Section 10802 Of Chapter 8. Education Data And Information Act Of 2008 From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 8.
10802
. (a) The department shall establish a process by which local
educational agencies issue, maintain, and report information using
the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (e) of Section 60900 for state and federally funded
center-based child care and development programs under their purview.
(b) In order to comply with the federal American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) assurances delineated in
Section 6401(e)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871),
the department shall establish the process referenced in subdivision
(a) no later than January 1, 2011.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January
1, 2011, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elements
pertaining to preschool described in Section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the
America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for all
preschool programs operated by a local educational agency.
(d) Except to the extent required by federal law, or as needed to
ensure compliance with federal law, the department shall not require
these center-based child care and development programs to implement
or maintain unique pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (e) of Section 60900 until an appropriation for this
purpose is provided in the annual Budget Act or another statute.