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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 192
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: 5/28/13
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-1, 4/24/13
AYES: Liu, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Jackson, Monning
NOES: Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-2, 5/23/13
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NOES: Walters, Gaines
SUBJECT : Early Learning and Educational Support Services
SOURCE : Superintendent of Public Instruction
DIGEST : This bill reorganizes and recasts the provisions of
the Early Learning and Educational Support Act, and requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to develop standards
for the implementation of high-quality early learning and
educational support programs based on certain indicia of
quality, including, but not limited to, program activities and
services that meet the needs of children with exceptional needs
and diverse abilities. This bill requires certain information
to be given to parents who receive services from resource and
referral programs and alternative payment programs.
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ANALYSIS : California's system of child care and early
education programs include:
1.General Child Care and Development Programs use centers and
family child care home networks operated by either, public or
private agencies and schools. These programs provide child
development services for children from birth to age 13 years.
2.The California State Preschool Program consists of State
Preschool, Prekindergarten and Family Literacy, and
center-based general child care serving eligible three and
four-year olds. These programs provide curriculum-based
instruction.
3.Migrant Child Care and Development Programs serve children of
agricultural workers and are open for varying lengths of time
during the year, depending on the harvest activities in the
area.
4.Resource and Referral Programs provide information to parents
about available child care in their area that meets the needs
of the parent and child. These programs also provide services
such as training and coordination of community resources.
5.Alternative Payment Programs help parents arrange child care
services and makes payments directly to the provider, which
may be in-home care, family child care or center-based care.
6.Child Care and Development Services for Children with Special
Needs ensure that eligible children with exceptional needs are
given equal access to all child care and development programs.
7.Family Child Care Home Education Networks support educational
objectives for children in licensed family child care homes
that serve families eligible for subsidized child care.
8.Infant and Toddler Programs include supervision and group
care, educational stimulation, and health screening and
treatment.
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This bill:
1. Requires information to be provided to parents in the county
of service at the time the family is determined eligible for
services, and at recertification, by one of the following:
A. An alternative payment program.
B. A resource and referral program.
C. A partnership between the alternative payment program
and the resource and referral program.
1. Requires the information to assist parents in making
informed choices about available types of care that would
both offer a safe, caring and age-appropriate early learning
and educational support environment for children, as well as
support the parents' work activities.
2. Provides that the programs or partnership may develop local
resources that include:
A. Information regarding how to select services that meet
the needs of the parent and child.
B. Information on licensing requirements and procedures for
centers and family homes.
C. Trustline requirements for homes and providers exempt
from licensure.
D. A range of possible early learning and educational
support options from which a parent may choose.
E. Information on available care subsidies and eligibility
requirements.
F. Quality indicators, including provider or educator
training, accreditation, staff stability, group size, ratio
of children to staff, environments that support the healthy
development of children, parent involvement, and
communication between the parent and provider.
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G. Information on quality rating and improvement systems,
where available.
1. Provides that the SPI is to administer early learning and
educational support programs through direct classroom
services, which include:
A. The newly-termed direct classroom programs (includes
Title 5 programs currently known as General Child Care and
Development, Migrant Child Care and Development, Resource
and Referral Programs, Alternative Payment Programs, and
Infant Care and Development Services). The effect is to
create an umbrella, called "direct classroom programs" to
encompass all center-based Title 5 programs.
B. State preschool programs.
C. Family child care home education networks.
D. Services for children with special needs.
1. Renames beginning July 1, 2014, General Child Care and
Development, Migrant Child Care and Development, and
California State Preschool as "direct classroom programs."
2. Requires the SPI to streamline the delivery of direct
classroom programs through the simplification of contracts
(for the Title 5 programs listed above).
3. Shifts the ages within each staffing ratio category without
changing staffing ratios, as follows:
A. Current infants are 0-2 years. This bill changes
infants to birth-18 months.
B. Current infants and toddlers are 0-2 years. This bill
establishes a toddlers-only category of 18 months up age 3
years.
C. Current is children 3-6 years. This bill modifies this
to preschool, at least 30 months to kindergarten
eligibility.
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D. Current is children 6-10 years. This bill modifies this
to school age, enrolled in kindergarten to age 13 years.
E. Current is children 10-13. This bill folds this age
bracket into the category for children age 6-13.
1. Provides detail to the current description of permits or
credentials that authorize a person to be employed in an
instructional capacity. This bill updates terminology and
specifies the minimum permits and credentials separately but
does not change staffing requirements.
2. Expands the definition of "migrant agricultural worker
family" from a family that has earned at least 50% of its
total gross income, to a family with at least one parent that
has earned at least 50% of his/her income from employment in
fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during
the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application
for services.
3. Establishes provisions specific to the one migrant
alternative payment program in the state, to exempt that
provider from the existing requirements for second and third
tier priorities that other alternative payment programs must
meet.
Miscellaneous
1.Adds to the indicators of quality programs:
A. Use of California preschool learning foundations,
frameworks, and guidelines, and California early childhood
educator competencies.
B. Meeting children's instructional and developmental
needs.
C. Provision of positive teacher-child interactions.
1.Prioritizes any future expansion funds for programs operating
classrooms located in the attendance area of elementary
schools ranked in deciles 1-3 on the Academic Performance
Index.
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2.Changes the name of the Child Care and Development Services
Act to the Early Learning and Educational Support Act, and
changes references from "child care" to "early learning and
educational support" throughout child care provisions in the
Education Code.
3.Specifies activities that are in support of the professional
development and preparation of educators and professionals in
the field of early learning and educational support services.
4.Recasts the stated purpose of child care provisions to reflect
components of high-quality early education programs, such as
developmentally appropriate curriculum.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Consolidation of contracts: Potentially substantial
loss of state savings, likely millions of dollars annually,
as well as minor administrative costs to the CDE. May
create additional cost pressure on Proposition 98 funds, by
effectively lifting the restriction on their use only for
part-day pre-school.
Expansion of "migrant family" definition: Unknown,
potentially substantial loss of savings to the extent that
more families become eligible for Migrant Child Care and
Development services.
Conforming existing regulations: CDE anticipates minor
costs of up to $20,000 to conform existing regulations to
statute amended in this bill.
Codified legislative intent language: This bill
significantly expands codified legislative intent language
concerning programmatic expansion, state-supported staff
training, compensation and incentives, and the
implementation of a quality rating system; creates cost
pressure to implement declared intentions.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/28/13)
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Superintendent of Public Instruction (source)
Advancement Project
California Child Development Administrators Association
California Teachers Association
Child Care Law Center
Child Development Resources
Children Now
Compton Unified School District
Early Edge California
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Options - A Child Care and Human Services Agency
San Mateo County Child Care Partnership Council
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "Early
learning and child care services were codified in 1976.
California has worked to improve the quality of programs for
children through regional structures of quality improvement,
which is the foundation for California's Early Learning
Challenge Grant. The code has not been substantially updated to
eliminate outdated programs, definitions, or practices."
PQ:ej 5/28/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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