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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 47
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 6/28/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 24-11, 8/24/09
AYES: Alquist, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa,
DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price,
Romero, Simitian, Steinberg, Wiggins, Wolk, Wright, Yee
NOES: Ashburn, Benoit, Cogdill, Cox, Denham, Dutton,
Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Runner, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Maldonado, Oropeza,
Strickland, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-20, 6/28/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Education funding: child development centers
and
preschools
SOURCE : California Child Development Administrators
Association
DIGEST : This resolution states the intent of the
Legislature to increase the funding of child development
centers and preschools in future years, as resources become
available, in order to provide staff with adequate salaries
and benefits, provide adequate resources to support program
quality for children, and keep programs open to serve
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parents and children.
Assembly Amendments added co-authors.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. Title V of the California Code of Regulations sets forth
program quality and personnel standards for child
development centers and preschools contracting with the
California Department of Education to serve children and
families of California.
2. Title V child development centers and preschools have
demonstrated positive outcomes in preparing children for
success in school and measure their progress through the
state's Desired Results system.
3. The quality education standards for Title V child
development centers and preschools far exceed the
minimum health and safety standards required by the
state for licensure, including that these child
development centers are required to employ teachers and
assistant teachers with much higher levels of
professional college training, and are required to
perform comprehensive evaluations of the development of
their children through the state's Desired Results
system.
4. Title V child development centers and preschools meeting
higher quality education standards are reimbursed at a
flat rate that has not kept pace with rising labor,
food, energy, and insurance costs, or increased
mandates, resulting in high quality teachers being
underpaid and receiving inadequate health and retirement
benefits.
5. In 80 percent of California, child care centers, family
child care homes, and license-exempt in-home providers
who are not required to meet high quality education
standards are reimbursed at rates up to 60 percent
higher than Title V child development centers and
preschools.
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6. Title V child development centers and preschools must
attempt to subsidize the state reimbursement rate with
other funds due to receiving an inadequate standard
reimbursement for every child served from the state.
7. Title V child development centers and preschool programs
are at risk of closure due to the large gap between the
current standard reimbursement rate and the real cost of
doing business.
This resolution:
1. Recognizes the value and contribution of Title V child
development centers and preschools to California's
education system and citizens.
2. Recognizes the serious inequity in the fiscal support of
Title V child development centers and preschools.
3. States that it is the intent of the Legislature to
increase the funding of child development centers and
preschools in future years, as resources become
available, in order to provide staff of Title V child
development centers and preschools with adequate
salaries and benefits, provide adequate resources to
support program quality for children, and keep programs
open to serve parents and children.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/29/10)
California Child Development Administrators Association
(source)
California Alternative Payment Program Association
Child Development Policy Institute
Professional Association for Childhood Education
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the California
Alternative Payment Program Association, this resolution
"?brings attention to the underfunding of child development
centers and preschools and states the Legislature's intent
to provide additional resources to these programs when the
State's fiscal times are better. Additional fiscal
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resources for these programs will be critical to centers
and preschools in order to provide the highest quality care
and most importantly open to serve low income working
parents and children."
In support, the Professional Association for Childhood
Education states, "the SRR has fallen significantly behind
the reimbursement of our Title 22 program - and even behind
the rates paid for license-exempt kith and kin. This
cannot continue without consequence. We cannot afford to
continue to subsidize the State's highest program and
personnel standards. Something has to be done. ?passage of
your resolution would give us hope that the Legislature
will fix this problem when our bleak fiscal picture
improves."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Galgiani, Gatto, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huffman,
Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Nava, V.
Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,
Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Conway, DeVore, Fuller, Gaines, Hagman, Harkey, Knight,
Logue, Miller, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva,
Smyth, Audra Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Cook, Fletcher, Garrick,
Gilmore, Huber, Jeffries, Monning, Tran, Villines,
Vacancy
CPM:cm 6/30/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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