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. It has come to the attention of the Legislature that:
(a) Existing law does not provide for an administrative appeal
procedure to review and resolve disputes between the State Department
of Education and the over 750 local contracting agencies which
contract with the department to provide child care services to
low-income families in California.
(b) All disputes are currently resolved in the already
overburdened California courts resulting in a time-consuming and
costly process for both the contract agency and the department.
Extensive funds have been expended by the State Department of
Education for those purposes.
(c) The presence of public and private agencies, small as well as
large, in the subsidized child care delivery system provides client
families with a range of desirable services, and cost-effective
service mechanisms.
(d) The presence of an efficient administrative appeal procedure
will ensure program stability and encourage retention in the delivery
system of a range of service-providing agencies.