NORTH VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
LINDA MCMAHON, IN HER CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE
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The application of the California Child Day Care Facilities Act to a church preschool is constitutional.
A church preschool challenged the constitutionality of the state's licensure requirements for day care facilities. The district court found the applic…
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HUG, Circuit Judge:
This case challenges the constitutionality of the application of the licensure provisions of the California Child Day Care Facilities Act (Cal.Health & Safety Code §§ 1596.70 et. seq.) to the North Valley Baptist Church Preschool. The district court held application of the Act constitutional. The district court opinion is published at 696 F.Supp. 518 (E.D.Cal.1988). North Valley appealed.
On appeal, North Valley emphasized that it would voluntarily follow the individual requirements under the Act and that it was the “licensing requirement” itself which offended the church’s religious beliefs. We note that Judge Ramirez already thoroughly analyzed the church’s specific challenge to the “licensing requirement.” North Valley, 696 F.Supp. at 524-30.
We will not repeat the district court’s well-written analysis. We agree with the district court and affirm its decision that given “the compelling nature of [the state’s] interest in the health and safety of young children, the state is fully justified in its demand for strict accountability from [all] its day-care providers,” including the North Valley Baptist Church. Id. at 530.
AFFIRMED.
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