| For immediate release November 14, 2011 |
Contact:
Larry Slonaker, SCCOE Phone: (408) 453-6662 |
Early Care & Education legislative forum to be held
SAN JOSE, CA – A legislative forum on early care and early education will be held on Friday, November 18, at the Santa Clara County Office of Education
Participating legislative panelists include Assembly Member Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo; Assembly Member Paul Fong, D-Cupertino; State Senator Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley; and Assembly Member Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park.
Ted Lempert, president of Children Now, a national research and advocacy organization based in Oakland, will deliver the keynote at the event, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, at 1290 Ridder Park Drive in San Jose.
The forum's goal is for attendees and the legislators to engage in a dialogue about how current state legislation affects early care and early education programs. The forum is coordinated by eight area Child Care Planning Councils, representing Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.
There are currently Child Care and Development Planning Councils representing each county in California. Their primary mission is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families in the local community. In Santa Clara County, the Local Early Education Planning Council include representatives from the early care and education field, including parents, child care providers, businesses, and government. A joint committee of board members from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Santa Clara County Board of Education oversees the Council.
For more information on the council or the forum, contact Michael Garcia at michael_garcia@sccoe.org.
Date last updated: November 14, 2011
