Subsidized child care: limit on services.

The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, provides that children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive, are eligible, with certain requirements, for child care and development services. The act authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency for the delivery of child care and development services. This bill would limit a family to a total of not more than 8 years of subsidized child care services under the act.