Section 59040 Of Article 3. Services From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 32. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

. The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Deaf, may establish and maintain a preschool and kindergarten service for the care and teaching of children under school age. The department shall prescribe the rules and regulations which shall govern the conduct of the preschool and kindergarten service, appoint such teachers as it determines necessary, and fix their salaries.