BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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
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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
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in the General Child Care program.
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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
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