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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 876
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 8/13/14
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Education Finance
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : Makes various technical changes to the education
trailer bills, adopted as part of the 2014-15 Budget package.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill, which
expressed legislative intent to enact statutory changes related
to the Budge Act of 2014, and instead add the current language.
ANALYSIS :
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%.
This amendment aligns the deficit factor to the amount of
funding appropriated in SB 852 (Senate Budget and Fiscal
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Review Committee, Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014).
2. Clarifies that the increase to maximum reserve fund balances
established by SB 858 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Committee, 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% that these agencies may separately retain
for use on professional development is part of an overall 15%
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.
5. Provides that if more than 10% 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 Section
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
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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 (Senate Budget
and Fiscal Review Committee, Chapter 34, Statutes of 2014).
8. Allows the UC to provide public notice of construction
projects to bidders electronically on the Internet Web site
of the university. This change is consistent with authority
granted to the CSU in SB 860.
9. Specifies that goal frameworks developed by California
Community Colleges (CCC) and the Board of Governors for the
CCCs, must be guided by the statewide goals outlined in
Education Code Section 66010.91 and express the intent of the
Legislature that the goals be challenging and 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 Education Code
Section 66010.93.
Comments
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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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
JA:d 8/28/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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