(a) Commencing on August 1, 2015, the Department of Children’s Affairs shall be known as the Department of Early Childhood Education. The department is a part of the Executive Department of state government, principally established to enable the Governor to effectively and efficiently coordinate efforts and programs to serve children throughout the state.
(b) All references to the Department of Children’s Affairs and to the Commissioner of the Department of Children’s Affairs in this code are changed to the Department of Early Childhood Education and the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education, respectively. All other laws, rules, regulations, and legal references of any kind to the Department of Children’s Affairs or to the Commissioner of the Department of Children’s Affairs shall be changed to the Department of Early Childhood Education or the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education, respectively when this code is next reprinted and in other laws, rules, regulations, and legal references as is appropriate, timely, and economically feasible.