BILL ANALYSIS
AB 495
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Date of Hearing: May 20, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Kevin De Leon, Chair
AB 495 (Davis) - As Amended: May 13, 2009
Policy Committee: EducationVote:9-1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill requires the State Department of Education (SDE), by
July 1, 2011, to post, at a minimum, statewide and county-level
data on the availability and need of child care and child
development programs for infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged
children on its Internet website, as specified. Specifically,
this bill:
Requires the SDE to update the data no less than every two years
and requires the data to be included in any future SDE data
system, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT
Annual on-going GF administrative costs to, likely between
$350,000 and $450,000, to the SDE to coordinate, collect,
maintain, and verify (including posting on its Internet website)
statewide and county-level data on the need for child care and
child development programs, as specified.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . According to the author, "Currently, the state lacks
a definitive source for data on the supply of licensed
preschool programs as compared to the number of three- and
four-year olds who could utilize those services. This lack of
information makes it difficult for interested parties to
accurately assess the need for preschool services in their
communities and across the state."
2)Current state data collection on child care and child
development programs . Current law establishes the Child Care
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Resources and Referral Network Networks (CCRRNs) (one for each
county) to provide parents with information about child care
options, help improve the quality of child care services, and
collect data on parent requests for child care and the supply
of licensed care. Statute further requires the CCRRNs to
provide information on the availability of child care services
in local communities and to collect statistical data
concerning inquiries regarding child care and development
services. The data collected includes the types of services
available (i.e., family day care homes, public and private day
care programs, full and part-time programs, infant, and
preschool programs). As such, the statewide CCRN produces The
California Child Care Portfolio, a biennial series of
statewide and county-by-county statistical reports about child
care costs, supply, and demand. Each county's data is
supplemented with data from a variety of other sources (i.e.
U.S. Census, California Department of Industrial Relations,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and SDE).
SB 68 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter 78,
Statutes of 2005, established the County Centralized
Eligibility Lists (CEL), which requires child care providers
per county to establish, consolidate, and waiting lists.
Chapter 78 further required require all state-subsidized child
care providers/contractors to participate and use the
centralized eligibility lists.
Likewise, the State Department of Social Services (DSS)
produces a child care quarterly update, which provides the
total number of licensed child care facilities (including
those that provide preschool services) and their total
capacity.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081