Section 8494 Of Article 24. Child Care And Development Facilities Capital Outlay From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 24.
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. (a) All of the following child care and development programs,
other than those providing extended day care services, shall be
eligible to receive a loan for the renovation and repair of
facilities used for the program or to lease relocatable facilities to
be used for the program:
(1) Private nonprofit child care and development programs
currently, or soon to be, under contract with the State Department of
Education pursuant to Section 8262.
(2) Child care and development programs conducted pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 8225).
(3) Child care and development programs operated by, or in a
facility owned by, a public entity.
(4) Child care and development programs conducted pursuant to
Article 7.1 (commencing with Section 54740) of Chapter 9 of Part 29.
(b) A recipient of a loan pursuant to this section shall document
that the renovated facility shall comply with all laws and
regulations applicable to child care facilities provided for pursuant
to Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70) and Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 1596.90) of Division 2 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(c) A recipient of a loan pursuant to this section shall assure
the board that the renovated facility shall be used for the purposes
of the child care and development program for the entire loan period,
which shall be determined by the board as follows:
(1) For loans equal to or less than thirty thousand dollars
($30,000), not less than three years.
(2) For loans exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the
loan period shall increase one year for each additional ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) or part thereof, to a maximum of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000).
(d) Interest on the loan principal shall be charged at a rate
equal to the average of the interest rate applied to the last three
bond sales pursuant to Chapter 21.6 (commencing with Section 17695)
of Part 10.
(e) In the event that a recipient ceases to use the renovated
facility for purposes of the child care and development program prior
to the expiration of the loan period, the board shall collect the
entire outstanding balance of the loan, plus interest,
notwithstanding the loan period originally set pursuant to
subdivision (c), unless the board deems it appropriate to waive
repayment at that time.
(f) If the renovated facility has been continuously used for
purposes of the child care and development program for the entire
loan period, the board shall waive repayment of the amount of the
loan principal, plus interest, at the end of the loan period.