Section 1597.059 Of Article 3. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.5. >> Article 3.
1597.059
. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall adopt
guidelines and procedures to permit an aide to assist a fully
qualified child care teacher in the supervision of up to 18 preschool
age children, with the requirement that the aide shall complete at
least two accredited postsecondary semester units or equivalent
quarter units of early childhood education or child development per
semester or quarter, commencing with the first semester or quarter
following initial employment and continuing until six units have been
completed.
(b) For purposes of this section, "preschool age children" means
children who are enrolled in a child day care center licensed by the
department and who are not enrolled in either an infant care center
or a schoolage child day care center, as these terms are defined in
Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) This section shall not become operative prior to June 30,
1993.