BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Mark Leno, Chair
Bill No: AB 1476
Author: Committee on Budget
As Amended: August 13, 2014
Consultant: Farra Bracht
Fiscal: Yes
Hearing Date: August 14, 2014
Subject: Budget Act of 2014
Summary: This bill amends the Budget Act of 2014 by
revising various items of appropriation and making other
necessary changes.
Background: The Legislature passed the 2014 Budget Act
(Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014, [SB 852]) on June 15, 2014.
The legislation was signed by the Governor on June 20,
2014. This bill provides for certain technical adjustments
to various budget items, clarifications of budget bill
language, and additional appropriations.
Proposed Law: The bill provides for the following:
1)K-12 Education Administrator Induction Programs.
Clarifies that $600,000 in one-time carryover funds,
provided to support administrator induction programs
approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
(CTC), are to be transferred to the CTC by the Department
of Education (CDE). Further, specifies that CDE shall
not use any of the funds for indirect administrative
costs.
2)K-12 High-Speed Network. Re-appropriates $26.7 million to
CDE, for allocation to the K-12 High-Speed Network, for
specified activities related to Internet network
connectivity.
3)Special Education Expenditures. Re-appropriates $12.9
million for CDE to allocate to local educational agencies
for special education-related expenditures. This action
is necessary in order to implement the Legislature's
approval of the Governor's proposed appropriation of
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$12.9 million in one-time, rather than ongoing,
Proposition 98 funds for special education.
4)State Preschool Program Rate. Specifies that the
part-day, per-student rate for the state preschool
program is $22.28 per-day, rather than $22.81. This
reflects the five percent rate increase that was agreed
upon as part of the 2014-15 budget (rather than a seven
percent increase that was erroneously included).
5)Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund. Specifies that $10
million in Proposition 98 General Fund for
facilities-related loans to state preschool program
providers must be transferred to the Child Care
Facilities Revolving Fund. The amendment ensures that
this funding remains in the revolving fund, rather than
reverting.
6)Regional Market Reimbursement Rate. Clarify that the
regional market reimbursement rate, which is used to
reimburse child care providers who accept vouchers, is
set at the 85th percentile of the 2009 Regional Market
Rate Survey, as reduced by a deficit factor of 10.11
percent. This amendment aligns the deficit factor to the
amount of funding appropriated in SB 852 (Committee on
Budget & Fiscal Review), Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014.
7)Office of Planning and Research. Eliminates $5 million in
funding from the Office of Planning and Research budget,
for social innovation bonds designed to reduce prison
recidivism. The $5 million will be shifted to the Board
of State and Community Corrections in AB 1479 (Budget),
the public safety clean-up trailer bill, for the same
purpose.
8)Department of Transportation, Intercity Rail Contracts.
Increases the appropriation for the intercity passenger
rail service operated by Amtrak to reflect the previously
approved $10.4 million increase in operating expenses.
9)Judicial Branch. Appropriates $27 million from the
Judicial Branch's Immediate and Critical Needs Account
for preliminary plans and working drawings for the New
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Sacramento Court House.
10)County Probation Departments. Clarifies that additional
funding provided to county probation departments is
intended as a limited-term increase to address the
population increase that resulted from the Three Judge
Panel court issued order on February 10, 2014.
11)University of California and California State University
Sustainability Plans. Clarifies goal-setting requirements
of sustainability plans that must be developed by the
University of California and California State University
(CSU). In addition, specifies that the CSU is to submit
the plan to the Governor and the Legislature by November
30, 2014. This requirement was inadvertently omitted
from SB 852.
12)California Community Colleges Student Equity Plans.
Clarifies provisional language by specifying that $70
million is to be allocated by the California Community
College's (CCC) pursuant to Student Equity Plans.
13)California Community Colleges Matching Requirement.
Removes a dollar for dollar district match requirement
for CCC architectural barrier removal. The Budget Act
attempted to remove all matching requirements from the
physical plant and instructional equipment categorical.
This matching requirement was inadvertently left in SB
852.
14)California Community Colleges Disabled Student Program.
Reduces the amount of CCC Disabled Student Program
funding earmarked for education at state developmental
centers from $1.7 million to $1 million. The number of
centers that are funded through this program has been
reduced from three to two.
15)Employment Training Fund. Appropriates $10 million from
the Employment Training Fund for the Employment Training
Panel.
16)State Vision Costs. Appropriates $878,000 ($441,000 GF)
to update vision costs in Item 9800, pursuant to the
Affordable Care Act. These costs were mistakenly omitted
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from SB 852 when requesting increases for overall
statewide healthcare costs.
17)Information Technology Reporting Requirements. Clarifies
that planned risk/issue mitigation reporting requirements
are the responsibility of the department implementing the
information technology project, rather than the
California Department of Technology.
18)Environmental Justice Grants. Clarifies funding for
environmental justice grants, appropriated to the
Secretary for Environmental Protection, is contingent
upon revenues received.
19)Marijuana Enforcement. Clarifies that funds appropriated
for marijuana enforcement, from the waste discharge
permit fund, are subject to separate accounting.
20)Intervenor Compensation. Clarifies the appropriation
related to intervenor compensation and allows for the
appropriation of funding to Avondale Glen Elder
Neighborhood Association.
21)Groundwater Management. Includes an appropriation for
$500,000 for Salinas Valley groundwater management that
was inadvertently omitted from the budget bill.
Fiscal Effect: Contains various minor appropriations,
corrects for a $10.5 million under-appropriation, corrects
an error made to a rate adjustment, and corrects certain
other appropriations contained in the 2014-15 budget.
Support: Unknown.
Opposed: Unknown.
Comments: Not applicable.
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