BILL NUMBER: AB 379	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2003

   An act to amend Section 8289 of the Education Code, relating to
child care.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 379, as introduced, Mullin.  Child care:  funding.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to
disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of
child care and development programs to promote equal access to child
development services across the state.  Under existing law, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to develop and use a
formula as a guide in disbursing the augmentations.
   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
when allocating funds for the expansion of infant and toddler
programs, to consider the percentage of infants and toddlers in each
county with working parents.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 8289 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   8289.  (a) The State Department of Education shall disburse
augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care
and development programs to promote equal access to child development
services across the state.
   (b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use the formula
developed pursuant to subdivision (c) and the priorities identified
by local child care and development planning councils, unless those
priorities do not meet the requirements of state or federal law, as a
guide in disbursing augmentations pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a
formula for prioritizing the disbursement of augmentations pursuant
to this section.  The formula shall give priority to allocating funds
to underserved areas.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall develop the formula by using the definition of "underserved
area" in subdivision (af) of Section 8208 and direct impact
indicators of need for child care and development services in the
county or subcounty areas.  For purposes of this section, "subcounty
areas" include, but are not limited to, school districts, census
tracts, or ZIP Code areas that are deemed by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to be most appropriate to the type of program
receiving an augmentation.  Direct impact indicators of need may
include, but are not limited to, the teenage pregnancy rate, the
unemployment rate,  parental workforce participation rates, 
area household income, or the number or percentage of families
receiving public assistance, eligible for Medi-Cal, or eligible for
free or reduced-price school meals, and any unique characteristics of
the population served by the type of program receiving an
augmentation.
   (d)  When allocating funds for the expansion of infant and
toddler programs, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall also
consider the percentage of infants and toddlers in each county with
parents in the workforce.
   (e)  To promote equal access to services, the Superintendent
of Public Instruction shall include in guidelines developed for use
by local planning councils pursuant to subdivision  (d)
  (c)  of Section 8499.5 guidance on identifying
underserved areas and populations within counties.  This guidance
shall include reference to the direct impact indicators of need
described in subdivision (c).