BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 379
Author: Mullin (D)
Amended: 8/17/04 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/9/04
AYES: Vasconcellos, McPherson, Alarcon, Alpert, Chesbro,
Denham, Karnette, Romero, Scott, Speier, Vincent
NO VOTE RECORDED: Sher, Vacancy
SENATE HEALTH & HUMAN SERV. COMMITTEE : 9-2, 6/23/04
AYES: Ortiz, Alarcon, Chesbro, Escutia, Figueroa, Florez,
Kuehl, Romero, Vincent
NOES: Aanestad, Ashburn
NO VOTE RECORDED: Battin, Vasconcellos
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 65-13, 1/26/04 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Family child care home education networks
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes family child care home
education networks, within the Child Care and Development
Services Act, to support educational objectives for
children in licensed family child care homes. This
codifies current practice of the State Department of
Education to contract with networks of family child care
providers to provide child care and development services to
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low income children.
Senate floor amendments of 8/17/04 clarify language and
conform the proposed statute to standard language usage in
current code.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1. Establishes a classification of community care facility
called family day care home, licensed for up to six
children or, with a second adult present, up to 12
children. This bill refers to family day care homes as
family child care homes.
2. Defines "child care and development programs" as
programs that offer a full range of services for
children from infancy to 14 years of age for any part of
the day, in centers or family child care homes.
3. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
to fund and to develop standards of quality for these
programs.
4. Allows the State Department of Education (SDE) to
contract with networks of family child care homes.
This bill:
1. Expresses the intent of the Legislature to clarify and
codify state law governing current contracts with
networks of family child care homes.
2. Establishes a new program, within the Child Care and
Development Services Act, called family child care home
education networks.
3. Defines a network as an entity that contracts with SDE
to make payments to licensed family child care home
providers, and to provide educational and support
services to those providers and to children and families
eligible for state-subsidized child care and development
services.
4. Requires the SPI to contract with networks that support
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educational objectives for children in licensed family
day care homes that serve families eligible for
subsidized child care, when funds are appropriated for
this purpose.
5. Requires network programs to include at least the
following:
A. Age and developmentally appropriate activities for
children.
B. Care and supervision of children.
C. Parenting education and parental involvement.
D. Identification of child and family social or health
needs and referral to the appropriate social or health
services.
E. Nutrition.
F. Training and support for network providers and
staff.
G. Assessment of each provider to ensure that services
are of high quality and educationally and
developmentally appropriate.
H. Developmental profiles of children.
1. Requires network contractors to:
A. Recruit, enroll, and certify eligible families.
B. Recruit, train, support, and reimburse licensed
family home providers.
C. Collect family fees.
D. Assess, according to standards set by SDE, the
educational quality of each participating home.
E. Monitor requirements and conduct periodic
assessments.
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F. Ensure that basic health and nutrition requirements
are met.
G. Provide data and reporting in accordance with
contract requirements.
1. States that the act does not impose any new requirement
on a family child care home education, and does not
require any increases in reimbursement rates. Also
states that the act does not require the SDE to modify
its contracting procedure that was in effect for a
family child care home education network prior to
January 1, 2005.
2. Double joints the bill to SB 1657 (Scott).
Comments
Family child care home education networks are not currently
defined in state law. SDE has contracted with networks for
over 30 years to recruit licensed family home providers to
provide care, place children with providers, ensure
children receive an appropriate education program, provide
training for both parents and providers, collect family
fees, and collect invoices from providers, among other
responsibilities. In 2001-02 more than 5,000 children were
served by 32 network contracts.
The author's purpose . During the past 30 years, SDE has
contracted with family child care networks under the
general rubric of child care and development programs. The
author believes that codifying existing practice and
defining the purpose, responsibilities, and outcome
measures for family child care networks is in order.
Family child care networks . Under current provisions of
the Education Code, SDE contracts with family child care
networks - including requiring appropriate activities for
children, parenting education and involvement, social and
health services, nutrition, and training and career ladder
opportunities. The contract includes a maximum amount of
funds and a daily per-child rate for child care and
development services. The network provides administration
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of the contract - recruiting licensed family child care
providers, certifying the eligibility of children,
enrolling children, and ensuring that all required services
are provided to the children and families who are enrolled
in subsidized care. These contracts are authorized through
Article 8, General Child Care, of the Child Care and
Development Services Act.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/22/04)
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
California Child Development Administrators Associates
California State PTA
Consumers Union
Health Access California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez, Bogh,
Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett,
Correa, Daucher, Diaz, Dutra, Dymally, Firebaugh,
Frommer, Garcia, Goldberg, Hancock, Harman, Jerome
Horton, Shirley Horton, Jackson, Keene, Koretz, Laird,
Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox,
Maldonado, Matthews, McCarthy, Montanez, Mullin,
Nakanishi, Nakano, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Parra,
Pavley, Plescia, Reyes, Richman, Ridley-Thomas, Runner,
Salinas, Samuelian, Simitian, Spitzer, Steinberg, Vargas,
Wiggins, Wolk, Wyland, Yee, Wesson
NOES: Campbell, Cogdill, Cox, Dutton, Haynes, Houston, La
Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Maze, Mountjoy, Pacheco,
Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Kehoe, Nation
NC:sl 8/18/04 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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