1. (a) Except as set forth in (b), to be eligible for CSPP part-day services, families shall meet the eligibility requirements described in Education Code section 8208(a)(1).

2. (b) After all otherwise eligible families have been enrolled, a part-day CSPP may enroll children that do not meet the eligibility requirements described in Education Code section 8208(a)(1), with the following circumstances:

   1. (1) Children from families whose income is no more than 15 percent above the income eligibility threshold. Children from families enrolled under this exception may not exceed 10 percent of the participating CSPP's total contract enrollment.
   2. (2) CSPP three- and four-year-old children without establishing eligibility if the CSPP Neighborhood School Site and the family reside within the same attendance boundary of a qualified free and reduced priced meals (FRPM) school.
3. (c) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, if the family is eligible for services based on any criterion other than income eligibility, the family must self-certify their income for purposes of determining priority, unless the family chooses to provide income documentation pursuant to section 17762.
4. (d) When not all of the children in a family are certified based on a child-specific eligibility category, such as the child is receiving child protective services, or because a child has a disability, the parents in the family must meet another eligibility criterion as specified in this section prior to enrollment of additional children and those children shall be admitted in accordance with priorities specified in section 17746.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 8207 and 8217, Education Code. Reference: Sections 8207, 8208 and 8217, Education Code.

History

1. New section filed 7-1-2022; operative 7-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 26).

2. Amendment filed 1-6-2025; operative 1-6-2025 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2025, No. 2).