Education Code - EDC - EDC § 8252

Summary

(a) The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services for families using full-day preschool services pursuant to this chapter, including families receiving services pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8211. (b)

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(a)
The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services for families using full-day preschool services pursuant to this chapter, including families receiving services pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8211.
(b)
Families shall be assessed a single flat monthly fee for all state subsidized early childhood services received, including California state preschool program services and services received through childcare and development programs administered by the State Department of Social Services, pursuant to Section 10290 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c)
The income of a recipient of federal supplemental security income benefits
pursuant to Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 et seq.) and state supplemental program benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 et seq.) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be included in total countable income for purposes of determining the amount of the family fee.
(d)
Family fees shall be assessed at initial enrollment and reassessed at recertification.
(e)
Family fees shall be used by contractors to pay reasonable and necessary costs for providing additional services.
(f)
Family fees shall not be based on the cost of care or amount of subsidy payment.
(g)
Notwithstanding any other provision of
this article, family fees shall not be collected for the 2021–22 fiscal year pursuant to Section 263 of Chapter 116 of the Statutes of 2021.
(h)
(1)
Notwithstanding any other law, family fees shall not be collected for the 2022–23 fiscal year.
(2)
Contractors shall reimburse providers operating within a family childcare home education network for the full amount of the certificate or voucher without deducting family fees.
(i)
(1)
Notwithstanding any other law, family fees shall not be collected between July 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, inclusive.
(2)
Contractors shall reimburse providers operating within a family childcare home education network for the full amount of the certificate or voucher without
deducting family fees.
(j)
Family fees accrued but uncollected prior to October 1, 2023, may be forgiven and not collected.
(k)
(1)
A California state preschool program or childcare provider paid with childcare subsidies, including, but not limited to, a family childcare home provider participating in a family childcare home education network, shall not absorb a reduction in pay for the California state preschool program space or voucher on account of a waiver of or reduction in family fees.
(2)
The number of California state preschool program contracted spaces and childcare contracted spaces shall not be reduced on account of a reduction in the collection of family fees.

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  (a) The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services for families using full-day preschool services pursuant to this chapter, including families receiving services pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8211. (b) Families shall be assessed a single …

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  A California state preschool program or childcare provider paid with childcare subsidies, including, but not limited to, a family childcare home provider participating in a family childcare home education network, shall not absorb a reduction in pay for the California state preschool program space or voucher on accoun…