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SECTION 8390-8397
8390. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may, with funds appropriated for such purpose, enter into agreements with school districts or community college districts or county superintendents of schools for the establishment and maintenance of programs for the care and development of infants, and the training of students in their roles as parents, as part of the high school program. 8391. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of such programs. 8392. Infant care and development services include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Supervision and group care, providing for the physical and emotional needs of the infant in a manner which conveys concern and engenders trust. (b) Educational stimulation from the earliest development stages onward. (c) Health screening and treatment. 8393. Services available to parents, in which other students may participate on an elective basis, shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Providing supervised infant care, designed to facilitate completion of the parents' high school program. (b) The teaching of parenthood education by staff and trained volunteers. (c) The teaching of family planning. (d) The development in student parents, and in other participating students, of reasonable expectations regarding infant behavior in order to minimize parental frustration and consequent child abuse. 8394. In school districts maintaining more than one high school, the governing board, after soliciting the opinions of student parents and other interested persons, shall determine the location of the infant care and development center. Infant care and development centers shall be located within high school buildings or within that proximity to high school buildings as would ensure convenient access by student parents and other students. 8395. To the extent funds are available, federal reimbursement shall be claimed for any child receiving services in the infant care and development program. 8396. The Department of Education may accept funds from school districts or county superintendents of schools as matching funds to maximize the funds available for the program. 8397. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, infants whose parent or parents are high school students may attend infant care and development centers while their parents attend high school. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 1986, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an agreement pursuant to Section 8390 permitting infants whose parent or parents are students in grades 7 and 8 to attend infant care and development centers while their parents attend school.
