Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1183Introduced by Senator GroveFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 8200 add Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to early education. the California State Library, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1183, as amended, Grove. The Early Education Act. The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the State Librarian. Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.Existing law requires the State Librarian to establish the Reading Initiative Program with funds appropriated for that purpose and with funds received from private sources, and requires the State Librarian to administer the program, as provided. Existing law requires the State Librarian, in administering the program, to, among other things, develop a list of recommended books in consultation with various groups, including, but not limited to, teachers, librarians, parents, writers, publishers, and employees of the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the recommended books to supplement the state-recommended English/language arts curriculum framework and to include recreational reading selections for children.This bill would establish the Statewide Imagination Library Program under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning. The bill would create and continuously appropriate the Imagination Library of California Fund for purposes of the program, as provided, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require moneys from the fund to be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their 5th birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library. The bill would require moneys from the fund to only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.This bill would require the State Librarian to contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified, that is organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state, for purposes of implementing the bills provisions, and would require the nonprofit public benefit corporation to do certain things, including, among other things, promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs, recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs, administer the local match requirement, and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.This bill would authorize the California State Library to promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the program.Existing law establishes the Early Education Act for certain purposes, including providing an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program to provide high-quality learning experiences, coordinated services, and referrals for families to access health and social-emotional support services through full- and part-day programs.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3 Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.SECTION 1.Section 8200 of the Education Code is amended to read:8200.This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Early Education Act.
Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1183Introduced by Senator GroveFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 8200 add Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to early education. the California State Library, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1183, as amended, Grove. The Early Education Act. The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the State Librarian. Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.Existing law requires the State Librarian to establish the Reading Initiative Program with funds appropriated for that purpose and with funds received from private sources, and requires the State Librarian to administer the program, as provided. Existing law requires the State Librarian, in administering the program, to, among other things, develop a list of recommended books in consultation with various groups, including, but not limited to, teachers, librarians, parents, writers, publishers, and employees of the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the recommended books to supplement the state-recommended English/language arts curriculum framework and to include recreational reading selections for children.This bill would establish the Statewide Imagination Library Program under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning. The bill would create and continuously appropriate the Imagination Library of California Fund for purposes of the program, as provided, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require moneys from the fund to be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their 5th birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library. The bill would require moneys from the fund to only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.This bill would require the State Librarian to contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified, that is organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state, for purposes of implementing the bills provisions, and would require the nonprofit public benefit corporation to do certain things, including, among other things, promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs, recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs, administer the local match requirement, and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.This bill would authorize the California State Library to promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the program.Existing law establishes the Early Education Act for certain purposes, including providing an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program to provide high-quality learning experiences, coordinated services, and referrals for families to access health and social-emotional support services through full- and part-day programs.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3 Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022
Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1183
Introduced by Senator GroveFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Senator Grove
February 17, 2022
An act to amend Section 8200 add Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to early education. the California State Library, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1183, as amended, Grove. The Early Education Act. The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.
Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the State Librarian. Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.Existing law requires the State Librarian to establish the Reading Initiative Program with funds appropriated for that purpose and with funds received from private sources, and requires the State Librarian to administer the program, as provided. Existing law requires the State Librarian, in administering the program, to, among other things, develop a list of recommended books in consultation with various groups, including, but not limited to, teachers, librarians, parents, writers, publishers, and employees of the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the recommended books to supplement the state-recommended English/language arts curriculum framework and to include recreational reading selections for children.This bill would establish the Statewide Imagination Library Program under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning. The bill would create and continuously appropriate the Imagination Library of California Fund for purposes of the program, as provided, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require moneys from the fund to be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their 5th birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library. The bill would require moneys from the fund to only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.This bill would require the State Librarian to contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified, that is organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state, for purposes of implementing the bills provisions, and would require the nonprofit public benefit corporation to do certain things, including, among other things, promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs, recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs, administer the local match requirement, and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.This bill would authorize the California State Library to promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the program.Existing law establishes the Early Education Act for certain purposes, including providing an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program to provide high-quality learning experiences, coordinated services, and referrals for families to access health and social-emotional support services through full- and part-day programs.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the act.
Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the State Librarian. Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.
Existing law requires the State Librarian to establish the Reading Initiative Program with funds appropriated for that purpose and with funds received from private sources, and requires the State Librarian to administer the program, as provided. Existing law requires the State Librarian, in administering the program, to, among other things, develop a list of recommended books in consultation with various groups, including, but not limited to, teachers, librarians, parents, writers, publishers, and employees of the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the recommended books to supplement the state-recommended English/language arts curriculum framework and to include recreational reading selections for children.
This bill would establish the Statewide Imagination Library Program under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning. The bill would create and continuously appropriate the Imagination Library of California Fund for purposes of the program, as provided, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require moneys from the fund to be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their 5th birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library. The bill would require moneys from the fund to only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.
This bill would require the State Librarian to contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified, that is organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state, for purposes of implementing the bills provisions, and would require the nonprofit public benefit corporation to do certain things, including, among other things, promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs, recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs, administer the local match requirement, and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.
This bill would authorize the California State Library to promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the program.
Existing law establishes the Early Education Act for certain purposes, including providing an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program to provide high-quality learning experiences, coordinated services, and referrals for families to access health and social-emotional support services through full- and part-day programs.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming the act.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.SECTION 1.Section 8200 of the Education Code is amended to read:8200.This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Early Education Act.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 19350) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program
Article 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program
19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.
19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the direction of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning.
19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.
19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.
(b) Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Partons Imagination Library.
(c) Moneys from the fund shall only be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.
(d) For purposes of this section, qualified local entity means any existing or new local Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate.
19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.
19352. (a) The State Librarian shall contract with a nonprofit public benefit corporation meeting the requirements in subdivision (b) for the purpose of implementing this article.
(b) The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state.
19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.(e) Develop community engagement.(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.
19353. The nonprofit public benefit corporation contracted pursuant to Section 19352 shall do all of the following:
(a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.
(b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment.
(c) Recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of the programs.
(d) Solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs.
(e) Develop community engagement.
(f) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the programs.
(g) Administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing.
(h) Develop statewide marketing and communication plans.
19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Early Education Act.