BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 14, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SB 876 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) - As Amended:
August 12, 2014
SENATE VOTE : Not Relevant
SUBJECT : Technical Clean-up Education Omnibus Trailer Bill
SUMMARY : This bill makes various technical changes to the
education trailer bills, adopted as part of the 2014-15 Budget
package. Specifically, this bill :
1.Clarifies 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.
2.Clarifies that the increase to maximum reserve fund balances
established by SB 858 (Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review),
Chapter 32, Statutes of 2014, applies only to agencies
contracting with the Department of Education under the
California state preschool program. Also specifies that the
additional 10 percent that these agencies may separately
retain for use on professional development is part of an
overall 15 percent reserve.
3.Specifies that funds provided through the Child Care
Facilities Revolving Fund for renovation, repair, or
improvement of existing buildings are to be provided as loans,
and that those loans must be repaid within 10 years.
4.Specifies that $15 million of funding provided in SB 852 shall
be allocated to the Department of Education to fund
professional development stipends for teachers, to be
administered by local planning councils. Also establishes
priorities for the use of those funds, including first
priority for transitional kindergarten teachers and second
priority for teachers in the California state preschool
program.
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5.Provides that if more than 10 percent of the average daily
attendance (ADA) of a local educational agency is claimed
through the new independent study option established through
the 2014-15 Budget, then the ADA for that entity shall be
reduced by the statewide average rate of absence, as
specified. Also clarifies that nothing in the section of law
establishing the new independent study option shall prohibit
the right to collectively bargain any subject within the scope
of representation pursuant to Government Code § 3543.2.
6.Clarifies that a Regional Occupational Center or Program
operated by a Joint Powers Authority may be a grant recipient
under the Career Pathways Trust grant program.
7.Specifies that if the University of California (UC) plans to
use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget act
for capital expenditures or capital outlay projects, as
defined, it must submit a report, by September 1 of each year,
describing the projects to the committees in each house of the
Legislature that consider the state Budget, the appropriate
budget subcommittees, and the Department of Finance (DOF).
Also specifies that the DOF must review the report and submit,
by February 1, a list of preliminarily approved capital
expenditures and capital outlay projects to the committees in
each house of the Legislature that consider the state Budget
and the appropriate budget subcommittees for review and
response. Currently, these UC capital expenditures and
capital outlay projects are reported to the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee. These changes conform to the process for
California State University (CSU) capital projects and
expenditures, which was established in the Higher Education
Omnibus Trailer Bill, SB 860 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review), Chapter 34, Statutes of 2014.
8.Allows the UC to provide public notice of construction
projects to bidders electronically on the website of the
university. This change is consistent with authority granted
to the CSU in SB 860.
9.Specifies that goal frameworks developed by community colleges
and the board of governors for the California Community
Colleges (CCCs) must be guided by the statewide goals outlined
in Section 66010.91 of the Education Code and express the
intent of the Legislature that the goals be challenging and
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quantifiable, address achievement gaps for underrepresented
populations, and align the educational attainment of
California's adult population to the workforce and economic
needs of the state.
10.Expresses the intent of the Legislature that the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature review
specific UC and CSU performance measures in a collaborative
process that includes the DOF, the Legislative Analyst's
Office, individuals with expertise in statewide accountability
efforts, the UC, the CSU, and, for the purposes of data
integrity and consistency, the CCCs and consider any
recommendations for modification and refinement. Also
expresses the intent of the Legislature that any modification
or refinement of the performance measures be guided by the
legislative intent included in Section 66010.93 of the
Education Code.
COMMENTS : This bill makes technical and clarifying changes to
the education related budget trailer bills to ensure the intent
of the Legislature in passing the 2014-15 Budget.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Unknown
Opposition
Unknown
Analysis Prepared by : Katie Hardeman and Mark Martin / BUDGET
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