BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
103 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
As Amended August 25, 2015
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE: 23-13
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------|
|Budget |20-7 |Weber, Melendez, |Travis Allen, |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, Campos, |Bigelow, Grove, |
| | |Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, |Jones, Lackey, |
| | |Gordon, Jones-Sawyer, |Patterson, Wilk |
| | |Kim, McCarty, Mullin, | |
| | |Nazarian, Obernolte, | |
| | |O'Donnell, Rodriguez, | |
| | |Thurmond, Ting, | |
| | |Williams | |
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SUMMARY: Includes technical and minor changes to education
budget issues. Specifically, this bill:
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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 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
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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 California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids
(CalWORKS) Stage 3 programs. This adjustment will maintain
existing contract funding ratios in the General Child Care
program.
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.
Analysis Prepared by:
Mark Martin / BUDGET /916-319-2099 FN: 0001775
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