Early Education and Support Division Management Bulletins

The Early Education and Support Division periodically issues Management Bulletins to provide legal and regulatory information to child development contractors and other interested parties. This site offers a complete listing beginning with calendar year 2000, with links to those that

Evaluation of Statewide Subsidized Childcare Recipients

The California State Department of Education contracted with the U.C. Davis  Center for Excellence in Child Development to provide information about the characteristics of children and families who receive subsidized childcare under a number of different statewide programs.

Kidsdata.org

Kidsdata.org offers a wide variety of data about the health and well-being of children in communities across California.

Child Care Aware

Child Care Aware of America is a membership organization that includes more than 600 state and local Child Care Resource & Referral agencies nationwide. It leads projects to increase the quality and availability of child care, undertakes research, and advocates

Parent Voices

Parent Voices is a parent-led grassroots organization fighting to make quality child care affordable and accessible to all families. Parent Voices has a growing number of chapter organizations of parents across California.

California Department of Education Management Bulletin 13-04 (Parent Appeals)

The purpose of Management Bulletin (MB) 13-04 (Parent Appeals) is to provide clarification on the process that child development contractors should use to conduct their parent appeal process as required in regulations.

MB 13-04 confirms a variety of due process

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Government Code Section 11135

Recipients of state money must comply with the requirements of California Government Code 11135 (“section 11135”), which makes it illegal for any program or activity that receives any financial assistance from the state to discriminate against any person on the

California Child Development Services Immigration Status Non-Discrimination Provision

“The determination of eligibility for child care and development services shall be without regard to the immigration status of the child or the child’s parent(s), unless the child or the child’s parent(s) are under a final order of deportation from

Child Care Subsidies for Separated Parents

This memorandum provides an overview of legal provisions that govern calculation and verification of income, and determination of the child care provider reimbursement rate, as they relate to separated or divorced parents. These provisions apply to all child development programs

United States Department of Justice ADA Settlement Summaries 2011

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) prohibits child care providers from discriminating against a child because of a disability. Complaints about violations of the ADA are filed with the United States Department of Justice.

California State Budget Analysis FY2014-15

On June 20, 2014, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill (SB) 852, the Budget Act of 2014. SB 852 adds more than $250 million to California’s child care programs. Between 2008 and 2013, California eliminated nearly $1 billion in overall