California Education Code

§ 8217

EDC § 8217 Effective Jun 29, 2026Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a provider operating a state preschool program within the attendance boundary of a school district or public school, except a charter or magnet school, where at least 80 percent of enrolled pupils are unduplicated pupils, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 42238.02, may enroll two-, three-, and four-year-old children, as defined in Section 8205, in accordance with the enrollment priorities set forth in Sections 8210 and 8211. Any remaining slots may be open to enrollment of any families not otherwise eligible pursuant to Section 8208, subject to both of the following:

(1)Enrollment of eligible two-, three-, and four-year-old children pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to families that establish residency within, or have a parent or guardian who is employed within, the attendance boundary of the qualifying school district or public school in which the state preschool program is located. Providers shall require proof of residency or employment location as a condition of enrollment.

(2)To the best of their ability, providers shall give first enrollment priority for slots available pursuant to this paragraph to families with the lowest income, and last enrollment priority to families with the highest income.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 998, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2026, Ch. 25, Sec. 11. (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 Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.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. 12 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 25.