BILL NUMBER: SB 1304	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2008

   An act to amend Sections 8344 and 8346 of the Education Code,
relating to child care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1304, as introduced, Simitian. Child care: County of San Mateo
child care subsidy plan.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2009, authorizes the County of San
Mateo to develop and implement an individualized county child care
subsidy plan to ensure that child care subsidies received by the
county are used to address local needs, conditions, and priorities.
Existing law requires the County of San Mateo to phase out the plan
between January 1, 2009, and January 1, 2011.
   This bill would extend those provisions for 5 years, and would
therefore authorize the County of San Mateo to develop and implement
the plan until January 1, 2014, and to phase out the plan between
January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2016.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8344 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8344.  The County of San Mateo may implement its individualized
county child care subsidy plan until January 1,  2009
  2014  , at which date the County of San Mateo
shall terminate the plan. Between January 1,  2009 
 2014  , and January 1,  2011   2016
 , the County of San Mateo shall phase out the individualized
county child care subsidy plan and, as of January 1,  2011
  2016  , shall implement the state's requirements
for child care subsidies. A child enrolling for the first time for
subsidized child care in San Mateo County after January 1, 
2009   2014  ,  may   shall
 not be enrolled in the pilot program established pursuant to
this article and is subject to existing state laws and regulations
regarding child care eligibility and priority.
  SEC. 2.  Section 8346 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8346.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2011   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before
January 1,  2011   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.