May contracting child development agencies receive credit for service provided during emergency conditions?
A. Yes, EC Section 8271 applies to this situation. Child Development Division Management Advisory 94-02, entitled “Reduced Days of Operation or Attendance due to Emergency Conditions,” explains the California Department of Education’s (CDE) current policy related to EC Section 8271. The advisory lists eight examples of circumstances beyond the control of operating agencies, including epidemics. Whenever a contracting agency’s days of operation or attendance is reduced for any of the reasons cited, that fact must be communicated to the Child Development Division in the form of a resolution adopted by the agency’s governing board (or other entity for agencies not having a governing board). The resolution and transmittal must include specific information described in Advisory 94-02.
