California Education Code
§ 8211
EDC § 8211 Effective Jun 29, 2026Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for full-day programs according to the following:
(1)(A) The first priority for services shall be given to three-year-old or four-year-old children who are recipients of child protective services or who are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited upon written referral from a legal, medical, or social service agency. To the extent the contractor has elected to offer services pursuant to Section 8207.1, then priority for services shall be given to two-year-old children who are recipients of child protective services or who are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited and for whom there is a written referral from a legal, medical, or social service agency.
(B)If an agency is unable to enroll a child in this first priority category, the agency shall refer the child’s parent or guardian to local resources and referral services so that services for the child can be located.
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Legislative history
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 998, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2026, Ch. 25, Sec. 7. (AB 150) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 8 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 25.