcome of the
matter being voted upon.



8499.5.  (a) The department shall allocate child care funding
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) based on the
amount of state and federal funding that is available.
   (b) By May 30 of each year, upon approval by the county board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools, each local
planning council shall submit to the department the local priorities
it has identified that reflect all child care needs in the county. To
accomplish this, each local planning council shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no
less than once every five years. The department shall define and
prescribe data elements to be included in the needs assessment and
shall specify the format for the data reporting. The needs assessment
shall also include all factors deemed appropriate by the local
planning council in order to obtain an accurate picture of the
comprehensive child care needs in the county. The factors include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:
   (A) The needs of families eligible for subsidized child care.
   (B) The needs of families not eligible for subsidized child care.
   (C) The waiting lists for programs funded by the department and
the State Department of Social Services.
   (D) The need for child care for children determined by the child
protective services agency to be neglected, abused, or exploited, or
at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited.
   (E) The number of children in families receiving public
assistance, including food stamps, housing support, and Medi-Cal, and
assistance from the Healthy Families Program and the Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.
   (F) Family income among families with preschool or schoolage
children.
   (G) The number of children in migrant agricultural families who
move from place to place for work or who are currently dependent for
their income on agricultural employment in accordance with
subdivision (a) of, and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of,
Section 8231.
   (H) The number of children who have been determined by a regional
center to require services pursuant to an individualized family
service plan, or by a local educational agency to require services
pursuant to an individualized education program or an individualized
family service plan.
   (I) The number of children in the county by primary language
spoken pursuant to the department's language survey.
   (J) Special needs based on geographic considerations, including
rural areas.
   (K) The number of children needing child care services by age
cohort.
   (2) Document information gathered during the needs assessment
which shall include, but need not be limited to, data on supply,
demand, cost, and market rates for each category of child care in the
county.
   (3) Encourage public input in the development of the priorities.
Opportunities for public input shall include at least one public
hearing during which members of the public can comment on the
proposed priorities.
   (4) Prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to
mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
   (5) Conduct a periodic review of child care programs funded by the
department and the Department of Social Services to determine if
identified priorities are being met.
   (6) Collaborate with subsidized and nonsubsidized child care
providers, county welfare departments, human service agencies,
regional centers, job training programs, employers, integrated child
and family service councils, local and state children and families
commissions, parent organizations, early start family resource
centers, family empowerment centers on disability, local child care
resource and referral programs, and other interested parties to
foster partnerships designed to meet local child care needs.
   (7) Design a system to consolidate local child care waiting lists,
if a centralized eligibility list is not already in existence.
   (8) Coordinate part-day programs, including state preschool and
Head Start, with other child care and development services to provide
full-day child care.
   (9) Submit the results of the needs assessment and the local
priorities identified by the local planning council to the board of
supervisors and the county superintendent of schools for approval
before submitting them to the department.
   (10) Identify at least one, but not more than two, members to
serve as part of the department team that reviews and scores
proposals for the provision of services funded through contracts with
the department. Local planning council representatives may not
review and score proposals from the geographic area covered by their
own local planning council. The department shall notify each local
planning council whenever this opportunity is available.
   (c) The department shall, in conjunction with the Department of
Social Services and all appropriate statewide agencies and
associations, develop guidelines for use by local planning councils
to assist them in conducting needs assessments that are reliable and
accurate. The guidelines shall include acceptable sources of
demographic and child care data, and methodologies for assessing
child care supply and demand.
   (d) The department shall allocate funding within each county in
accordance with the priorities identified by the local planning
council of that county and submitted to the department pursuant to
this section, unless the priorities do not meet the requirements of
state or federal law.



8499.7.  It is the intent of the Legislature that any additional
conditions imposed upon local planning councils shall be funded from
available federal funds to the greatest extent legally possible.