BILL NUMBER: AB 1052	CHAPTERED  09/28/99

	CHAPTER   548
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jackson
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aroner, Davis, Knox, Kuehl, Leach,
Machado, Romero, and Wayne)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alpert, Baca, Escutia, Figueroa, Solis, and
Vasconcellos)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 8215 of the Education Code, relating to
the Child Care Initiative Project.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1052, Jackson.  Child Care Initiative Project.
   Existing law establishes the California Child Care Initiative
Project to expand the role and functions of resource and referral
agencies to aid communities in increasing their capability in the
number of child care spaces available and the quality of child care
services offered.  Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to allocate all state funds appropriated for the
California Child Care Initiative Project for the purpose of making
grants to selected child care resource and referral agencies.  Under
existing law, the provisions establishing the project become
inoperative on June 30, 2000, and, as of January 1, 2001, are
repealed.
   This bill would delete the repeal provision.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 8215 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   8215.  (a) There is hereby established a project known as the
California Child Care Initiative Project.  It is the intent of the
Legislature to promote and foster the project in cooperation with
private corporations and local governments.  The objective of the
project is to increase the availability of quality child care
programs in the state.
   (b) For purposes of this section, the California Child Care
Initiative Project means a project to expand the role and functions
of selected resource and referral agencies in activities including
needs assessment, recruitment and screening of providers, technical
assistance, and staff development and training, in order to aid
communities in increasing their capability in the number of child
care spaces available and the quality of child care services offered.

   (c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate all
state funds appropriated for the California Child Care Initiative
Project for the purpose of making grants to those child care resource
and referral agencies that have been selected as pilot sites for the
project.
   (d) The project shall ensure that each dollar of state funds
allocated pursuant to subdivision (c) is matched by two dollars ($2)
from other sources, including private corporations, the federal
government, or local governments.
   (e) The grants to the sites made available by the project shall be
comprised of a combination of state funds and other funds pursuant
to subdivision (d).
   (f) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a data
base for the project.
   (g) Any reports filed on behalf of the project with the State
Department of Education shall also be submitted to the Legislature.