AB 2677, as introduced, Chávez. Subsidized child care: limit on services.
The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, provides that children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive, are eligible, with certain requirements, for child care and development services. The act authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency for the delivery of child care and development services.
This bill would limit a family to a total of not more than 8 years of subsidized child care services under the act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would accomplish both of the following:
3(a) Limit eligible families to eight years of subsidized child
4care. Eight years of child care would give families time to become
P2 1more economically stable, while expanding services to
2approximately 35,000 additional families.
3(b) Expand the voucher system and phase out the system of
4direct contracts with child care providers over five years, with an
5exception for contracts with local educational agencies for
6preschool. This would provide similar levels of choice for all
7eligible families by allowing a family to choose the provider that
8best fits their
needs.
Section 8264.9 is added to the Education Code, to
10read:
A family shall be limited to a total of not more than
12eight years of subsidized child care services under this chapter.
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