Family childcare home education networks.

(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with entities organized to operate family childcare home education networks that support educational objectives for children in licensed family childcare homes that serve families eligible for subsidized care. Existing law requires the family childcare home education network programs to include certain components, including an assessment of each family childcare home provider to ensure that services are of high quality and are educationally and developmentally appropriate. This bill would require that tools used to make these assessments be appropriate to family childcare home settings, and would require a family childcare home education network program to maintain of a developmental portfolio for each child, as provided, and include opportunities for parent involvement. (2) Existing law imposes various requirements on family childcare home education network contractors, including ensuring that a developmental profile is completed for each child. This bill would impose additional requirements on those contractors, including that the developmental profiles specified above be completed in accordance with the provider's observations, and that those contractors conduct site visits and offer training and technical assistance, as specified. The bill would also impose various duties on family childcare home education network providers, including requiring those providers to adopt and use a curriculum and to provide age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate educational activities for children. (3) This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to the compensation of family childcare home education networks and the establishment of a supportive system pilot program for family childcare home education networks, as provided.