BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 103 Page 1 Date of Hearing: August 26, 2015 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET Shirley Weber, Chair SB 103 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) - As Amended August 24, 2015 SENATE VOTE: Vote not relevant SUBJECT: Education finance. SUMMARY: Specifically, this bill: Includes technical and minor changes to higher education budget issues, including: 1. Based on changes to the Middle Class Scholarship program made in the 2015 Budget Act that will change income eligibility limits in future years based on inflation, makes a similar change to the amount of discount off of tuition for students of various family income levels within the income eligibility limits. This change requires the California Student Aid Commission to conduct an annual calculation once income levels are set to ensure students receive tuition discounts between 40% and 10%, based on their income. 2. Changes the reporting date for the Legislative Analyst's next analysis of the California State University Early SB 103 Page 2 Start Program to January 1, 2018 to allow for more time to collect data. 3. Changes the process and timing of a report on the California State University Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilot program. New language calls on CSU to report on the program, including number of programs implemented, number of degrees awarded, and analysis of whether the program is meeting state employment need, by March 1, 2016, and for the Legislative Analyst to submit a report on the program by January 1, 2017. 4. Requires the Office of Planning and Research to conduct an eligibility study to determine whether the University of California and California State University are admitting a sufficient number of California students to meet admissions goals set by the Master Plan for Higher Education. The 2015 Budget Act appropriated $1 million for this study but did not determine which entity would conduct the study. 5. Makes changes to the San Mateo County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Plan, which was shifted from a pilot project to a permanent program by AB 260 (Gordon), Chapter 731, Statutes of 2013. These changes eliminate the January 1, 2018 sunset for the county's annual reporting requirement and make the reporting requirement permanent. 6. Adjusts federal and state funds for a child care program. Specifically, the bill will adjust $50.8 million federal funds with $50.8 million General Fund from the Alternative Payment and CalWORKs Stage 3 programs. This adjustment will maintain existing contract funding ratios SB 103 Page 3 in the General Child Care program. SB 103 Page 4 7. Specifies that the Educator Effectiveness Grants provided through the 2015-16 Budget be apportioned to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and state special schools in an equal amount per full-time equivalent certificated staff. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine this calculation using data submitted through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System. COMMENTS: This bill contains necessary statutory and technical changes to implement the Budget Act of 2015 related to Education. REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION: Support Political Solutions Inc. Opposition None on File Analysis Prepared by:Mark Martin / BUDGET /916-319-2099 SB 103 Page 5