CA AB1754

Requires full-day preschool programs at California public schools (including charter schools) with at least 40% low-income students to enroll 3- and 4-year-old children beginning with the 2019–20 school year.

Establishes enrollment priority: first priority to children meeting existing criteria in Section 8236, second priority to income-eligible families, third priority to children certified through Medi-Cal data matching, and remaining slots open without income requirements.

Requires the State Department of Education to develop a process using Medi-Cal participation data to directly certify eligible children for full-day preschool, with data shared to local educational agencies.

Establishes strict privacy and confidentiality protections for Medi-Cal data, exempting it from public records disclosure and limiting use to direct certification purposes only.

Becomes operative upon receipt of federal funds to assist the state in implementation.