SB 1384, as introduced, Liu. Child care and development services: children of migrant agricultural worker families.
Existing law, for purposes of migrant child care and development programs, defines a migrant agricultural worker family as a family that has earned at least 50 percent of its total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application for child care and development services. Existing law requires the children of these families to be enrolled in child development programs on the basis of specified priorities, including priority to children whose family moves from place to place.
This bill, beginning July 1, 2017, would instead define “migrant agricultural worker family” as a family with at least one parent who has earned at least 50 percent of his or her income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application for child care and development services. The bill would require the children of these families to be given priority for enrollment in migrant child care and development programs a specified priority order, with first priority going to those children in families that move from place to place.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 8231 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) For the purpose of this article, a “migrant agricultural
4worker family” means a family that has earned at least 50 percent
5of its total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture,
6or agriculturally related work during the 12-month period
7immediately preceding the date of application for child care and
8development services.
9(b) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert Children of migrant agricultural worker families shall
10be enrolled in child development programs on the basis of the
11following priorities:
12(1)
end delete13begin insert(A)end insert The family moves from place to place.
14(2)
end delete
15begin insert(B)end insert The family has qualified underbegin delete paragraph (1)end deletebegin insert subparagraph
16(A)end insert within the past five years and is currently dependent for its
17income on agricultural employment, but is currently settled near
18agricultural areas.
19(3)
end delete
20begin insert(C)end insert The family resides in a rural agricultural area and is
21dependent upon seasonal agricultural work.
22(4)
end delete
23begin insert(2)end insert Eligibility and priority for services for the federally funded
24Migrant Child Development Program shall be in accordance with
25the applicable federal regulations.
26(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2017,
27and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
28is enacted before July 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.
Section 8231 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(a) For the purpose of this chapter, a “migrant
31agricultural worker family” means a family with at least one parent
32who has earned at least 50 percent of his or her income from
33employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work
34during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of
35application for child care and development services.
36(b) (1) For purposes of this article, priority for enrollment shall
37be given to children of migrant agricultural worker families in the
38following priority order:
P3 1(A) The family moves from place to place.
2(B) The family has qualified under
subparagraph (A) within the
3past five years and is currently dependent for its income on
4agricultural employment, but is currently settled near agricultural
5areas.
6(C) The family resides in a rural agricultural area and is
7dependent upon seasonal agricultural work.
8(2) Eligibility and priority for services for the federally funded
9migrant child care and development program shall be in accordance
10with the applicable federal regulations.
11(c) This section is operative on July 1, 2017.
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